So I had a hellasious work out last night. There was not a lot of new tecniques becing taught because we have a bunch of guys fighting on Saturday (check out http://armageddonfc.com/ for more info). However we did a lot of pad work and really pushed the pace. By the end of the Muay thai portion I was sucking wind pretty hard and sweating enough to save a small african village from a drought.
The BJJ portion focuse on a couple of butterfly guard passes. One of them was the pass described here: http://tonyssubmissions.blogspot.com/2008/04/daily-submission_14.html . The other one was dceptively simple. Reach over his back with one hand and grab the gi. With the other hand (right in this case) reach under his legs and grip the far side gi by the ankle. Post your right leg up and pull his legs to your right as you pull him in with the left. You end up o Knee on belly. Pretty simple and effective.
It was a rough roll last night because I was so tired. I rolled with a guy who was probably about 20 pounds lighter than me and I admit that I bullied him around with my size a bit. I tried to stay technical but when i get tired I wrestle rather than focus on BJJ. Another thing I noticed is that when I am tired, I can be tapped just by smothering my mouth and nose. At one point I was working a double underhook pass and he triangled my head. Normally, I just slowly work to shuck his legs off and get the pass but I guess I was really hurt for air so I ended up tapping for lack of oxygen. Other than that it was a good roll, I had some good submission chances and a couple of nice sweeps and passes. As I get in better grappling shape again, I am sure I will get up to snuff.
Showing posts with label Guard Pass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guard Pass. Show all posts
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Daily Submission
Went pretty light tonight at BJJ. I wanted to stay technical... and I am just tired. I haven't work this hard in years and the past couple of weeks have been rough. Adam taught the flower sweep and three methods of defending a guard pass tonight. One thing I have learned over the past little while is the Brazilian Jiu jitsu player love to name everything. We have rubber guard, z guard, x guard, de la riva guard, octopus, turtle and sea bass guard. Well I made the last one up (I think). The flower pass is not new. I learned it in Judo years ago but it wasn't a specific sweep. It was taught as a counter to someone defending an armbar from the guard. It went like this:
Control the wrist of the arm you are going to attack, hook the opposite side leg with your other arm (or grab the hem of the pants) and spin into an armbar. When the guy defends, throw the leg that is over his head to the side (away from the body) and lift the leg as you situp. Throw your leg back over is head and you are in the classic armbar position.
Adam also taught this as a setup to a triangle. I found that hard, which isn't surprising because I am not good with triangles. I tended to get to much space too easily transition to a triangle. I did however end up with a couple of omaplatas.
The guard pass defenses ranged from simple to slightly complex. The first one was in defense of the basic underhook pass. All you do is push under his arm pit as he circles around and use it to keep him out of side control as you sit up. The second was a little hard for me. It started in a shrimp position with your far knee on his chest, foot under the armpit. The idea was that you use the other leg to roll over and spin back into guard. I can't really explain it so I will try to find video and post that. The last one was pretty simple as well. It starts in the shrimp position again but this time the near knee is against his chest. All you simply do is take the far leg over his arm and place it on his opposite hip ( ie your left foot on his left hip). You push off to create space and shift your hips back to regain guard.
As I said earlier, I rolled pretty technical today. I really wanted to concentrate on technique rather than using my strength or scrambling a lot. Half guard is starting to come easier. I can normally get the underhook and whip up to my side pretty easily now. From there you can get up to your knees and just bull the other guy over or slip out and take his back, so that alone is a good milestone. However, the old school sweep needs some work. Tonight I couldn't quit get the foot so I let go and posted the knee. It worked and I will remember that for later but I need to get at that foot a little earlier. I still have some trouble going the other way. When I hook under his leg, I sometimes get stuck with him sitting on me. Normally, I just muscle him over and scoot out the back but today (at 50%) it wasn't working. I think I need to work rolling into him and sweeping him that way.
I managed a little rubber guard today. Still aways to go but I managed to get into mission control and new york a few times. Now I just need to go from there.
My scissor sweep is still one of my go to sweeps, I think I landed it twice tonight. I tried it a third time but that was one too many. And my guard passing is solid. I have been really focusing in on the basics: Control the biceps, staple hips to ground, posture, knee in butt, open guard, pass. It is working well. Thanks Cecil. My top positional game in general is come back nicely.
