Stephen Koepfer ft Kris Iatskevkii – Sambo ft Catch Wrestling Seminar

Ahead of the M-1 Global  vs  fight Sunday morning at The Olympic Sports Complex in Moscow, Russia, what better way to whet our appetites than a DVD instructional review that features some of the techniques and strategies we may get to witness when the two heavyweights collide.Purchase Stephen Koepfer ft Kris Iatskevkii – Sambo ft Catch Wrestling Seminar courses at here with PRICE $28 $25Stephen Koepfer ft Kris Iatskevkii – Sambo ft Catch Wrestling SeminarGet Stephen Koepfer ft Kris Iatskevkii – Sambo ft Catch Wrestling Seminar at the CourseAvaiAhead of the M-1 Global  vs  fight Sunday morning at The Olympic Sports Complex in Moscow, Russia, what better way to whet our appetites than a DVD instructional review that features some of the techniques and strategies we may get to witness when the two heavyweights collide.Fedor Emelianenko is a multiple World Combat Sambo champion with a storied MMA career, while Jeff Monson is an MMA veteran himself who has found championship success in the world of Submission Grappling with 2 ADCC championships and 1 CBJJ No Gi Worlds open weight championship.While not strictly Catch Wrestling based per se, Monson has shown a wrestling base benefit him in his fights and matches and has on occasion employed neck cranks for victories including a step-over neck crank from the stockade position – the hold  successfully employed against  in their second fight that allowed him to Ground and Pound Mir for much of the first round.Monson is also well known for his North-South choke which in some circles can be called the Monson choke because of his success with it.The seminar was shot in the summer of 2009 and spans 3 discs.The first disc covers Catch Wrestling with International Submission Wrestling Alliance (ISWA) founder Kris Iatskevich who is based near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Iatskevich learned his craft from the late Edouard Carpentier, a professional wrestler and gymnast from France who had been in the ring with the likes of Karl Gotch and Lou Thesz, and was inducted into the Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame.Iatskevich starts us off with a warm up featuring Hindu Squats, Hindu Pushups, Neck Bridges and sit-out drills which are the norm for catch wrestlers that take their cue from the classical wrestling styles of India and Persia.We then learn about working from All-4’s or Turtle position both offensively and defensively, before going onto the Catch Wrestling take on bent armlocks such as the Double Wrist Lock (Kimura), Top Wrist Lock (Americana) and the true Key Lock (a turning compression or squeeze lock).There’s also many options off of a Short Arm Scissors which is another type of compression lock on the arm using your legs as an assist. Iatskevich also covers some leg rides such as the Single Leg Ride and Ball & Chain Ride, Catch Wrestling’s method of fighting from your back and the approach to defending your neck and back when an opponent is trying to get both hooks in.The second disc covers Sambo from American Sambo Association (ASA) president Stephen Koepfer who runs New York Combat Sambo and is a key member of the NY MMA Now Coalition, and producer of the documentary ‘NY MMA’.Koepfer was taught the art of Combat Sambo by Grand Master Alexander Barakov while living in the United States who later returned to Russia and currently teaches Combat Sambo in St Petersburg. Koepfer was awarded the Master of Sports of Russia in Combat Sambo in 2009.Koepfer’s warm up consists of jogging to begin with, and then the important aspect of rolling as this is a key component in both attacks such as leglocks, and defense such as dissipating the energy of a throw. Everyone is wearing a Kurtka – a Sambo style of canvas jacket similar to a Jiu Jitsu Gi top but with slight design differences for the consideration of gripping for throwing.Koepfer goes over the principles of gripping for throwing and tripping including the over the back grip which I believe originates from Georgian Folk Wrestling.Fundamentals of sacrifice throws are also covered, which is a type of throw where you drop yourself to the mat so your bodyweight and momentum pulls the opponent over you. Also of note is the more iconic Sambo sweeps and throws such as the back Scissor Sweep, Victor Roll and how these can directly lead into leglock attacks such as kneebars, ankle locks and heel hooks and tips and tricks to finishing these holds efficiently.Koepfer concludes his portion of the seminar with attacking from various positions on the ground including attacking the Turtle in order