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head lock

Yesterday learned 3 escapes from headlock. Rolled with teenager girl white belt. Got boring, should have coached her more.

headlock escape

Base up

Block punching hand, cobra grip

Hips to hip

Snake hand backward , grab with back hand

Other hand on wrapped arm close to chest

Step like a door hinge outward

Hand close to chest

Other foot step back

Arm lock nbehind him

Grab waist, block knee, sit down

Tumble him over you, base out with hands

Go for armbar

From ground

Grab punching hand

Hook leg over leg

Mount by swinging leg over

Rolled with 1 stripe blue belt Matt. Lots of space.

Rolled with Reuben. Caught with clock choke. Knee to guard guard.

Rolled with 1 stripe belt. Strong. Defended.

Today worked on getting out of half guard. Getting kimura from under half guard. Rolled with 12 yr old 4 stripe white belt. Might have gone a little too hard on him. But after such a long absence I don't know how to hold back yet. Got him with Guillotine choke, triangle and Americana.

Escape form side control. Side control is sometimes worse than giving your back.

Pendulum

Bridge, bump and snake hand under neck.

Rolled with Chris, blue belt. Got caught in clock choke and arm bar. It's been difficult adjusting to big weight on top.

elbow escape

Half elbow escape today. Got smashed today. Horrible day. Marked up on face with gi rashes.

back on the mat after 18 month absence

Got smashed as predicted. Don't have my wind or muscles. Worked on escape from mount because mark noticed some blue belts at the last friendly getting caught in mount.

Rolled with another 4 striper, Anthony, who is much younger than me. He smashed me with almost cross choke and arm bar. I just didn't have the fitness. Will build that up over next 5 1/2 months. There's a tourney in October, which is 2 months away.

Arm bar from scarfold

Side mount on o r side Scarfold- halfway between. Duck head to avoid legs scissor Grab o r wrist against his chest Place r hand on ground 3 things at once: push off r hand, l foot and l hand on o chest Grab r elbow w l hand Swing r leg over o head Rotate hips slide l knee along ground against o tricep Lean way over to drop hips Grab o r wrist Slide leg up scraping o face push hips forward Apply pressure for the arm bar Rolled: Austin, 14 yr old phenom. Dude caught me 5 times. Collar choke, multiple arm bars. I almost took his back though. No gi: round robin roll. Didn't tap anyone, but also got tapped a lot less. Only maverick tapped me today with a Darcy choke and arm bar. I'm learning to defend the arm bar a lot better. Keep elboes Also learning how to pass guard from top a bit better.

#bjj

triangle from side mount

move torso along with o's arm apply pressure shoulder to 12'o clock don't hurry when you have your arm in there; walk it forward and get a tight grip drop your chest breathe in to expand chest squeeze hands towards your head roll: rolled first with chris, blue belt. dude is really good. he told me to slow down, be more flow, not so much jumpy and not so much tension. rolled with francisco, caught him in triangle. he then caught me in arm bar. tried not to rely too much on cross collar grip.

Side mount to scarfold

Last week was my favorite week because we took the entire week to learn the arm triangle. Royce Gracie has said that he could have just one move, that would be it. And so far that has been my experience: I love the arm triangle.

Well this week, we are learning another basic, side control to arm bar. for today, we only went as far as the scarfold.

Side mount to gracie side control:

from basic side control; from o's r side

l knee against head, r knee against o's hip

slide r knee upward along his r side towards your l knee

straighten r leg behind you, drop your r hip on o

post up l knee to capture his arm

head should be down and facing his head

roll

we had three new students in class today, so mark was talking a lot about the philosophy of gracie jiujitsu, how it's about the small guy against the bigger guy. at the end of the class, he paired up big guys with small guys. "how old are you?" he pointed at me and asked me. "38". "How old are you?" "19", said Reuben. Now Reuben is not only younger, he's also 155 lbs of pure muscle. The kid played high school football and he's still in football shape. He's not as experienced, but I see him surpassing me and tapping me in a few months--it's inevitable.

Anyway, Reuben is starting to get very good control, but he still doesn't know how to submit. So he got me into some very good hold positions, including a very strong potential triangle, but my primary arm was bent, plus as he was applying pressure i snaked my other hand in there, and so he had to give up.

I sprained my r wrist while we were rolling. he landed on it when my hand was curved inward like a cobra. thankfully, i didn't hyperextend it, because it would have broken for sure. but this morning it just feels like a sprain. it's not bad at all--i'm able to type.

grabbing cross collar is still something that i rely on a lot against stronger opponents. i was watching metamoris and the experts were all using that a lot, so i guess it's ok. but i really don't like relying on grips, since in a street fight you may not get it.

i did get top position a couple of times, but felt his arm and elbow blocking the way. next time, i should spin clockwise and get north south, because when Reuben puts his arm up, it's strong enough to support all your weight, and i can use that to my advantage.

