Best Armbar->Triangle->Armbar Vid

Side Control Escapes

Mount Escapes

Class Notes:

Preston told me to "Believe in you Jiu-Jitsu!"

Justin taught me how to switch from Triangle to a quick armbar.

First Tourney

Looks like I'm going to compete in the Bay Area Jiu Jitsu Championships. I need to train up!

Recover Guard from Turtle

I can't watch enough Leo Viera

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Ribeiro's Hip Bump Sweep

Ribeiro's Hip Bump Sweep is different than the one I learned from Justin. Instead of reaching over their shoulder, you turn and control their elbow grabbing the sleeve grip. Then he hip bump sweeps the opponent over.

Class Notes:

Great open mat class today. Ollie went over 2 main points for me:

1. When I have side control and want to transition to mount, take it piece by piece. Go for knee on belly. Establish control. Slide the knee down to make contact with the floor. Then transition to full mount.

2. When someone is in your guard and stands up, use this sweep: First, underhook one leg. As they rise, twist your hips and bridge strong. You will end up in mount. Believe in your sweep and commit to it!

Class Notes

Justin taught me all sorts of stuff today. I'll break it down into two main points:

1. What to do when someone is in your guard and they stand up
a. As they stand, overhook their heels and push up with your hips. This should knock them over.
b. If instead of falling over, they lean forward, push in their elbows and roll them over your shoulder

2. How to choke someone when you have their back.
The basic choke goes like this:
a. Go under their left armpit with your left arm and grab their right lapel
b. Go over their right shoulder with your right arm, close shave, deep collar grip their left collar, get the choke in.
c. Pull the choke tight by pulling down and across. Stretch them out.

3. Variation:
a. Get the choke from 2
b. Bring your right leg over their right shoulder. Cross your feet
c. Squeeze!

3. Variation: switch to armbar.
a. Get the choke from 3
b. If your grips aren't good enough to finish the choke, lift up your left forearm. This should lift their left arm up.
c. Let go of your choke, and with your right hand, push their head away from the left arm.
d. Move your leg from their right shoulder to over their head.
e. Finish with the armbar.

Class Notes

Things that were yelled at me:
1. Don't think so much
2. Relax
3. Watch your arms; keep them in
4. Just do it.
5. Keep it tight
6. What the fuck are you doing? Paulo, what the fuck are you doing? (Ollie watching me try to escape an armbar.)

Class Notes

I had a great time in class today. I felt like I was moving better, although I still got tapped out and have yet to tap out anybody. I got Danny's back and had him in good choke position for about a minute - everything was great except the actual choke grip. I really need to work on that.

Oliver worked on a armbar reversal drill. Pretty cool. Basically, if someone gets you in an armbar from mount, you push their far leg away from you as you swivel your hips away from him, then you pop your hips on their leg and roll over to get his arm.

I got a little better at armbar from mount from this drill. Keep everything tight. Push your knees together. Put your food on his head and pull the head close to you. Jam your other foot under their body or over their body. Keep the thumb up. Stay in line with the arm.

Defense

I need to work on my defense. Olliver told me that when someone has side control, you need to get some space, then get your knee up. Connect your elbow to the inner thigh of that leg when you bring your knee up. This prevents closing the space you just created.

I will look for defense videos and then reorgainze this post soon.

Attacks from Guard:

1. Armbar
2. Triangle
3. Sweep
4. Kimura
5. Cross Choke
6. Omo Plata
7. Hip Bump Sweep (Upa Sweep)

1. Armbar Video:


2. Triangle Video:


3. Scissor Sweep:


4. Kimura:


5. Cross Choke:


6. Omo Plata


7. Hip Bump Sweep (Upa Sweep)

Reorganizing and reposting some Videos

I realized that I'm posting random cool stuff, but when I'm in class, I can't remember any of it. I'm gonna try organizing attacks and videos by position. You'll see.

I suck at jujitsu

Had a good class yesterday - I was the only white belt. The upper belts took the time to show me how to do stuff. But I'm starting to lose some of the beginner's optimism and I'm realizing that I really suck at this and it's gonna be a long hard slog to get better.

Video: Gracie Insider

Gracie Insider

Awesome series of jujitsu videos

Rey Diogo Seminar

Rey Diogo visited our gym for a 3 hour seminar on Sunday. That guy is a badass. He's super nice, but you can tell he is a monster. I googled him later and found out that he's a 2 time brazillian national champ and 2 time pan am champ. Crazy stuff. He taught us lots of new stuff - too much really, cause I have a hard time remembering it all. Luckily, we had someone videotape it and they'll make a dvd.

Again?

Another bruised rib, what the hell?

Attacks from Side Control:

What can I do from side control?

1. Knee on Belly
2. Mount
3. Head control
4. If they turn, take their back