Submission wrestling or “grappling” is a modern combat sport based on two formats: jacket styles (gi) and non-jacket styles (nogi). Both are premised on: (1) taking opponents down, (2) leading them into vulnerable positions, and (3) finishing them via a submission hold.
There are countless techniques with variations in the standing and ground phase. The aggregate of skills involved makes wrestling / grappling a sophisticated and complex system.
Praxis has theoretical influences from ecological dynamics, enactivism, active inference—but follows an experimental approach: radical embodied grappling (REG). Challenging the view the human body is a machine executing mechanical functions via information processing. Instead, athletes are living dynamical systems that adapt and self-organize to contextual demands. REG is radical in the sense it does away with content (techniques, drilling, coaching) in favor of bringing about personal environments of significance and enacting on them.
The Praxis Method
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Sony Sahota has over 30 years of martial arts experience. He devoted the last 20 years to grappling (gi and nogi) and continues to study and train. Sony is a black belt in judo and works as a full-time instructor at Kensington Judo Club in Vancouver, BC. He is also a wrestler (collegiate and freestyle); coached by national level wrestlers from Canada, the United States, and India. He creates digital products for leading online instructional platforms (BJJ Fanatics and Judo Fanatics) which continue to be best-sellers.
Location:
Kensington Judo Club
187 East 11th Avenue
Vancouver, BC. Canada
