I've got a suspicion that my style of jiu jitsu (such as it is) is the same as Mamazinho's.
Maybe everybody else is finding themselves in the same dominant position and is equally unable to finish as I am. But Mamazinho has shown a number of moves that go directly to situations I've found myself in--both in class and in competition.
Mamazinho is also a muscular guy, and I can't help but believe that plays a part in how his style works. Hell, the Mamazinho got on the mat against Jeff Monson, for God's sake. Mamazinho lists at 185 and Monson fights in the heavyweight division (above 205) of the UFC.
I tried to write about the Mamazinho north-south choke a little while back. I'd been meaning to ask him about a few details. But between my nervousness in approaching him and the four-weeks-missed-out-of-six streak, I never got around to it.
Anyway, here is that choke, plus another one he showed us tonight. I'm writing it here exactly the way I did on the mat after class. I'm going to start taking a legal pad to class and write down one or two of the techniques we were shown--whatever I can remember--right there on the mat while I'm hydrating after my last spar.
Corker
Side control to scarf hold
Outside hand DEEP collar choke grip--palm down
Hip-walk into head. Get near knee under near shoulder
Step over head & choke grip with outside leg
PLANT HEEL RIGHT NEXT TO FAR SIDE OF NECK. TIGHT!
Squeeze both knees. Twist choke grip as you pull upward.
I had a hard time getting the Corker to work. Obviously, "Corker" is not Mamazinho's name for the choke. But it reminds me of trying to pull a cork out of a bottle in some cartoon, where you've got both feet on the bottle and you're pulling up on the cork with everything you've got ...
Anyway, I'll do some research on that choke. Mamazinho told Abel and that Filipino brown belt who's shown me a lot of things lately that it was both a pain and a choke submission. More smash style ...
There's a flourish if the guy tries to block your leg with his far side hand. All you have to do is grab that hand with your north hand (the one that is NOT in place for the choke), release the choke and attack with a keylock. If you get the keylock, switch hips to south-facing to cinch the lock.
Here's the north-south choke.
Mamazinho's North South
Side control to scarf hold
Scarf hold to north-south
... If guy reaches around to grab around your waist with both arms ...
Reach back around arm to grab collar. Trapping his arm.
Go back to side control (double knees)
Drive your north side elbow back between your body and his other arm.
Your elbow is like a wedge.
As your hand comes across the far collar, grip it with a palm down grip
Twist wrist up and lower the forearm to initiate the choke.
Open up hips to south-facing and continue lowering forearm to cinch choke