Things that are not going well? I am not finishing. Last class and tonight I let my partner out of too many subs. I missed like three armbars, two chokes, two knee bars and a heel hook tonight. Setup was nice on all of them but I just didn't finish. Granted I wasn't going full strength and I could have probably powered them in but that was not the goal tonight. I am bigger than my training partner and if that is the only reason I tap him then things are not going well. I am also giving my back up to much. That is the judoka in me. If I end up on bottom of side control, especially after a scramble, I tend to roll to my back and turtle. I get away with it most of the time but it is a bad habit to get into. I tapped once tonight because I gave my partner my back and he managed to neck crank me while attempting a rear naked choke.
Control the wrist of the arm you are going to attack, hook the opposite side leg with your other arm (or grab the hem of the pants) and spin into an armbar. When the guy defends, throw the leg that is over his head to the side (away from the body) and lift the leg as you situp. Throw your leg back over is head and you are in the classic armbar position.
Adam also taught this as a setup to a triangle. I found that hard, which isn't surprising because I am not good with triangles. I tended to get to much space too easily transition to a triangle. I did however end up with a couple of omaplatas.
The guard pass defenses ranged from simple to slightly complex. The first one was in defense of the basic underhook pass. All you do is push under his arm pit as he circles around and use it to keep him out of side control as you sit up. The second was a little hard for me. It started in a shrimp position with your far knee on his chest, foot under the armpit. The idea was that you use the other leg to roll over and spin back into guard. I can't really explain it so I will try to find video and post that. The last one was pretty simple as well. It starts in the shrimp position again but this time the near knee is against his chest. All you simply do is take the far leg over his arm and place it on his opposite hip ( ie your left foot on his left hip). You push off to create space and shift your hips back to regain guard.
As I said earlier, I rolled pretty technical today. I really wanted to concentrate on technique rather than using my strength or scrambling a lot. Half guard is starting to come easier. I can normally get the underhook and whip up to my side pretty easily now. From there you can get up to your knees and just bull the other guy over or slip out and take his back, so that alone is a good milestone. However, the old school sweep needs some work. Tonight I couldn't quit get the foot so I let go and posted the knee. It worked and I will remember that for later but I need to get at that foot a little earlier. I still have some trouble going the other way. When I hook under his leg, I sometimes get stuck with him sitting on me. Normally, I just muscle him over and scoot out the back but today (at 50%) it wasn't working. I think I need to work rolling into him and sweeping him that way.
I managed a little rubber guard today. Still aways to go but I managed to get into mission control and new york a few times. Now I just need to go from there.
My scissor sweep is still one of my go to sweeps, I think I landed it twice tonight. I tried it a third time but that was one too many. And my guard passing is solid. I have been really focusing in on the basics: Control the biceps, staple hips to ground, posture, knee in butt, open guard, pass. It is working well. Thanks Cecil. My top positional game in general is come back nicely.
Things that are not going well? I am not finishing. Last class and tonight I let my partner out of too many subs. I missed like three armbars, two chokes, two knee bars and a heel hook tonight. Setup was nice on all of them but I just didn't finish. Granted I wasn't going full strength and I could have probably powered them in but that was not the goal tonight. I am bigger than my training partner and if that is the only reason I tap him then things are not going well. I am also giving my back up to much. That is the judoka in me. If I end up on bottom of side control, especially after a scramble, I tend to roll to my back and turtle. I get away with it most of the time but it is a bad habit to get into. I tapped once tonight because I gave my partner my back and he managed to neck crank me while attempting a rear naked choke.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Daily Technique
"No Gi BJJ 101" from BJ Penn. You could get pretty far if you master nothing but what he shows in the 10 minute video. Real solid info by one of the best grapplers in MMA.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Daily Submission
Today we worked guard passes. This first one was an open guard pass. It is essentially the same pass Mario Sperry teaches here:
http://tonyssubmissions.blogspot.com/2008/04/daily-technique.html
The next pass was a butterfly guard pass. The technique starts with getting your opponents head off you chest, creating space then getting your head under his. From there you push him to his back, and scoot your hips up tight to him. Place your head to the side, maintain shoulder pressure and reach back as you grab his pants at the ankle and press down to staple his feet to the ground. This prevents him from using the hooks to sweep you. Next you jump over his legs, rolling on the shoulder that is in his chest. In other words, if your right shoulder is in his chest, you would roll over that shoulder to his left side. This leaves you in a bridge position with your back to his chest, bad place to stay. To gain cross side position, you reach with the hand that is by his head over your chest and grab his pants where your other hand is grabbing. Release the other hand and pull it under you as you spin into him. Remember to maintain pressure at all times.
