October 21st, 2008 by jgatienza

Taking the back: starting from your guard. 1) with your left hand pop open your opponents right sleeve, pistol grip it with your right hand. 2) place your left hand behind his tricep. 3) using your legs and hips pull him forward breaking his base and at the same time pull his right arm to the right side of you. 4) immediately let go and gable grip around his head trapping his right shoulder. *Note you can go for a submission here by choking him out. 5) with your left hand grab his right wrist and put a kimura lock on it. 6) at this point you can open your guard if you haven’t done so already, you want to begin sinking your hooks in, with your right leg now on the mat,  crank on his neck to apply some discomfort this will allow you to be able to slip your right leg between his legs. 7) at this point you are still in control, you can start to free up your right arm, pull your left leg back and use the momentum swing yourself over his back. now you can start attacking.

5 Chokes from the back: you have your hooks in and you have the over under with your arms. 1) you can choke with a cross collar choke (pull across with your right hand and down with your left). 2) rear naked choke. 3) ezekiel (under his arm over his head) 4) you can grab your own collar and feed it to your right hand, which is around his neck and then expand your chest and pull for the choke. 5) bow choke, holding his lapel with your right hand, grab the gi on his left leg, swing your right leg clear out of the way to flatten your opponent out and pull back on his body like a bow.

gi choke

October 16th, 2008 by jgatienza

Thursday’s class we reviewed the omaplata that Dustin Denes taught us on Monday.

Little details that could help me while going for this submission:

- raise my hips higher

- when I lock my feet together behind my opponent pull down very hard to really break him down.

omaplata

October 15th, 2008 by jgatienza

Star sweep: starting from your guard. 1) using your left thumb lift up your opponents sleeve and grab it and lock your elbow down to your side. 2) break your opponent down using your abs and legs. 3) when he is leaning over you, space has been created to work your right arm under his knee, be sure to get your head close to it. 4) swing your left leg out as far as you can. 5) your right leg is still over and across your opponents back, apply pressure downward at the same time your left leg swings (clockwise) straight across the floor, this motion will “sweep” your opponent off his knees, from there you proceed to mount him.

If the sweep fails go to the omaplata. Now if your opponent realizes that you are trying to sweep him and he leans forward and wraps his left arm under your head. 1) with your left hand push away on his head. 2) throw your left leg over his head and squeeze your knees and hammer down. 3) and if your right hand is under his knee from trying to star sweep him, now would be a good time to free it if it isn’t already. 4) apply the armbar. 5) if he pulls his right arm out you still have the other arm to apply the armbar, cross your feet, his wrist should be on your traps/under chin area, locate his elbow and apply pressure downward and if you have to raise your hips.

Now if he postures up go for the triangle. 1) throw your left leg over his right shoulder. 2) push his left arm across your gut, lock it down by grabbing your shin, with your right hand grab your foot. 3) push off on your right foot to break him down, you might have to do this a few times. 4) once you’ve broken him down, throw your right leg over your left foot and pull down on his head for the sub.

Thoughts: I need to be more aware and react to my opponent if I’m going to my guard, I find myself in a bad position all the time.

armbar, omaplata, star sweep, triangle

October 13th, 2008 by jgatienza

Starting from your guard. 1) with your right hand grab your opponents lapel on his left side. 2) your left hand grabs his right wrist (half gi/half skin), push it to his chest. 3) swing your left leg over his right shoulder and hammer down, breaking his base down. 4)  lock your feet together, pressing down on him. 5) with your left hand grab the gi material above his elbow. 6) reach around and grab his belt with your right hand. 7) kind of spin on your back and twist your legs over your opponents trapped arm and push forward and down. left hand grabs the back of his collar, right hand grabs his lats or his lapel. 9) windshield wipe your feet, post up on your right hand. 10) lean straight forward for the tap.

We covered the Omaplata for almost 2 hours.

omaplata

October 9th, 2008 by jgatienza

Passing guard: your opponent is on his back. 1) grab both his pants sleeve and pull together and make your fist touch each other. 2) push his legs to the right. 3) turn your left shoulder to his right leg and slide it down until you reach his stomach. 4) with your left hand let go of his pant sleeve and proceed to side control.

Clock choke from the turtle position: your opponent turned into the turtle position not allowing you to go to side control. 1) place your left hand on his belt or his left side. 2) right hand grabs the back of his collar. 3) left knee is behind your opponent. 4) your right foot should be a little to the side of him. 5) using your right leg strength pull him in an angle towards your. 6) once you’ve opened him up, slide your right hand around his neck and grab his lapel. 7)  with your left hand underhook his arm and grab his left wrist. drop your weight over his head and bring your head to the mat facing away from him. 9) begin to walk around him making the choke tighter.

clock choke, passing guard, turtle