Another great Fundamentals class today. I took the 10am kickboxing class and immediately followed it up with BJJ. We worked on closed guard techniques. We started with simple posturing from the top and hip control from the bottom. We then went on to taking advantage of their posturing by sweeping with their momentum.Next we worked on Kimura's from the closed guard, including ways to set up the Kimura, and finished the techniques portion of class with a sweep from the Kimura.
After 60 minutes of training, we rolled for another 30. I was an observant the last 2 rounds of rolling. I guess my cardio limit was at 135 minutes of constant training. None the less, I see progress in many areas (sweeps, posturing, bottom closed guard) and not so much progress in other areas ( hip control, shrimping, giving up my back). I have a much better understanding of the importance of rolling as well as studying. I use to watch as much video as I could consume, and wasn't making nay progress. Now I simply use videos to reinforce techniques I learned training. My rolling has helped me learn timing, pacing myself, and energy conservation. Not to mention the fact that it makes me more and more comfortable to find myself in compromising positions. I am no longer an easy tap in an armbar, nor am I finding myself getting setup for subs as much. I wish I could say I was on the winning end of more subs.
That will come with time. This is only my 9th class.
I think I will focus on strength and core exercises tomorrow and skip BJJ.
Showing posts with label Closed guard. Show all posts
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Armbars from the bottom
Today we worked on a cross collar choke from the bottom guard, cross collar armbar, and arm drag armbar.
Cross Collar Choke:
From bottom closed guard, get a deep collar grip with your opposite hand. Place your foot on the same side as your free hand and push off and rotate towards the opponent. Next grip their opposite shoulder with your free hand. Now lock in the choke, pull them tight to your chest. Note: remember to breath when going for the submission.
Cross Collar Armbar:
Same as above, but when going for the shoulder, your opponent reaches for your arm to prevent you from setting up the choke. Their extended arm is trapped between your legs, as you swing the same side leg over their head and lock in the armbar.
Arm Drag Armbar:
From bottom guard, your opponent had grabbed your gi. With both hands, grab their wrist and use a hip thrust to force their grip free. Guide their arm across your body. Release your grip of your hand that is now across your body and reach over their shoulder and grasp their gi near their armpit. Glide your arm over their head and use your elbow to force the head away. This creates space for yo to swing your leg over their head and lock in the armbar.
We sparred for 30 minutes. I pulled off my first butterfly sweep and several key lock sweeps (that I am getting very good at -Gracie Combatives disk 1). I also played pretty good defense from my back. I need to work on balancing offense and defense. From my back I only focus on defending and on top, I continuously look for subs, leaving my posture vulnerable and I end up getting swept.
I am happy that I did not get gassed for the very first time, as I am breathing much better and learning where opportunities exist to buy time. Overall it was another positive class.
Cross Collar Choke:
From bottom closed guard, get a deep collar grip with your opposite hand. Place your foot on the same side as your free hand and push off and rotate towards the opponent. Next grip their opposite shoulder with your free hand. Now lock in the choke, pull them tight to your chest. Note: remember to breath when going for the submission.
Cross Collar Armbar:
Same as above, but when going for the shoulder, your opponent reaches for your arm to prevent you from setting up the choke. Their extended arm is trapped between your legs, as you swing the same side leg over their head and lock in the armbar.
Arm Drag Armbar:
From bottom guard, your opponent had grabbed your gi. With both hands, grab their wrist and use a hip thrust to force their grip free. Guide their arm across your body. Release your grip of your hand that is now across your body and reach over their shoulder and grasp their gi near their armpit. Glide your arm over their head and use your elbow to force the head away. This creates space for yo to swing your leg over their head and lock in the armbar.
We sparred for 30 minutes. I pulled off my first butterfly sweep and several key lock sweeps (that I am getting very good at -Gracie Combatives disk 1). I also played pretty good defense from my back. I need to work on balancing offense and defense. From my back I only focus on defending and on top, I continuously look for subs, leaving my posture vulnerable and I end up getting swept.
