May 6th, 2010 by jgatienza

Starting from the knees sweep

• right hand grabs right lapel, left hand grabs right side loose material behind the elbow
• right foot steps on the outside of opponents right leg
• keep elbows close to your body, twist and pull your opponent and pivot your right foot
  finish knee on belly

To defend knee on belly

• protect your neck if your opponent has a grip in your collar
• take your right hand and place it on his right foot
• bump over your right shoulder and on the way down push your opponents leg into your half guard

Submission from half guard

• if your opponent gets you in his half guard your hand is still in his collar
  your opponent will try to shrimp out and get to his side
• sprawl with your left leg and drop your left side armpit over the side of his head and reach for his belt
• switch your hips so that you are on your left side hip
• flex and tighten down with your left arm/lats and pull with your right hand for the choke

collar choke, knee on belly, sweep

May 5th, 2009 by jgatienza

Todays class we worked on the toriano pass, x-pass and from there knee on belly to armbar and if they protect their arm and put it on the ground go for the collar choke.

Toriano:

• grab the gi from the inside of the knees and slam his feet to the floor
• apply pressure downward and keep your feet back and begin to walk around your opponent, going either left or right of him

Knee on belly to an armbar:

• your knee lays across your opponent’s belt line, on the but, it makes it harder for him to push your knee off.
• right hand goes as deep as you can into his collar, left hand goes behind his elbow holding on to his gi. Pull him up to get a deeper grip into his collar if you have to. Remember to keep his right arm in front of you
• slide your right foot and shin and dorsi flex it around his right armpit
• with your left hand grab your shoulder, be sure to have his arm trapped, this way he can’t defend the armbar.
• swing your left leg over his face and roll back to your butt and squeeze your knees for the armbar

Opponent defends the armbar:

Scenario: he sees the armbar coming from the knee on belly and puts his elbows to the mat.

• with your left hand grab the gi material over his left shoulder
• trap his right arm with your left leg
• apply the collar choke and pull your elbows to your butt

armbar, knee on belly, toriano pass, x-pass

April 11th, 2009 by jgatienza

Position 1, mount to an armbar:

• from side control (position 1) remember to drive your hip to your opponents hip, left hand behind your opponents neck in his collar, right hand on his side under his left shoulder and your left leg is driving into him using your chest on his ribs. If he is not grimacing you are doing it wrong.
• he is going to want to turn into you to shrimp out, to prevent this drive your left shoulder to the side of his face, he is also going to want to try and get his left hand and push off, lock your hands together and bring it up to the side of his head, or with your left hand grip under his left armpit and use your right hand to crawl the mat to move his arm away.
• slide your knee across his belly and over for the mount, squeeze your legs together once you are in the mounted position
• bring your right knee to where your left hand was, work your right hand under his left arm, windshield wipe your left foot  and lean to the right, stay heavy on him
• bear hug his trapped arm and swing your right leg over his head for the armbar

armbar, knee on belly, mount, position 1

April 2nd, 2009 by jgatienza

My 30 minute private from Dustin “Clean” Denes. I asked help on knee on belly.

Knee on belly:

• starting from side control, your left hand is behind his head, your right knee to his hip, right hand makes a grip on his belt or on the top of his gi pants (make a fist)
• make a fist with your right hand and push down on his belly button
• pop up and place your knee right on his stomach, keep your left fist on the mat, this will prevent him from coming up
• keep your left hand under his head, keep your back straight, right knee/shin is perpendicular to his belt, left knee is bent and is perpendiculat to your opponents head
• with your left hand grab your opponents sleeve and push it across his body, your left arm should be over his arm, adjust your grip if you have to, with your right hand grab the gi material on the inside of his right knee push away on his knee, this prevents him from turning into you.

From this position you can advance to a kimura:

• slide your left knee off his belly, keep your weight on him
• walk or swing your left leg around to north south position, stay on your toes
• right hand releases the knee and work it under his right arm
• get on your knees, your left hand releases the sleeve and grabs the wrist and now you lock in the kimura grip
• pull up and turn to the right for the submission

*Note: Stay in the center, if you lean to far over either way you can get swept

kimura, knee on belly

November 18th, 2008 by jgatienza

3 options for knee on belly escapes:

Option 1. 1) right knee up goes up against your opponents hip, push him with your knee, this will make him lose his balance. 2) drop your right leg to the mat and shrimp out from under his knee. 3) grab his right leg for a single leg.

Option 2. 1) if your opponent starts to attack, he will create space for you to be able to  shove your right hand under his right foot, s grip with your other hand and teeter-totter your elbows (right elbow goes up while the left elbow goes down). The result is your opponent losing balance. 2) be sure to stay in front of his right leg (otherwise you can fall into his half guard)  and get into side control.

Option 3. 1) with your left hand grab his belt and with your right hand grab his pant sleeve. 2) push away and get on the right side of your hip.

Tips: stay calm, with your elbows tight they can’t submit you.

escapes, knee on belly