This is one of the best demonstrations of this "legendary" attack popularized by B.J. Penn that I've come across.
Showing posts with label side control. Show all posts
Showing posts with label side control. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Training Day: Wednesday
Scale: 169.4
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Training Day: Wednesday
Ground: Asymmetrical choke / Spinning Armbar
Scale: 168.0
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Training Days: Saturday, Monday
Some very good training over the past couple of days following the Seattle Snowpocalypse. On Saturday, we had a packed class with some visiting high school wrestlers joining in the Fundamentals session and Prof. Rodrigo leading us through some sitting guard drills and following up with a more precise version of my new favorite transition: the spin move. Specifically, Rodrigo's technique takes care of one of the more problematic parts of the spin move, namely, getting around the head.
This version also included arm control that made getting to the back a little more difficult. But the trade off was more control, including having the arm.
On Monday, Prof. Carlos had us working on headlock escapes on the ground, the bump and roll, specifically. He added an a spinning armbar finish, and focused on controlling the near-side leg almost as much as the arm - either with a pants grip or an underhook grip of the whole leg. One detail here was the way that Carlos balanced with the knee on belly, almost lying on his side on top of the guy. This made it easier to both pass the leg over the head and to secure control of the near-leg as you slipped into position.
A nice moderate day/heavy day sequence in terms of Live Training. I worked with the smallest group on Saturday and on Monday sparred with Brock, Hakim and Prof. Carlos. Not a bad way to train, alternating more moderate and more intense training (albeit with a day off in between). My weight hasn't been fantastic: 161 on Saturday and 165+ on Monday in the gi. But hopefully I can get that back under control as I get my training regimen back on track.
Put in some HICT work earlier today, two ten-minute sets. My heart rate is starting to average lower, which means that it's time to kick those sets up to 12 or 15 minutes next time out.
This version also included arm control that made getting to the back a little more difficult. But the trade off was more control, including having the arm.
On Monday, Prof. Carlos had us working on headlock escapes on the ground, the bump and roll, specifically. He added an a spinning armbar finish, and focused on controlling the near-side leg almost as much as the arm - either with a pants grip or an underhook grip of the whole leg. One detail here was the way that Carlos balanced with the knee on belly, almost lying on his side on top of the guy. This made it easier to both pass the leg over the head and to secure control of the near-leg as you slipped into position.
A nice moderate day/heavy day sequence in terms of Live Training. I worked with the smallest group on Saturday and on Monday sparred with Brock, Hakim and Prof. Carlos. Not a bad way to train, alternating more moderate and more intense training (albeit with a day off in between). My weight hasn't been fantastic: 161 on Saturday and 165+ on Monday in the gi. But hopefully I can get that back under control as I get my training regimen back on track.
Put in some HICT work earlier today, two ten-minute sets. My heart rate is starting to average lower, which means that it's time to kick those sets up to 12 or 15 minutes next time out.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Side 2 Back: Jeff Glover Edition
Between this and my Ryan Hall "spin move", I may actually start making it to the back on a consistent basis someday ...
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Monday, November 01, 2010
Training Day: Monday
More good judo to start the week off. I arrived a little late (again), but I was able to catch some nice trips off of a blocked seoinage type throw. The first trip was just an inside step where you hook your forward foot behind the guy's ankle after turning your body to attempt the hip/shoulder throw. The second trip was specifically off a blocked ippon seoinage, and resembled the ko uchi gari throw.
Actually both trips were ko ouchi gari, I think, with the second being a variation where you grab the leg with the ippon/hooking arm, step behind that leg, and use your shoulder pressure and body weight to drive the guy to the mat.
Both takedown ended up inside the guard, which Prof. Carlos showed us how to step out of and then, switching base and getting a grip under the head, move into half guard or even directly to the pass.
On the ground, we worked on side control transitions to mount, including a knee on belly option. Prof. Carlos likes the Renzo-style, tight side control, with the over/under gable grip, the "shoulder of justice", and both knees in tight against the guy's body. One check to see if you are tight enough is whether your north knee and your north elbow are connecting. If they are, then your side control is solid and ready to go.