I am happy that I did not get gassed for the very first time, as I am breathing much better and learning where opportunities exist to buy time. Overall it was another positive class.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
What a drag
In class today we worked primarily on 2 types of arm drag sweeps and 4 variations of am arm drag take-down. I personally worked on my breathing and energy conservation. I didn't get gassed until the end of my 4th sparring session. The 4 take-downs all started with grasping the same side wrist and locking the back of the elbow with the other hand. It took me 8 or 9 tries to realize that I was not supposed to pull the opponent to me. Instead, I was supposed to step in, in order to maintain balance.
Take-down 1: Grasp the wrist with the same side hand (grabbing the forward hand of the opponent). Grasp the back of their elbow with your opposite hand and step into the opponent. As you go for the take-down, put your head int their side, under the grasped arm, and drive forward (football tackle) as you release the wrist grab and go for their ankle. Main control of their arm with the other hand. You should end up in side control or half guard.
Take-down 2: Same as variation #1 except you hook their leg and sit down.
Take-down 3: Same as variation #1 except you drop straight down, maintaining their arm until you get to the floor. Now in one motion, transition from the wrist grab, to locking their leg and arm, then drive forward.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elQUepOQ4Gc
Take-down 4: Same as variation #3 but grasp both legs during the transition.
Butterfly arm drag sweep: Your ankles are locked inside your opponent's thighs.Your opponent is grasping your gi and you have a grasp of their wrist. Switch your grasp to your opposite hand and take the same side hand and place it under their arm, as close to your hand as possible. Perform a hip thrust while simultaneously pulling their arm free and pulling your outside leg outside their body. Guide their free arm over your shoulder and lock your outside arm around their neck. Do not release their arm as it is extended over your shoulder. Next transition their arm to your hand over their shoulder and pull tight to your shoulder. With your free inside hand, grab inside their thigh and swing both legs over to the opposite side like a helicopter. If you don't get the sweep, your probably did not pull their arm into your shoulder.You will end up mounted.
Closed guard arm drag sweep: The opponent's posted on your chest or grasping your gi. Grasp their wrist with the opposite arm and with your same side arm, grasp the same side elbow and hip thrust to release their hold while pulling their arm across your body. Shrimp your hips out (you can push off their hips with your outside leg). Now reach over their back and lock your wrists for over under control. If your opponent goes flat you can get their back.
While sparring, I wanted to work on my closed guard game, so I tried to pull guard most of the time. I did well as long as my guard was closed. The minute I opened for a sweep or shrimp out, my opponent would pass. I managed to pull off a few good sweeps from my back (which I am proud of) but did not have the technique to seal the deal. Overall this was my favorite and most productive session.
Take-down 1: Grasp the wrist with the same side hand (grabbing the forward hand of the opponent). Grasp the back of their elbow with your opposite hand and step into the opponent. As you go for the take-down, put your head int their side, under the grasped arm, and drive forward (football tackle) as you release the wrist grab and go for their ankle. Main control of their arm with the other hand. You should end up in side control or half guard.
The take-down is similar to this but not exactly.
Take-down 2: Same as variation #1 except you hook their leg and sit down.
Take-down 3: Same as variation #1 except you drop straight down, maintaining their arm until you get to the floor. Now in one motion, transition from the wrist grab, to locking their leg and arm, then drive forward.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elQUepOQ4Gc
Take-down 4: Same as variation #3 but grasp both legs during the transition.
Butterfly arm drag sweep: Your ankles are locked inside your opponent's thighs.Your opponent is grasping your gi and you have a grasp of their wrist. Switch your grasp to your opposite hand and take the same side hand and place it under their arm, as close to your hand as possible. Perform a hip thrust while simultaneously pulling their arm free and pulling your outside leg outside their body. Guide their free arm over your shoulder and lock your outside arm around their neck. Do not release their arm as it is extended over your shoulder. Next transition their arm to your hand over their shoulder and pull tight to your shoulder. With your free inside hand, grab inside their thigh and swing both legs over to the opposite side like a helicopter. If you don't get the sweep, your probably did not pull their arm into your shoulder.You will end up mounted.
