September 1st, 2011 by jgatienza
You are in side control. With your right hand pull his gi out, grabbing close to the end of it pull it towards his head. Get head control, once you establish that feed the end of his gi to your left hand (it doesn’t have to be tight). Place your right elbow to his left hip make him think that you are going knee on belly but when he defends you place your left knee on his chest, when he defends that you place your right knee on his belly while you take your left knee off his chest. Grab his lapel on his right side with your right hand, post on your foot and pull him hard towards you. Let go of his gi with your left hand and while you are taking his back, reach in front of his neck and grab his lapel, place a foot between his legs and fall to the right and establish your second hook while you grab the other side of his lapel for the choke.
Or you can choose to place your right arm across the back of his head for a choke, kind of like an ezekiel.
knee on belly, side control, take the back
April 25th, 2011 by jgatienza
Choke (modified ezekiel)
Starting from side control, pull your opponents gi out, feed the end of his gi to your hand that is under his head. When you pass the gi be sure that it goes over his hand that is protecting his neck. If he wants to pull his hand out let him that way you can slide your hand in and choke him.
Knee on belly to a knee on face:
from position 1, we control the head with the left hand and your right hand is on his left side.
pop-up with knee on belly, your left foot should be adjacent to his head and straight so that he can’t grab it.
if he defends the knee on belly he is going to use his hands and push away
when he does slide your right leg back and put your knee/shin to his neck
left hand should be by his head on the mat and right hand should be on the mat by his left side
From there we can go to the north south position into a submission
take your left hand and put it under his head
take your right hand and put it under his right arm
grab your fingers, so that it is like a loose noose
being on your toes walk up to him drive your shoulders into his gut
place your left shin to his neck and squeeze your arms together
choke, knee on belly
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