The main ideas here were strategies to open up the guy's body for the knee. Specifically, we use the north knee to open up the near-side elbow, which opens up the body for the south knee to slide in. To get from knee on belly to full mount, open up the elbow with your under/over body gable grip and bring your knee to the mat.
Trained with Jessee and Glen to finish things up. Jesse continues to expose my vulnerabilities with the deep half, especially the same triangle that Sauleh, Rodrigo and Prof. Christiano have all attacked me with successfully. I'm going to e-mail Jeff Glover tonight and see if he has any tips on how to avoid the triangle when attacking with his #1 sweeep. But right now I'm thinking of shelving it since it is just leading to trouble whenever I train with someone my level or better. For now, a better option may be to use the deep half as a transition opportunity to switch back to the more familiar and time-tested ground of the regular half.
Actually both trips were ko ouchi gari, I think, with the second being a variation where you grab the leg with the ippon/hooking arm, step behind that leg, and use your shoulder pressure and body weight to drive the guy to the mat.
Both takedown ended up inside the guard, which Prof. Carlos showed us how to step out of and then, switching base and getting a grip under the head, move into half guard or even directly to the pass.
On the ground, we worked on side control transitions to mount, including a knee on belly option. Prof. Carlos likes the Renzo-style, tight side control, with the over/under gable grip, the "shoulder of justice", and both knees in tight against the guy's body. One check to see if you are tight enough is whether your north knee and your north elbow are connecting. If they are, then your side control is solid and ready to go.
The main ideas here were strategies to open up the guy's body for the knee. Specifically, we use the north knee to open up the near-side elbow, which opens up the body for the south knee to slide in. To get from knee on belly to full mount, open up the elbow with your under/over body gable grip and bring your knee to the mat.
Trained with Jessee and Glen to finish things up. Jesse continues to expose my vulnerabilities with the deep half, especially the same triangle that Sauleh, Rodrigo and Prof. Christiano have all attacked me with successfully. I'm going to e-mail Jeff Glover tonight and see if he has any tips on how to avoid the triangle when attacking with his #1 sweeep. But right now I'm thinking of shelving it since it is just leading to trouble whenever I train with someone my level or better. For now, a better option may be to use the deep half as a transition opportunity to switch back to the more familiar and time-tested ground of the regular half.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Training Day: Monday
Started the day off with some tempo training (pushups). I've just finished Week 2A's workout (5 sets of 9 tempo pushups - 6 minutes active rest - 5 sets of 9 tempo pushups) and am starting to feel my chest and shoulders really being activated during the workout.
Warm-ups at GB Seattle have started to drift back toward the standard that Rodrigo set a few years back. We're still doing the GB favorites, but Rodrigo and Carlos have brought back the runs and are spicing up the specific sparring with squats, pushups and abs work. Personally, I love it - there's nothing harder to pay attention to than a sleepy class - and I suspect the extra intensity will pay big dividends over the next several weeks.
Notable today was a huge adjustment in my spinning armbar, working to trap the arm higher up and much, much closer to the elbow. That was probably the day's biggest breakthrough. The choke series from side control is still a "must drill" move every time I get into side control, and hopefully over the next week or two I'll be able to add in the backstep to the back move, which will really set the attack series up nicely going forward.
From the guard, things remain a little unfocused still. I'm getting away with a lot of anti-guard over the past few days, a cross grip here, a hook sweep there. I don't mind a little drift in the week following a tournament. But this is really the best time to start laying new foundations - or improving on the old one.
Warm-ups at GB Seattle have started to drift back toward the standard that Rodrigo set a few years back. We're still doing the GB favorites, but Rodrigo and Carlos have brought back the runs and are spicing up the specific sparring with squats, pushups and abs work. Personally, I love it - there's nothing harder to pay attention to than a sleepy class - and I suspect the extra intensity will pay big dividends over the next several weeks.
Notable today was a huge adjustment in my spinning armbar, working to trap the arm higher up and much, much closer to the elbow. That was probably the day's biggest breakthrough. The choke series from side control is still a "must drill" move every time I get into side control, and hopefully over the next week or two I'll be able to add in the backstep to the back move, which will really set the attack series up nicely going forward.
