Core strenght for Grappling?

What do you guys do for it and how important do you think it is?

Core strenght for Grappling?
It is very important as it gives us the power to overcome larger opponants. It isn't just that a grapplers arm is stronger it is the way we use our whole body to leverage the power. Along with technique as well.


It isn't something you can just go to a gym and learn. You have to train in a grappling style like Judo, JuJitsu or Wrestling.


You can gain strength from weight lifting and mimicing warm up excercises as mentioned previously but unless you actually get out there and train for a few months in art it self you will not be able to replicate the power that grapplers naturally gain from our training.





A typical warm up for me would be running laps around the mat (forwards, backwards, sidestep, knees/heals up...) Then we do a suicide type excercise where we sprint from one side of the mat to the other and back then do 1 push-up then we repeat doing 2 the next then 3 and so on once we hit 5 we count back down to 1. So total sprints 9 up and back. 25 push-ups. Then we will stretch out our legs, backs arms etc... Then we do a series of back and stomach excercises usually various bridging techniques. After that we do breakfalls...


So our warm up alone is 15 minutes then we train for 70-90 minutes and anyone who has trained in Judo or Jujitsu will tell you that there isn't any rest periods and it is 100% physical and full contact.





So I highly recomend you train in a style. Even if it is only once a week or so. It will make all the difference and you will see an extreme improvement in your power, more than you would with weights or some other martial arts.
Reply:Very important. we do bridging exercises and lifting weights/dummies/each other all with a swinging or twisting motion to duplicate a throw.





Get a barbell, weight on one end only. Put the other end on the ground, preferably jammed into a corner somewhere. Swing it side to side with arms outstretched.





Bicep curls but with an uppercut motion extending the arms and loading and pushing up with the legs at the same time.





Lunge forward doing the same thing.





Get front waistlock on your partner(like for chest to chest suplex) and do the old fifties dance move. Lift him and swing him from side to side and squat as he swings in , so he rests on one leg then the other the next time.





Bridging exercises. Back bridge onto neck, grab a weight or kettlebell and do tricep extensions and crossovers with the weight while in bridge position.





The list goes on and on.
Reply:I do a judo exercise called the ebi or shrimp motion with weights on my ankles and in my hands.





I do free grappling practice with my friend for escaping hold downs/chokes (works your core best with someone heavier than you)





I do what I call the bench roll. You load up the middle of an ajustible dumbell to about 20 lbs to start. Sit on the end of an incline bench and bowing forward at the hips keeping your arms straight, roll the weight up the incline bench. This is an exercise I made up myself, and it works WONDERS!!





Have fun, Train smart, Train hard!
Reply:work up your upper body weight lifting, pushups, sit ups, just about anythings good

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