July 23rd, 2009 by jgatienza

Step in leg sweep

Scenario: from the stand up position and you have your grips on the collar and elbow

One arm take down

Arm bar (2 ways)

Shoulder lock

arm bar, shoulder lock, take down

July 21st, 2009 by jgatienza

side control to knee on belly

July 20th, 2009 by jgatienza

never except the turtle
- roll
- collapse the left leg and roll on your right and into guard

escape from the back:
- defend the neck, don’t worry about their legs you can feel if they cross them, roll on the left side
- saulo ribeiro escape

keep your head up, use your head

July 18th, 2009 by jgatienza

A review of what we were taught.

fighting for the clinch (drill, this was a warm-up)

Scenario: your opponent grabs your neck

• protect your face and have your hands in front of your face and bob and weave, you must protect your face so you don’t get kneed

Scenario: if your opponent is tight on your body with his hands around your neck

• place your hands on his chest, step back and push off and bob and weave under his arms

Scenario: while fighting for the clinch

• take your right hand and go over his arms
• lock your hands together
• place your right leg by his right leg and trip him

Scenario: your opponent is much larger than you and has his hands around your neck

• you are in your opponents clinch
• turn your body slightly to the left to drive your right hand up and around his head
• left hand by the tricep
• right leg step inward and place in front of his right leg, left leg circles to the front of your opponents left leg
• bend forward to complete the throw

OR and alternative is to…

• pop his elbows up
• drop down a little
• drive your face in his chest
• hands lock behind his back and suck him in and bend him backwards

Scenario: your opponent has you against the wall and is choking you

• with both hands reach straight back to his fingers
• feel for the weak finger (depending on what side) and grab it
• right hand goes to your opponents right wrist and break his finger

Arm in guillotine
Scenario: your opponent is on all fours with your chest applying pressure above the back of his shoulders/head

• slide your right hand under his chin or grab his gi collar
• with your left hand push his right arm inward and grab behind above the elbow with your right hand
• lock your hands together to prevent his trapped arm from escaping
• slide your right knee to block it Note: if you can’t slide your knee in, lift up his upper body to get your right knee in
• roll over your right leg and wrap your legs around him and extend your body for the submission

Or if your opponent tucks his arm in to prevent the arm in guillotine go for the normal guillotine

Guillotine
Scenario: your opponent is on all fours with your chest applying pressure above the back of his shoulders/head

• slide your right hand under his chin or grab his gi collar
• lock your hands together
• slide your right knee to block it. Note: if you can’t slide your knee in, lift up his upper body to get your right knee in
• roll over your right leg and wrap your legs around him and extend your body for the submission

To be able to pull this off you need to set your opponent up. If he pulls back or defends his neck go for the arm in guillotine. If he pushes in go for the normal guillotine. Take what your opponent gives you.

North south body triangle
Scenario: your opponent has you in his side control from your right side. His left arm must be on the left side of your head.

• take your left hand and grab behind your left knee (grab the gi material)
• get a underhook with your right hand and work to a north south position
• scootch your body down. Note: scootching your body down allows you to be able to lock your opponent down easier
• with your left hand release your grip on your knee and grab your right bicep, your right hand grabs his belt
• squeeze your arms and body together and raise your hips for a choke

From the back arm bar
Scenario: you have your opponent’s back and you have your grips on his right arm

• with your left arm place it behind you and move your hips to the right, you might have to do this a couple of times
• make a frame across his face with your left arm
• embrace his right arm with both of your arms
• as he is trying to pull away throw your left leg over his face  and squeeze the knees  and raise the hips for the armbar

Or you can choke him with your gi with the help of your knee
Scenario: you have your opponent’s back, he is defending his neck. His left arm is over his right arm

• pull your gi out
• with your left hand feed the end of your gi to your right hand
• place your left hand behind you and move your hips to the left lowering your opponents head
• work your knee under your right arm and between your chest and your opponents head
• grab the gi material on his knee
• drive your knee into his face and pull your gi for the submission

Monson choke
Scenario: you are in the north south position, you on top

• take your right hand and slide it under his neck
• take your left hand and slide it under his left arm (starting from under the pit area and finish by his head)
• lock your hands together and drop your right armpit under his chin and squeeze

Questions that were asked
Q: What can I do when someone is defending with an open guard (holding on to both sleeves and feet on their hips).
A: Sit back try and work your knees between his legs, alternative is to try and do a toriano pass

Q: How do I defend an underhook from half guard
A: Place your left hand on his shoulders and the right hand on his hips and try and push away

Q: After I get my opponent off me while I’m in his side control using the underhook, I get caught in the turtle position what can I do to prevent that?
A: First, Royler said that I don’t need to bump if I already have the under hook all I have to do is keep (shrimping) moving my hips around and then get to your knees and roll back over your leg and pull your opponent into my guard

This is all that I remember from the seminar if anyone remembers any details that I might have missed or I might have explained something incorrectly please leave a comment.

arm bar, choke, clinch, gi choke, guillotine, take down, under hooks

July 9th, 2009 by jgatienza

We learned 2 take downs today.

The Gracie take down

First scenario: you are up against an opponent and he is throwing punches, just walk into him with your hands in front of your face, palms out.

• once you get inside his arms put your face to his chest
• lock your hands behind his back
• pull his hips into you while driving your face/head into his chest bending him like a backward C
• fall onto him into the mount

The second scenario take down happens to be a continuation from the first one mentioned above, you have your face in his chest and you have your grip behind his back but the difference is now your opponent steps to the side and has you in a whizzer. Note: your opponent may have some wrestling skills

• grap his left wrist and your right arm should be around his waist, holding his belt
• drop your right leg behind his feet and sit down on your butt tripping your opponent backwards
• pull your right arm from under him and proceed to side control

Note: in a confrontation always talk with your hands in front of you not down and when it’s time to pull the trigger go for it. If your hands are down you are asking to get your face smashed.

mount, take down