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.