Combat Learning Podcast Josh Peacock

Today I'm joined by Cal Jones, a 5th dan in Judo and one of the most qualified Judo coaches in the UK, especially Wales.

In this episode, Cal Jones fills in some gaps with how to use the constraints-led approach for martial arts, specifically grappling sports.

First, he walks us through a system of understanding and controlling the degrees of representative learning design. This is a tool from an academic paper he's in the process of publishing with a research journal.

Then Cal walks us through task simplification and how to teach Judo throws to beginners with minimal instruction and no reps or drills. Of note here is his discussion on how you use constraints and why you should never "overconstrain." While many people think that CLA is about "just doing jabs" or "just going for arm bars," that's actually not how CLA is supposed to work because it creates unrealistic behaviors.

Also of interest, Cal even reveals that he doesn't teach breakfalls -- and there are big Judo teachers who aren't ecological who also don't teach breakfalls either. He also addresses how he conducts safe warmups in a dynamic and game-like fashion. And we even sneak in a short discussion on memory in the Ecological Dynamics theory.

So if you're excited to jump in, hit the subscribe button on your podcatcher and enjoy the show.
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/CalJonesJudo
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Dr. Rob Gray returns today to talk to us about an exciting concept called the differential learning effect.

The so-called "ecological approach" is often used synonymously with the Constraints-led Approach, but it also encompasses other frameworks such as differential learning.

Differential learning is about true randomness in practice conditions. The constraints-led approach is about purposefully designed environments. Both work -- so is there a way to combine both approaches and gain the positive effects of each?

In fact, there is. In this episode, Dr. Gray walks us through a synthesized approach that he calls "constrained differential learning."

So if you're excited to jump in, hit the subscribe button on your podcatcher and enjoy the show.
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Find Dr. Rob Gray:

Website: https://perceptionaction.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robgray29/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShakeyWaits
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Today I'm joined by Nick Delgadillo, Starting Strength Coach, Head of Corporate Development at Starting Strength, and a lifelong martial artist.

In this episode, Nick unpacks common misconceptions about strength training and how conditioning works for most athletes in combat sports.

He introduces to the the so-called "Two Factor Model" of strength and conditioning for sports. Rather than spread your precious workout time across accessory exercises, he argues that most martial artists are better served by moving up their numbers on the big 4 compound lifts:

- Back squat
- Bench press
- Overhead press
- Deadlift

This keeps conditioning work and sport-specific work properly separated.

Nick also gives tips on how to balance novice programming with the recovery demands of combat sports practice. If you're looking for a simple way to improve your performance on the mat, this episode is for you.

Also, this is a special topic. The Combat Learning Podcast is and will remain focused on perceptual-motor learning, but I thought this would be a welcome and insightful pattern break from the usual episode subject matter.

So if you're excited to jump in, hit the subscribe button on your podcatcher and enjoy the show.
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Website: https://liftfightwin.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickd_ssc/
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Today I'm joined by Bryant Coston and Seneca Savoie, Historical European Martial Artists who specialize in coaching the sword at their club, Arena Weapon Arts.

In this episode, Bryant and Seneca recount their journey from a traditional technique and drill-based sword coaching, to games-based practice, and finally arriving at a full-bore constraints-led approach. They go into detail about how they approach practice design, curriculum development, as well as coaching and correction.

We also talk at length about representativeness and how previous experience in other skills can form "attractor states" that influence the way you move when acquiring and developing a newer skill. Of note also is their account of how training with more aliveness actually lowered their injury rates instead of making it worse.

So if you're excited to jump in, hit the subscribe button on your podcatcher and enjoy the show.
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Website: https://www.academyofwma.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArenaWeaponArts/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arenaweaponarts/

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Today I'm joined by Dr. Ian Renshaw, Associate Professor in Exercise & Nutrition Science at Queensland University of Technology at Brisbane. Professor Renshaw is a major researcher in the Constraints-led Approach to motor learning. In fact, you'll see his name on several of the books and studies recommended throughout the Combat Learning Podcast.

In this episode, Professor Renshaw teaches the "Environment Design Principles," a set of 4 considerations that help guide us into creating effective constraints-led training sessions. Those principles are:

- Session intention.
- Constrain to afford.
- Representative learning design.
- Repetition without repetition.

If you've ever struggled to take the broad principles of CLA and create a framework for consistently designing good practices, this is the missing piece for you.

So if you're excited to jump in, hit the subscribe button on your podcatcher and enjoy the show.

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Find Professor Renshaw:

Website: https://www.theconstraintscollective.com/
Email: i.renshaw@qut.edu.au

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Today I'm joined by Greg Souders, a 3rd degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and the owner of an academy called Standard Jiu-Jitsu.

In this episode, Greg reveals how he runs a totally, radically "ecological" grappling program, where he doesn't even teach "techniques" in the way we've always seen them taught. Greg has stripped down everything we take for granted about teaching martial arts and rebuilt his program around the Ecological Dynamics and constraints-led coaching frameworks. He's changed everything, even the way he talks about jiu jitsu to his students, which frankly, I think might be revolutionary.

If you're wondering how he introduces submissions to new students, teaches passing and pinning, designs practices, or manipulates constraints, or coaches or cues his athletes, all those questions will be answered during the course of this show.

And before I hand you off to the interview, be sure to visit the Standard Jiu Jitsu Instagram account linked in the podcast description. There you'll find concrete, visual examples of how Greg Souders guides his students to learn submissions without teaching them through the usual lectures, demonstrations, repetitions, and drills...

...he's also had two interviews prior to this one on my friend Scott Sievewright's highly recommended Primal MMA Coaching podcast, links also in the description. Definitely check those out as well.

So if you're excited to jump in, hit the subscribe button on your podcatcher and enjoy the show.
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Find Coach Souders:

Website: https://www.standardjiujitsu.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/standardjiujitsu/

Greg's Interviews on Primal MMA:
(1) "Greg Souders on an ecological approach to elite level jiu jitsu": https://open.spotify.com/episode/7yMlGjeEqYAFPHYRrAhSdY
(2) "Play the whole game everyday! Greg Souders is back to talk practice design for jiu jitsu": https://open.spotify.com/episode/3CQt5n7Q5UR9YaVxsSmRWC
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