December 29th, 2008 by jgatienza

This is a good flow roll drill.

Defending the thru the leg pass: 1) when your opponent drives his knee over your leg, push away with your hands and get to your right side and give him a little bump with your left knee. 2) in a scissor motion use your legs to push him off balance a little to be able to get behind him. 3) you should finish with his feet between your knees and your right hand around his waist.

Rolling your opponent from the turtle position: 1) grab his gi around his waist or belt with your left hand and grab the inside of his right knee. 2) pull his knee out towards you. 3) you will position yourself on his right side and tuck your head “under” him and roll him over you and you should finish in side control. *Note: you might rethink this when it comes to a bigger opponent.

Shrimp out and get back into guard… Repeat and go back to the thru the leg pass.

December 26th, 2008 by jgatienza

When in position 2 you need to attack! This isn’t the place to rest, if you rest here it will be more difficult because now your opponent has time to defend. If you have to rest, do it during position 1.

From position 1 you can advance your position and go to mount, 1) you are using gable grips when in position 1 use your right arm to push his left arm up and stretch him out. 2) switch your hips and throw your leg over for the mount or 3) you can slide your knee across his belly until you get your knee to the other side of the mat. 4) get your hooks in

Note: remember to use your shoulder and drive into your opponents face

mount, position 2

December 18th, 2008 by jgatienza

Collar choke sweep to an armbar: starting from your guard. 1) get your grips deep into his collar. 2) open your guard and get to your left side. 3) get your left leg just a little bit above his right knee and get your right knee on his belly. 4) pull towards you and raise your right knee and use a scissor motion with your legs to sweep him. 5) hold onto his gi and pull yourself over on to him (you can finish the collar choke from here). 6) get your left foot under his right shoulder. 7) lean back to the right to roll him over a little to get your knee under his right shoulder. with your right hand grab his right arm (he may be defending, so that’s a good thing), throw your leg over his head, squeeze the knees for the armbar. *Note if he does defend the armbar, you still have his collar, complete the submission like you are doing an armbar and once you throw your left leg over pull on his gi collar, you can use both hands if you want.

Please feel free to add other tips to this technique.

armbar, collar choke

December 16th, 2008 by jgatienza

Today we did something a little different. We will be doing basic warm-ups for a month, this month it is:
10 reps of each on both sides
• cross collar choke
• armbar
• scissor sweep

Passing the guard: once your opponent opens his guard 1) your right knee goes to your left knee and circles clockwise to block his legs from closing again. 2) your elbows should be tight against you and on the outside of your knee.
Keeping your hands close to you will allow you to defend easily.

Toriano pass: 1) grab the material on the outside of your opponents knees, there shouldn’t be any slack for him to move away from 2) with straight arms push his knees together and nail it to the mat (press your knuckles on to his knees). 3) your legs are behind you and walk around him into side control.
Using your shoulder when you pass is also acceptable.

passing guard, toriano pass

December 11th, 2008 by jgatienza

Position 2 will be my new home now. I am comfortable with position 1, but I am going to have to start advancing my position.

Position 1: 1) left hand under the head. 2) right hand by your opponents side. 3) hip on hip. 4) head should be laying on your opponents chest. 5) on your toes and push into your opponnent.

From position 1 you will transition to position 2: 1) switch your hips, your right leg should be under his right shoulder, do not use your hand to get your leg under his shoulder. 2) left hand goes back to defend. 3) hip should still be on his hip. 4) right hand should still be on his side. 5) you are still applying pressure using your left leg and driving your weight into him.

Submissions from position 2:

Americana: when your opponent defends or tries to push you away 1) with your left hand, grip his left hand and flex it downward and apply the kimura grip right away. 2) switch your hips and push his arm up with your hip. 3) pull the arm to the side of his body. 4) turn into him for the submission, he may have already submitted…

If he resists and fights it off… go for the:

Armlock: 1) if he straightens his arm out, get your right arm above his elbow and with your left arm apply pressure downward. (you can use either hand for this) 2) put your head to the mat

If he resists and fights it off… go for the:

Kimura: 1) switch arms arm and hand grips 2) throw your left leg onto the other side of his head 3) torque his shoulder

Other submissions from position 2 to be aware of:

Armlock: 1) put your left hand on your butt or leg (loose). 2) slide your left leg back under your right leg. 3) your right leg steps over his head to his neck, put your left knee under his shoulder, hip down, squeeze your legs together  and extend your back

Collar choke: 1) if your opponent is defending and you can’t budge his arms, slide your hand down his collar (thumb inside the gi) till your knuckles touch the mat. 2) Right hand grabs his lapel (which is loose) pull the slack, once the slack is gone drive your elbows to the ground

Collar choke: 1) slide your hand down his collar till your knuckles touch the mat. 2) switch your hips 3) with your right hand go under yourself and grab the gi material on his traps. Your body should be straight (shoulders, hips, foot should be a straight line) and drive your left elbow to the mat.

*Note: position 1: hip to hip, rotate on the hip when moving to position 2, head should be on his chest, on your toes driving into your opponent.

Position 2: left hand never touches his right arm, it automatically goes to your chest ready to attack. Do not lean to far back.

americana, armlock, collar choke, kimura, position 1, position 2