are there any solo grappling drills?

Question

like for when you don't have anyone around to work with, there any moves or anything at all you can drill solo?

Answer 1

You can practice "shrimping" where you start out on your back and then quickly curl to a fetal position and into a superior position. It is a good drill to build speed in grappling.

Answer 2

First off it isn't Kata, which are useless by the way.
If you want to practice solo drills of grappling moves you can, they wont really give you a great feel for the move, but if you know the move and are just working your side of the action I guess it's better than nothing. Just do the move as if your doing it on someone. It'll work with just about any move, I'd guess. I don't think that it is better than working with someone but not everyone has someone to work with. Focus on imagination, place an opponent in the mix with you and the execute. Don't start creating some massive "kata", as a training tool for real use they have none. (of course that is my view) To make "kata" of grappling moves, in my view, is taking away and belittling them as an effect and real combat tool. There is a great diff. from creating a series of moves on pretend opponents (kata) and working on a grappling or any move and doing it solo. Maybe to some it is the same thing but a kata is a set pre-arranged set of moves as solo training is not doing a kata.

Answer 3

Sure. There is a great crunch/choke drill that I know of. Do you know circle cruches AKA grappling crunches, where you put your hands behind your head, lock your ankles, and pivot your midsection?

Well, now instead of keeping your ankles locked, have them locked, do the crunch, unlock them and lock into a triangle choke. So it wil be crunch, choke. Crunch, choke.

Answer 4

yeah... it's called KATA.