March 26th, 2009 by jgatienza
Setting up the triangle, omaplata or armbar from your guard
Starting from the guard:
- with your right hand get it deep into his collar
- with your left hand, go under his arm and over to lock it down (your elbow over his elbow)
- break your guard, kind of shrimp to your side and place your left foot on his hip and squeeze down with your hips to keep him broken down
- with your right hand push away on his left bicep, pull your right leg thru and grab the sleeve on his left arm. You are now controlling him and broken down.
- If he postures up throw your right leg over and lock it down and apply the triangle
- Or you pivot on his right arm which you have control of and go for the omaplata.
- you can also go for an armbar, once your throw your left leg over his right shoulder figure four it with your legs and hook your right foot under your opponents chin and push the arm towards where the pinky is pointing.
armbar, breaking down, omaplata, triangle
March 6th, 2009 by jgatienza
Your opponent is shooting in on you, you sprawl and your options are…
D’arce choke: 1) apply a gable grip around his neck and under his right shoulder/armpit. 2) squeeze your left elbows in tight to force his right across his face. 3) roll to your left side, rolling your opponent with you. 4) walk towards him and hook his left leg.
Keep walking into him if he tries to shrimp back.
Anaconda choke: 1) wrap your arms around his neck and under his right shoulder/armpit and grab your left bicep or if you have short arms grab your gi or your foremarm, place your left hand on his side or back 2) fall to your left side roll him over until you get to your right side. 3) walk your legs into him.
Defence to a single leg transition to an omaplata: your opponent has a single leg (your right leg for this example). 1) roll over your right shoulder and into an omaplata
Defence to a single leg: your opponent has a single leg (your right leg for this example). 1) with your left hand push his head down. 2) take your right hand under his left armpit and put a kimura grip. 3) push his head down some more, he will want to roll as this downward force is uncomfortable. 4) spin to his side, let loose the kimura grip and your right hand should be around his neck for side control.
Note: lay the top of your feet flat on the mat, so that you slide backwards while they are trying to push all the while you keep your weight on him.
anaconda, choke, d'arce choke, defence, omaplata, single leg, sprawl
October 16th, 2008 by jgatienza
Thursday’s class we reviewed the omaplata that Dustin Denes taught us on Monday.
Little details that could help me while going for this submission:
- raise my hips higher
- when I lock my feet together behind my opponent pull down very hard to really break him down.
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October 15th, 2008 by jgatienza
Star sweep: starting from your guard. 1) using your left thumb lift up your opponents sleeve and grab it and lock your elbow down to your side. 2) break your opponent down using your abs and legs. 3) when he is leaning over you, space has been created to work your right arm under his knee, be sure to get your head close to it. 4) swing your left leg out as far as you can. 5) your right leg is still over and across your opponents back, apply pressure downward at the same time your left leg swings (clockwise) straight across the floor, this motion will “sweep” your opponent off his knees, from there you proceed to mount him.
If the sweep fails go to the omaplata. Now if your opponent realizes that you are trying to sweep him and he leans forward and wraps his left arm under your head. 1) with your left hand push away on his head. 2) throw your left leg over his head and squeeze your knees and hammer down. 3) and if your right hand is under his knee from trying to star sweep him, now would be a good time to free it if it isn’t already. 4) apply the armbar. 5) if he pulls his right arm out you still have the other arm to apply the armbar, cross your feet, his wrist should be on your traps/under chin area, locate his elbow and apply pressure downward and if you have to raise your hips.
Now if he postures up go for the triangle. 1) throw your left leg over his right shoulder. 2) push his left arm across your gut, lock it down by grabbing your shin, with your right hand grab your foot. 3) push off on your right foot to break him down, you might have to do this a few times. 4) once you’ve broken him down, throw your right leg over your left foot and pull down on his head for the sub.
Thoughts: I need to be more aware and react to my opponent if I’m going to my guard, I find myself in a bad position all the time.
armbar, omaplata, star sweep, triangle
October 13th, 2008 by jgatienza
Starting from your guard. 1) with your right hand grab your opponents lapel on his left side. 2) your left hand grabs his right wrist (half gi/half skin), push it to his chest. 3) swing your left leg over his right shoulder and hammer down, breaking his base down. 4) lock your feet together, pressing down on him. 5) with your left hand grab the gi material above his elbow. 6) reach around and grab his belt with your right hand. 7) kind of spin on your back and twist your legs over your opponents trapped arm and push forward and down. 
left hand grabs the back of his collar, right hand grabs his lats or his lapel. 9) windshield wipe your feet, post up on your right hand. 10) lean straight forward for the tap.
We covered the Omaplata for almost 2 hours.
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