I find it important to enter each class with a goal. Last class it was work on Half Guard. This class it was work on controlling my opponents posture in the guard. Being a wrestler and have MMA experience, I like to create space, push off and scramble to my knees for a reversal. While that is good in one way, it is not BJJ. So today's goal was breaking posture. To do this I used a couple of methods. One was under hooks, I really fought for the under hook in the guard today and I had some succes with it. I think I will play that game more often because it fits so well into the Half Guard and Butterfly guard games I am playing right now. Another was something, I saw in Eddie Bravo's Mastering the Rubber Guard book. It involves an arm triangle but only around his head. I tried that a few times but I also used a true arm triangle. I like the latter better because it can lead right to a sweep or submission but I can see how it would be harder against a good player. I even tried a little bit of rubber guard to help keep his posture broken. It needs alot of work but I will say one thing: You don't need to be as flexible as Eddie Bravo to work a basic rubber guard. I am one of the least flexible guys on the planet and I was able to achieve Mission Control a few times and even New York once.
One of my favorite things about grappling is helping others learn and teaching. The guy I have been rolling with the last few days is a true white belt. Like most of Adam's students he is better that one would think a White Belt should be but clearly less experienced than me. Today when we rolled, since I really want to work on position and controlling posture in the guard, I needed him to reverse me a few times. I refuse to give someone a technique, I don't think it is helpful at all. However, I do believe in not countering the things I am telling him to do. I managed to coach him through a nice hip escape from mount to half guard and through a bow and arrow choke. It is really rewarding watching your training partner advance from working with you just as you advance from working with them.
I had posted earlier that Adam was a Brown Belt under Marcus Soares. It turns out I was wrong. I had seen him wearing a black belt but I thought maybe it was from one of the many instructor ranks in other arts he had. But it turns out he was awarded his Black Belt like 3 weeks ago. Congrats to Adam as Soares does not give out a lot of black belts. It is a very hard earned rank.
http://tonyssubmissions.blogspot.com/2008/04/daily-technique.html
The next pass was a butterfly guard pass. The technique starts with getting your opponents head off you chest, creating space then getting your head under his. From there you push him to his back, and scoot your hips up tight to him. Place your head to the side, maintain shoulder pressure and reach back as you grab his pants at the ankle and press down to staple his feet to the ground. This prevents him from using the hooks to sweep you. Next you jump over his legs, rolling on the shoulder that is in his chest. In other words, if your right shoulder is in his chest, you would roll over that shoulder to his left side. This leaves you in a bridge position with your back to his chest, bad place to stay. To gain cross side position, you reach with the hand that is by his head over your chest and grab his pants where your other hand is grabbing. Release the other hand and pull it under you as you spin into him. Remember to maintain pressure at all times.
I find it important to enter each class with a goal. Last class it was work on Half Guard. This class it was work on controlling my opponents posture in the guard. Being a wrestler and have MMA experience, I like to create space, push off and scramble to my knees for a reversal. While that is good in one way, it is not BJJ. So today's goal was breaking posture. To do this I used a couple of methods. One was under hooks, I really fought for the under hook in the guard today and I had some succes with it. I think I will play that game more often because it fits so well into the Half Guard and Butterfly guard games I am playing right now. Another was something, I saw in Eddie Bravo's Mastering the Rubber Guard book. It involves an arm triangle but only around his head. I tried that a few times but I also used a true arm triangle. I like the latter better because it can lead right to a sweep or submission but I can see how it would be harder against a good player. I even tried a little bit of rubber guard to help keep his posture broken. It needs alot of work but I will say one thing: You don't need to be as flexible as Eddie Bravo to work a basic rubber guard. I am one of the least flexible guys on the planet and I was able to achieve Mission Control a few times and even New York once.
One of my favorite things about grappling is helping others learn and teaching. The guy I have been rolling with the last few days is a true white belt. Like most of Adam's students he is better that one would think a White Belt should be but clearly less experienced than me. Today when we rolled, since I really want to work on position and controlling posture in the guard, I needed him to reverse me a few times. I refuse to give someone a technique, I don't think it is helpful at all. However, I do believe in not countering the things I am telling him to do. I managed to coach him through a nice hip escape from mount to half guard and through a bow and arrow choke. It is really rewarding watching your training partner advance from working with you just as you advance from working with them.
I had posted earlier that Adam was a Brown Belt under Marcus Soares. It turns out I was wrong. I had seen him wearing a black belt but I thought maybe it was from one of the many instructor ranks in other arts he had. But it turns out he was awarded his Black Belt like 3 weeks ago. Congrats to Adam as Soares does not give out a lot of black belts. It is a very hard earned rank.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
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