Martial Arts Wellington and Lower Hutt GSW BJJ NZ

Archive for May, 2008

1:Tonight we started a warmup in closed Guard and went for the Basic sweep.This involves our right hand in our partners collar to the right of there Lapel.We also have a grip  on there right forearm.We then Hip out to the right and place our right shin accross there stomach.Then stretch your body out and in a straight line.Pulling your partner forward so the weight comes off there legs, scissor your legs causing them to fall to the left and following to moutn position.

2:This time our partner is still in guard and our partner leans forwad to bite our nose.We then use our legs and move our body from side to side making our partner almost Headbutt the mat.

3:This time our partner is in close guard and is reaching forward with both hands on our Lapel trying to choke us.We simply just bend there elbow causing it to cave and off balance them.With there bent arm trapped against our body we would do a cresent kick them over towards our left shoulder causign them to roll,following them over to mount.

4:This time our partner is on mount and they have the left arm behind our head.We then would use our head to lock there elbow down and use our right hand to defend the choke, coming in between our head and there arm.We then did another cresent kick on the opposite side in this case our left to roll them over.

Ok, apologies about the lateness of posting. I’m stumbling through the fog of memory for this, but hopefully we’ll get the big picture right at least. Ask Geoff for the details!

Reverse Triangle

Opponent has you in side control, legs out to your right hand side. Their right arm reaches between your legs and clasps your left leg to their shoulder.

Your job now is to:

• push their head down toward your legs
• cut your left calf across their neck
• lock your left shin/ankle under your right knee
• clasp your arms around their torso
• scoot your body underneath them
• squeeze the life out of them with legs and arms until they pop/tap

Anaconda

From head-to-head, opponent has escaped side-control to knees. Keep the weight of your chest on their back to stop them posturing up.

• reach under their neck with your right arm and through to their right armpit
• clasp the outside of their right arm with your right hand 
• climb your right hand up your left arm as far as you can – aim for the shoulder
• squeeze your arms and drive your chest forward – this may already get you a tap

Now:

• drop your weight back to your heels to stretch them out
• turn your torso to the left to create a space under their right side
• turn into the space, rolling underneath them
• walk your legs to the right, like you’re aiming to curl into a ball

Still haven’t tapped? Check their pulse.

Guillotine from Head-to-Head

Keeping the weight of your chest on their back to stop them from sitting up:

• reach under their neck with your right hand – thumb side up
• the edge of your wrist is pressing against their throat
• grab the meaty part of your right hand with your left
• raise your hands – imagine you’re cutting a straight line through from the front to the back of the neck

If you don’t get the tap from there, pull full guard, lie back and continue raising your hands in a straight line up your chest.  If they still haven’t tapped, either there’s something wrong with your technique or you’ve just lost a friend.

Today we went over some escapes from when you are in side control and pinned on your back.

1:We started off on our backs with our partner in side control(short base) with their 2 arms over to the far side of our body(in these examples we are using our partner to the right of us).Using our forearms we push them down till they are touching our thighs.We then do 2 things,Bump up and hip out to create space.When this is done we then slide our knee through to the other side of our patners body.Using this knee as a pivot, we then rotated our Torso around 90 degrees inline with our partner.We then put our them into Guard.

2:Same postion with side control again only this time we use our right hand to block our partners left hip, and bumped up and up until we can get the under hook(Hipping out).Once we secured the underhook we then hipped out and flicked onto all fours, diving under our partners body deep to off balance them.

3:Same position again only this time our partner the underhook and a monkey grip(both hands claspped) under our left shoulder.We take our left hand and placed it on their left shoulder so that our forearm was under their jaw.We then rasied our arm to create enough space to get to a position of being able to rotate our arm to get the underhook.We then proceeded to do the same movements as postion 2(Hip out, flick to all fours and go deep under to off balance our partner)

4:Our partner has us in the same position as number 3, this time we use what is known as the sidewinder.We walk out feet out a couple of inches to the left, then hip out a couple of inches,then shoulder a couple of inches.We keep doing this until there is enough space to bring our right hand to our right ear and our left hand to get the underhook.This time instead of going to our knees we duck under our partners right hand and take their back.

For the last 5 minutes we quicky went over the 3 basic Bluebelt headlock escapes which have been covered in a few previous posts in depth.

Tonight we looked at the four basic arm-bars

• arm-bar from mount
• near arm-bar from side control
• far arm-bar from side control
• arm-bar from guard

Arm-bar from Mount

• take mount, use your chest to smother your opponent
• let them push you away (you want them to do this)

If you’re attacking their left arm:

You want to apply most of your weight to their chest, arms straight, palms down.

• right arm goes around the top of their left arm
• left arm goes through the middle

Think “CPR” – no mouth to mouth though please.

Keeping your weight on their chest

• hop up to your feet
• left foot goes next to their right hip; right foot next to their left ear – you’re facing about 45 degrees to the left
• swing your right foot over their head
• “slide down the pole” (i.e. their arm) to sit at 90 degrees to your opponent
• claim their arm to your chest
• squeeze your knees
• lie back slowly to get the tap

As you get more confident, leave out the intermediate step of hopping up. Apply your weight through your hands to balance yourself as you swing your legs round.

This clip (setup#1), although slightly different, covers most of the essential points above.

Near Arm-bar from Side Control

Starting position: (on your opponent’s right side for this example)

• Apply your weight chest-to-chest on your opponent, lying at 90 degrees

• Left-arm controls your opponents left arm
• Right hand is blocking their hip

To set up the arm-bar:

• Left hand grabs opponent’s right arm at the elbow (tricep if no-gi)
• Right hand makes a fist and plants near opponent’s hip on their left side
• Push-up to knee-ride

Key points for knee ride

• pull their arm up high to turn them left, creating space under their shoulder for you to sit in
• drive your right hip forward – this puts more weight on your knee and raises your torso higher, helping lift their arm high

Step over their head with your left foot

• claim their arm to your chest
• sit down close – under their shoulder ideally
• squeeze your knees
• lie back for the tap

Far Arm-bar from Side Control

Starting from knee-ride, your opponent pushes on your knee with their left hand to try and shift your weight. This creates a space between their arm and ribs.

• reach your right hand into the space created and cup their upper arm at the tricep
• pull their arm toward you, turning them onto their right side*
• step your left leg over into the space created at the small of their back
• spin round to face the direction you came from
• claim their arm to your chest**
• sit down
• squeeze your knees
• lie back for the tap

*You’ll have to step back slightly with your knee-ride leg to allow them to be turned to create space

** For an arm-bar that’s harder to escape from, claim their arm with your right, and grab their left leg with your left

Arm-bar from Closed Guard

• control your opponent’s right wrist with your left hand – either grab the gi or hold the wrist, palm down
• bring your right arm across to grab their left tricep – for this grip, your little finger is pointing up and your arm forms an ’s’ shape
• uncross your ankles
• slide your left knee toward you so your left foot rests on your opponent’s right hip*

Now you have the arm isolated:

• sit up
• push off your left foot and turn your torso to the right, as close to 90 degrees as you can get
• simultaneously use your right leg to cut left across their shoulders
• bring your left leg over their head, squeeze your knees together
• point your toes up, pull your heels down to your butt
• slowly raise your hips to pressure the elbow for the tap

*slide it close to their ribs and into the back of their tricep, stopping them from pulling their arm free

Drill

Put it altogether:

• Mount up, partner pushes you away, arm-bar
• side control, push up to knee-ride, near arm-bar
• knee-ride, partner pushes the knee, far arm-bar
• partner escapes into your guard, claim the arm, arm-bar
• repeat and then trade places