Here is a link to a great blog entry about a guy who lost 100lbs thanks to BJJ. I lost 65lbs myself, so I can sort of relate. Inspiring stuff!
http://meerkat69.blogspot.com/2010/08/jiu-jitsu-saved-my-life-josh-palmer.html
Friday, August 20, 2010
DEEP HALF GUARD
This Thursday we worked on some deep half sweeps with TJ.
I've got to be honest and say my mind really isn't made up about the deep half. I've got the Jeff Glover DVD, and I sometimes find myself in the position - but I'm not totally sold on it, and I cannot convert the sweeps often as of yet. I also agree with those who say it is sort of antithetical to the founding principles of BJJ. It puts you in a bad position and lord knows on the street, you're going to eat a lot of punches.
But I'm in no position to turn my nose up at a technique that clearly works in competition. So I'm going to work on it.
These aren't the techniques TJ showed, but they are interesting and show some of the diversity of the position.
I've got to be honest and say my mind really isn't made up about the deep half. I've got the Jeff Glover DVD, and I sometimes find myself in the position - but I'm not totally sold on it, and I cannot convert the sweeps often as of yet. I also agree with those who say it is sort of antithetical to the founding principles of BJJ. It puts you in a bad position and lord knows on the street, you're going to eat a lot of punches.
But I'm in no position to turn my nose up at a technique that clearly works in competition. So I'm going to work on it.
These aren't the techniques TJ showed, but they are interesting and show some of the diversity of the position.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
ESCAPING THE BACK
Man, is it hard to find decent video of back escapes! Think of how easy it is to find a youtube clip of a Rubber Guard move, Deep Half or the Alabama Crab Dangle. You'd think somebody would cover escapes from one of the worst predicaments in jiu jitsu. I suspect this problem highlights a troublesome trend in BJJ today - but what do I know? Anyone agree?
I digress. We worked on a couple back escapes today and Tuesday. Both were from a position where your opponent has the over-and-under.* There were some common principles.
- Slide your hips down and keep your elbows in.
- Shrug to protect your neck against the choke.
- Control the choking arm.
- Roll onto the opposite side as the choking arm.
- Remove a hook from one side.
- Move your hips to the free side.
Both the escapes wound up in your opponent's guard - which is a hell of a lot better than getting choked. I'll keep up the hunt for videos. If anybody finds some, let me know.
*We call it the over-and-under. Some people call it the seatbelt grip. The coolest thing I've heard it called is "the Chewbacca," because of the bandolier worn by Kashyyyk's favourite wookie.
I digress. We worked on a couple back escapes today and Tuesday. Both were from a position where your opponent has the over-and-under.* There were some common principles.
- Slide your hips down and keep your elbows in.
- Shrug to protect your neck against the choke.
- Control the choking arm.
- Roll onto the opposite side as the choking arm.
- Remove a hook from one side.
- Move your hips to the free side.
Both the escapes wound up in your opponent's guard - which is a hell of a lot better than getting choked. I'll keep up the hunt for videos. If anybody finds some, let me know.
*We call it the over-and-under. Some people call it the seatbelt grip. The coolest thing I've heard it called is "the Chewbacca," because of the bandolier worn by Kashyyyk's favourite wookie.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
ESCAPING THE MOUNT
Today we covered off some escapes from the mount. I'm not going to spend a lot of time dwelling and expounding upon it except to ask "what could be more important than escaping the worst positions?" I need to remember this and work on it. Escaping bad positions is one of my greatest weaknesses.
Roy Dean covers most of the techniques we did here - and a few we didn't.
Roy Dean covers most of the techniques we did here - and a few we didn't.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Tonight we revisited some techniques we learned from Robson Moura at a recent seminar.
First we did a flow drill Robson showed us
Begin with partner A seated. Partner B is standing at his feet.
A: Kick out and technical lift.
B: Shoot in for the double.
A: Sprawl and move towards the back.
B: Turtle roll to recover guard. Arm drag, take the back and put in both hooks.
Then we reviewed an armbar from guard Robson showed us:
- Take a sleeve grip. Reach under his hand and grab your own wrist, Break the grip. Drag the arm back and over to the far side. Tuck it into your armpit as your dive your arm under. Bite down with your inside leg as you swing your outside leg over to finish the armbar.
This is a TIGHT armbar - but I found it a little tricky. I keep losing the arm from under my armpit. I'll work on it.
Next up, the cross hook sweep from Spider Guard.
Control both sleeves. Create distance and lasso one leg over your opponents arm - hooking it under the far armpit. Plant your other foot and use it to bring yourself into a position perpendicular to your opponent. use the grips and your hook to sweep him onto his side. Maintain control of the sleeve to hunt for the armbar.
I cannot find videos of these particular techniques online. But here is a neat-o omoplata set up he also showed - and a RIDICULOUS spider guard sweep i really need to try sometime.
First we did a flow drill Robson showed us
Begin with partner A seated. Partner B is standing at his feet.
A: Kick out and technical lift.
B: Shoot in for the double.
A: Sprawl and move towards the back.
B: Turtle roll to recover guard. Arm drag, take the back and put in both hooks.
Then we reviewed an armbar from guard Robson showed us:
- Take a sleeve grip. Reach under his hand and grab your own wrist, Break the grip. Drag the arm back and over to the far side. Tuck it into your armpit as your dive your arm under. Bite down with your inside leg as you swing your outside leg over to finish the armbar.
This is a TIGHT armbar - but I found it a little tricky. I keep losing the arm from under my armpit. I'll work on it.
Next up, the cross hook sweep from Spider Guard.
Control both sleeves. Create distance and lasso one leg over your opponents arm - hooking it under the far armpit. Plant your other foot and use it to bring yourself into a position perpendicular to your opponent. use the grips and your hook to sweep him onto his side. Maintain control of the sleeve to hunt for the armbar.
I cannot find videos of these particular techniques online. But here is a neat-o omoplata set up he also showed - and a RIDICULOUS spider guard sweep i really need to try sometime.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
HALF GUARD LAPEL CHOKE
Here's Draculino teaching a choke similar to one I learned from Glenio Weber in Brazil. i love this choke and have successfully used it in competition. This video also shows what a great instructor Draculino is.
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