Repetition/Drilling techniques or sparring/rolling?

[Ogata]

I know the title may sound off-topic in regards to ufc but my question is, what training protocal do ufc fighters follow?

Endless reptition of techniques or sparring/rolling as a primary training method?


I ask because I heard that when Bj Penn was training with Frank Shamrock at the American Kickboxing Academy, Javier and Frank made Penn drill one technique all day long. I have also heard that in american wrestling and japanese judo, the wrestlers and judokas repeat their technique in what seems to be an endless amount of repition.

On the other hand, according to Joe Rogan, most brazilian fighters like to roll/spar without doing too much drill before hand. Example of this would be Eddie Bravos jujitus that is free from any particular move and is based on improvising from what I hear.

I am curios to know, which makes for the best training in terms of ufc fighters and their success of following these different protocals?

 

[Kawlinz]

eddie's classes, if you've seen anything of his online include a LOT of drilling

 

[ZackZed]

eddie's classes, if you've seen anything of his online include a LOT of drilling

Andre Galvao has been emphasizing the exact same thing, endless drilling.

 

[Minnja]

You need both. Drilling is important so you know how to perform the technique, and to develop muscle memory, and sparring/rolling to learn how to apply the techniques in a competitive standpoint.

 

[Ughugh]

In boxing drilling is the only way to get better technically. If I can execute a technique better/quicker than you can defend then I will win that battle, it's as simple as that. I don't see how grappling would be any different. If I can slap on say a triangle quicker than you can defend then it's a wrap.

Sparring is more about gaining confidence in the techniques and it goes hand in hand with the drilling. You need sparring in order to feel secure enough to implement your techniques in a fight and to know if it's a good idea to use x-technique against y-defense at your current level.

 

[bernsy666]

Gotta do both. Usually 45mins-1hr technique/drills followed by 30mins sparring

 

[ThrowHands]

You need both. Drilling is important so you know how to perform the technique, and to develop muscle memory, and sparring/rolling to learn how to apply the techniques in a competitive standpoint.

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[ManyJudgesGuess]

You gotta do both. You do the hard stuff in the gym; i.e. technique drilling and sparring. Its like you get the tools to draw a nice picture, and you practice drawing, so that way come fight night you're a fvcking artist. Great MMArtists practice more than the other ones; they make it a lifestyle: nutrition, experimentation, etc

 

[brainwash]

Both are important.

But if you have ever trained, you should know now real time training with partners are 5x as effective.

You can drill a thousand single leg shots but even doing 30 on a real opponent will teach you more than those 1000 shots.

 

[Rubberman1]

I would guess 50/50 for most , but that is just a guess

 

[Cygnus-X]

You can get good by just sparring but you can't get good by just drilling. A combination works best if you aspire to be great though.

 

[bryank]

You need both. Drilling is important so you know how to perform the technique, and to develop muscle memory, and sparring/rolling to learn how to apply the techniques in a competitive standpoint.

Nailed it. But I think it's probably more drilling the techniques, especially early in their careers.

 

[EndlessCritic]

The problem is that people use the word "drilling" to mean completely different things.

Drilling can mean repetition of a technique, or drilling can mean just mean starting all your rolls in side control, and saying you're "drilling side control."

 

[stav]

You need both. Drilling is important so you know how to perform the technique, and to develop muscle memory, and sparring/rolling to learn how to apply the techniques in a competitive standpoint.

This.

 

[Inverse]

Didn't bother reading anything but the title. They do both and obviously the % of both changes from fighter to fighter

 

[Alexandergreat3]

You need both. Drilling is important so you know how to perform the technique, and to develop muscle memory, and sparring/rolling to learn how to apply the techniques in a competitive standpoint.

 

[FinBJJ]

From a BJJ perspective drilling has become more and more prominent in top competition teams. My gym's average structure is 15min warmups, 45min drilling a set of techniques and 30min rolling.

Drilling is the hard work you put in to get the most improvement. Sparring is more for fun.

 

[AkaiJiisu]

Julio Cesar Chavez did very little drilling. He spared from sun up to sun down.