#scarfold #side-mount

A wake up call

There's another white belt my size, Francisco, at our gym. Coach Mark had us roll last November to determine who would get three stripes and who would get four stripes. Through mostly strength, I tapped him out on a triangle (which I was lucky to get--didn't even know the proper technique). Well Francisco has been training very hard the past two months, and Mark had us roll again today. He completely beat me on technique and position. Again, through brute strength, I survived and almost got some gi chokes on him. I really don't like relying too much on gi chokes, since you're relying too much on the gi. but with Francisco's new and improved technique, that's all I could do. First, he's more comfortable on his back, like me. So I was a bit more aggressive, or otherwise we'd go nowhere. I think as the higher ranking belt, it was sort of my responsibility to engage. He tried a lot of spin guards on me, but wasn't successful. Once he got on top, he had really good movement that I didn't know how to handle. He was able to get side mount, then even modified mount for a brief while. I muscled out and put him in guard, and from there it was just muscling my way to choke him using the gi collar. If it wasn't for brute strength, he would have tapped me out and earned his fourth stripe. Frankly, he deserves it. It was a real wake up call for me. I've been dialing it in for the past month; i had plateaued with my learning. I was getting lazy and even a bit indifferent with my jiujitsu. But seeing Francisco, who only 2 months ago had less technique than me, totally pass me has lit a fire under me. It's time for me to start progressing and push through the plateau. It's also time for me to start focusing again.

The Giant Killer

Today we learned my favorite move so far: the triangle--also known as the giant killer. So far in my short bjj career, this is the move i've pulled the most. Today I rolled with Mario, another high school kid. he's a big kid--maybe 6 ft, 180. He used to not be so comfortable with his size and strength, but today he owned it. He got me in some very good positions, including scarfold a few times where i felt the full weight on my chest. As he did that I was thinking, "wow! Mario's gotten way better!" And then, "I can't believe Mario's scarfolding my ass!" Well it was both a proud moment and a distressing one at finding myself in a submissive position. Anyway, I almost took his back twice, but he had really good movement and shifted out of it.

#triangle

My rule when you first roll with someone

You must go full strength and go for the submission, disregarding form. First, from a pedagogical standpoint, you want to know, definitely, who is better. You can only do that by going full strength. Second, you want to show him your full strength. Third, you want to let him and everyone know that you are better. Only after that first roll, when you have proven yourself, can you then relax into learning.

Yesterday I rolled with Robert, two-stripe 17 year old, approx. 160 lbs. It seems the high school kids fall into two extremes: Either they tend to be extremely risk-averse, shy, almost scared; or like Robert, they are huge risk takers. Obviously, I think it is the risk-taking strategy that pays off. Kids seem to be constantly in a state of play--and that is something the adults can really learn from. After all, they learn the fastest and go the farthest.

I tapped him out with:

(30 sec) gi choke. I wasn't happy with this one; frankly, there's no way I could have pulled this on someone more trained. I used a lot of muscle. But this was the first time I rolled with him.

(30 sec) triangle - again, there was little technique here. As always, he was attacking, left himself exposed. I grabbed his sleeve, snaked my right leg under his chin. There's no way I could have pulled this on someone more experienced.

( 1 min)triangle - this last triangle i was very happy with. i had to use technique. it was textbook perfect: Robert was in my guard;

He tapped me out once with a very well executed arm bar on my right arm. Very little pressure on his part; all technique. I didn't feel any pressure as I was rolling around trying to excape. Because of his position he had my arm secure and it was only a matter of time until he positioned his body in such a way to submit me.

Gracie combatives - elevator sweep

We're taking it back to the old school--one of the classics of Gracie Combatives. Coach Mark used to teach the combatives lessons exclusively when he was under the Gracie Academy banner; since he's switched to the Royce Gracie banner, he doesn't focus exclusively on it any more.

I love the combatives system. I'm taking BJJ for one primary goal: self defense. When you are 127 lbs., you need it. Gracie Combatives comes directly from Helio Gracie, himself a self-described 140 lb. "weakling." It emphasizes self-defense in a real-world fight. Therefore it defends against someone that is untrained. For example, in this move, you must defend against an untrained assailant who is in your guard and wants to push all his weight against you on the ground. A trained judoka would never do that, since the guard is actually a dominant position. But the man on the street will not know that. That is his mistake which he will pay for.

The elevator sweep:

opponent ("o") is in your guard

o gets up on both feet, standing, leaning over

control his arms; grab l arm under your r arm, keep elbows near your body

if o wants to punch you, he will eventually get down on one knee, and post up his other leg on the side in which he will be punching you

release guard

hook r leg over his posted l leg

shrimp to the right, get on your l side

windmill r foot under his posted l knee

l leg should slide down his side to the ground, ready for sweep

snake right arm and underhook his l armpit

grab his r arm

elevate your r arm and r leg simultaneously, he will get light

expand your l side: l arm upward and kick your l leg behind you

sweep complete

takedown from the back

we've been learning a lot of stand up lately. Not sure if that is an order that has come down from the Gracies but I'm guessing it might be because lately, more and more fights are stand up. today we learned the rubber band take down from the back. grab opponent from behind. your body should be perpendicular on his left side,, hips out, bent at waist, grab him around the waist or higher, press your head facing the right, left cheek flat against his back so that he can't elbow you. shift your hips in a clockwise motion towards his body, reshift your feet if necessary. stick your right foot in front of you, directly behind his right heel. sit down directly backwards. rubber band your arms straight and let the rebound pull him towards the ground to your right. safety: let go of your hands and pull your right elbow against your torso to prevent smacking it against the ground. roll clockwise onto his body; control his left upper arm by leaning against it with your head or chest; assume the modified mount.

#stand-up #modified-mount #take-down

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