March 6th, 2009 by jgatienza

Notes: Your opponent maybe tired or buying time, so he will stay in your guard and post both hands on your biceps and his head on your stomach. Wrestlers will push forward.

Guard sweep: from the guard, your opponent is holding down on your biceps 1) put your right hand on your stomach, bump up and slide your hand in your opponents collar. 2) your left hand goes to the back of the elbow, break your guard, hook your right foot around in the inside of his left ankle 3) straighten your right leg out so your toes are pointing to you sideways 4) unwrap your right foot and work you right foot in between his legs, get on your left side of your body  5) your left leg should be just a little over his right knee, pull him towards you for the sweep, when he rolls over don’t follow him and roll into his half guard, you should finish in side control.

Collar choke: from the guard, your opponent is holding down on your biceps. 1) put your right hand on your stomach, bump up and slide your hand in your opponents collar. 2) put your left hand by his right bicep, keep your left arm close to your body. 3) break your guard, turn to your left side, pull your left leg thru and grab his right hand, use your left knee to block it. 4) straighten your right leg and pivot to the right side and hammer down across his back. 5) reach over with your left hand and grab his gi material over his shoulder and pull your elbows to the mat to finish the submission.

bump, choke, guard

July 21st, 2008 by jgatienza

We learned 3 ways to escape from the mounted position.

All of these positions start with your opponent on you in the mount position

1. always have your arms close to your body, this way you are not in the position to get armbarred. Your elbows should be against his inner leg, hands protecting your neck, bump up to your left or right to get him off balance, your opponent will post on his arms. Whichever way you decide to bump (in this case it’s to the left) reach up and grab his arm with both hand, one hand controlling his wrist and the other above his elbow.  With your left leg lay it over his right leg and with your right leg push up and over onto your opponent. From there you fight out of his guard.

2. place your left leg next to his right leg, with your right foot reach over and drag his right foot over your left leg, pull your left leg out and into your half guard, reach over hish back and grab his gi or his lats, you can place your left leg over his back to break him down. At this point you should be on your side, try to get your head down as far down as you can to his crotch to be able to work yourself from under him and from there take his back.

3. place your hands on your opponents hips, bump up with your hips and kind of “bench press” him and at the highest point bring your knees up and support his weight on your shins.

Lessons in rolling: I need to keep in mind to sweep instead of going straight to my back.

bump, escape, mount