to setup and snag a leglock.The final disc is a great look at how Catch Wrestling and Sambo would approach the same situation in grappling or even MMA and sheds light on the similarities and differences between the two arts. For example Iatskevich might show one way to attack the guard or half-guard, and Koepfer would show a different approach or a variation, or how a Rear Naked Choke can be countered with and without a Gi jacket involved.The whole set is shot well in Iatskevich’s gym in Canada even considering the environment was for a training camp more than a studio production. At times you can hear the air conditioner but this is always switched off when either coach starts teaching meaning audio quality isn’t compromised and it’s easy enough to ignore when there’s just footage of drilling.For anyone with an interest in the grappling aspect of MMA or who takes part in grappling competitively but is only used to what Jiu Jitsu has to offer, this is an insightful look into a couple of grappling arts that often get overlooked, by two coaches striving to promote the arts they’re passionate about. And for around $45 it’s an absolute steal compared to a lot of other instructionals out there by more well known practitioners from BJJ, some of whom don’t offer as much information or go as in depth as Iatskevich and Koepfer. Highly recommended.After the jump, trailer video for the set, table of contents and links to the coaches’ websites.Get Stephen Koepfer ft Kris Iatskevkii – Sambo ft Catch Wrestling Seminar at the CourseAvaiThanks to Coach Kris Iatskevich for the complimentary DVD set.D11-Catch Intro…2-Hindu Squats3-Hindu Pushups4-Neck & Bridge Exercises5-Sit Out Drills6-From All 4-Details & Reversal7-From All 4-Details & Reversal28-Counter attack to Reversal 29-From All 4-Reversal 3-Protecting Neck10-From All 4 Turning into Double Wrist Lock & Keylock11-Keylocks12-Short Arm Scissors13-Yvon Robert’s Rolling Short Arm Scissor14-Bait from Bottom to Arm Crush15-Single Leg Ride-Turnover into Pin & Neck Crank16-SLR-Turnover 2 into Pin & Subs17-SLR-using Spiral Ride into Rear Naked Choke & back into SLR18-SLR-Bob Langevin’s Reversal in to Mount & Subs19-SLR-Falling off into Subs20-Calf Crusher-Break positions & Submit21-Ball & Chain Ride-Principles-Toe Holds22-Ball & Chain Ride-Subs when Toe Hold Countered23-Toe Holds against All 424-SLR Defenses25-SLR Defense & variant for 2 Hook Back Control26-SLR & 2 Hooks Defense 227-Double Hooked-Protecting your Neck28-Rear Naked Choke Escape 129-Rear Naked Choke Escape 230-Double Hook Defense 231-SLR Defense-Against Banana split Pin-Sub attempt32-Escape & ToeHold under SidemountD21-Intro, sambo warm ups2-Forward rolling, drills & principles3-Reversal attack against a hip throw4-Reversal attack against front trip5-Defense foot sweeps, principle of move6-Forward rolling: keep going, Keep fighting7-Stopping the momentum of a throw to keep the top position8-Foot sweep counter attacks9-Choke/throw combinations10-Over the back belt grip11-Over the back belt grip to snap down12-Experiment/improvise/be flexible/go with the flow13-Sambo transitions/finishing14-Over the back belt grip, foot sweep w/hard crash landing15-Opposit lapel grip, sacrificial front trip16-More grips + no-gi entries for above17-Sacrificial back trip18-2on1 grip to pancake and back trip19-Details on control in fireman to ankle lock20-Rolling kneebar (+ details on same into ankle lock and slicer)21-From scissor – ankle lock (also as counter to single leg)22-From scissor – side roll into ankle lace23-Duck under into heel hook24-From half-mount – rolling leg attacks25-Half-mount-sit around into kneebar26-Attacking turtle-rolling into crucifix control & choke27-Suitcase choke against turtle28-More attacking turtleD31-Under Half Mount2-Whizzer Defense3-Under Half Mount4-Opening Armbar Defense5-Indian Death Lock from Half Mount6-IDL from Head & Arm7-Counterattack against Back Control8-Head & Arm is Submission#19-Ribs Compression against Turtle10-Half Nelson & Bottle Opener against Turtle11-NY Combat Sambo’s Basic 4 Leg Attack Positions12-Knee Crush from inside Guard13-Knee Crush from Standing inside Guard14-Defending Single Leg Grab15-Shin Locks16-Jacket-NoJacket RNC Countering17-Crooked Head Scissor-Neck Crank from Short Arm Scissor18-Body Scissor19-Avoiding the Guard20-Getting away from Opponent in Guard21-Countering the Guillotine22-Palm Up Principle as Counter tool23-More Guard Countering24-Stand Up Grappling,2on1-Arm Drag-Etc25-Grappling & StrikingAmerican Sambo AssociationPurchase Stephen Koepfer ft Kris Iatskevkii – Sambo ft Catch Wrestling Seminar courses at here with PRICE $28 $25