Closed guard arm drag sweep: The opponent's posted on your chest or grasping your gi. Grasp their wrist with the opposite arm and with your same side arm, grasp the same side elbow and hip thrust to release their hold while pulling their arm across your body. Shrimp your hips out (you can push off their hips with your outside leg). Now reach over their back and lock your wrists for over under control. If your opponent goes flat you can get their back.
Kinda like this but you grasp the elbow:
While sparring, I wanted to work on my closed guard game, so I tried to pull guard most of the time. I did well as long as my guard was closed. The minute I opened for a sweep or shrimp out, my opponent would pass. I managed to pull off a few good sweeps from my back (which I am proud of) but did not have the technique to seal the deal. Overall this was my favorite and most productive session.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
"Posture up. Posture up. Posture the &$#* up!"
Tonight I will be having nightmares of being suffocated by an anaconda in the Amazon rain forest, because I refused to "look up at the ceiling" while in his guard, I mean grasp.
Today's class was relatively simple. At least from a technique standpoint. Half the class we worked on escaping the closed guard by standing up. Sounds easy right? And by all means, it was pretty easy. All we had to do for the first variation was to grasp the lapel and wrist, bring 1 knee up at a right angle, then the other, and stand up. Next release the hand that was on the lapel and pressure the knee open, it is not already open. The key to it all is posturing up before starting. I must have been told 20 times to look at the ceiling. But my natural instincts kept telling me to look at what I was doing. It wasn't until the last few minutes of practicing that it finally sank in. Better late than never.
Variation #2 was the exact same way, but without grabbing the lapel. It involves less effort, but also a little more arm strength from the arm grasping your opponent.
Today was the first time I sparred with a blue (2 in fact) as well as my first time sparing with a pro mma (one of the blues). I managed to lock in the kimura on him once but the bell rang before the tap. He also got me to tap from 3 armbars (seems to be a recurring theme) and 1 triangle. I fared a lot better during my last sparing session with a 2 stripe white. I managed a full guard sweep to a guillotine.
I ended up sitting out the last 15 minutes of sparring because I busted open my knee again. This time it severely stained my brand new white gi pants. I think this is going to be a trend because it keeps splitting open in a scar from reconstructive knee surgery 7 years ago. Note to self, wrap my knees every class.
Overall this was my best class yet. I am loving every minute of it.
Today's class was relatively simple. At least from a technique standpoint. Half the class we worked on escaping the closed guard by standing up. Sounds easy right? And by all means, it was pretty easy. All we had to do for the first variation was to grasp the lapel and wrist, bring 1 knee up at a right angle, then the other, and stand up. Next release the hand that was on the lapel and pressure the knee open, it is not already open. The key to it all is posturing up before starting. I must have been told 20 times to look at the ceiling. But my natural instincts kept telling me to look at what I was doing. It wasn't until the last few minutes of practicing that it finally sank in. Better late than never.
Variation #2 was the exact same way, but without grabbing the lapel. It involves less effort, but also a little more arm strength from the arm grasping your opponent.
Today was the first time I sparred with a blue (2 in fact) as well as my first time sparing with a pro mma (one of the blues). I managed to lock in the kimura on him once but the bell rang before the tap. He also got me to tap from 3 armbars (seems to be a recurring theme) and 1 triangle. I fared a lot better during my last sparing session with a 2 stripe white. I managed a full guard sweep to a guillotine.
I ended up sitting out the last 15 minutes of sparring because I busted open my knee again. This time it severely stained my brand new white gi pants. I think this is going to be a trend because it keeps splitting open in a scar from reconstructive knee surgery 7 years ago. Note to self, wrap my knees every class.
Overall this was my best class yet. I am loving every minute of it.
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