From the guard, things remain a little unfocused still. I'm getting away with a lot of anti-guard over the past few days, a cross grip here, a hook sweep there. I don't mind a little drift in the week following a tournament. But this is really the best time to start laying new foundations - or improving on the old one.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Training Day: Wednesday
It's been a long time since I've been as bone-tired as I was during parts of Wednesday's training. It was my third training in a row, something that is a little atypical but not unheard of. But the combination of the conditioning routine I did Tuesday before training that evening and the heat of Wednesday afternoon took me to the limits. I felt like a jiu jitsu zombie.
We continued to work on guard passing for the most part - Week 3A, for those of you playing along with the GB Fundamentals curriculum. I'm getting more and more comfortable with the underhook pass from standing, and Wednesday had us work on the variation from the knees. That one I'm a little less comfortable with - having spent so much time focusing on the physics of passing the guard from standing. But the principles are the same, so working to develop one should help the other.
A couple of things standing out. I need to get better at the crossbody to knee on belly transition. I'm leaving too much space to catch guys my level. I think a part of what I need to do is transition to be "better side" and work the knee on belly from there first, instead of just trying to work it in whereever I find myself.
Ch-ch-changes continue to mark the academy. On the whole, they is very much for the better. But newness almost always takes some getting used to. And despite my personage as a radical commie bastard, I'm a pretty conservative guy in my personal affairs and don't take readily to changes in scenery or substance.
159.2 on the scale post-train. I realized that in 2009 at this time, I was about 4-5 pounds lighter on average. Hopefully, my 2010 number will continue to slide lower between now and next week without a whole lot of additional effort (i.e., starving).
We continued to work on guard passing for the most part - Week 3A, for those of you playing along with the GB Fundamentals curriculum. I'm getting more and more comfortable with the underhook pass from standing, and Wednesday had us work on the variation from the knees. That one I'm a little less comfortable with - having spent so much time focusing on the physics of passing the guard from standing. But the principles are the same, so working to develop one should help the other.
A couple of things standing out. I need to get better at the crossbody to knee on belly transition. I'm leaving too much space to catch guys my level. I think a part of what I need to do is transition to be "better side" and work the knee on belly from there first, instead of just trying to work it in whereever I find myself.
Ch-ch-changes continue to mark the academy. On the whole, they is very much for the better. But newness almost always takes some getting used to. And despite my personage as a radical commie bastard, I'm a pretty conservative guy in my personal affairs and don't take readily to changes in scenery or substance.
159.2 on the scale post-train. I realized that in 2009 at this time, I was about 4-5 pounds lighter on average. Hopefully, my 2010 number will continue to slide lower between now and next week without a whole lot of additional effort (i.e., starving).
Friday, June 18, 2010
Training Day: Friday
A review of the weeks fundamentals started things off on Friday - though without the self-defense moves (16a: punch, push kick, body lock clinch and 16b: escape from rear bear hug).
Interestingly, although we started off the with head lock escape from the ground (the bridge and backroll), Rodrigo managed to combine all three of the other moves from side control into one. We did the side mount escape to turtle position (16b2) to double leg takedown from turtle position (16b3) to spinning armbar from side mount 16a3). I worked with Chaim on this, and his extra weight during 16b3 really helped make a workout out of it. He was also very tight on the armbar, which helped remind me of some key details.
Specific training with Elliott and JM. Mostly guard/pass guard. I'm doing relatively little pure half guard these days, focusing instead on creating opportunities out of Sit Up Guard and Breakdown Guard. Energy levels feel pretty good, though I'm about three pounds heavier than I'd like to be right now as Week Four of the tournament prep camp nears an end. I'll get a better sense of where I am weight-wise at the end of Week Five.
Interestingly, although we started off the with head lock escape from the ground (the bridge and backroll), Rodrigo managed to combine all three of the other moves from side control into one. We did the side mount escape to turtle position (16b2) to double leg takedown from turtle position (16b3) to spinning armbar from side mount 16a3). I worked with Chaim on this, and his extra weight during 16b3 really helped make a workout out of it. He was also very tight on the armbar, which helped remind me of some key details.
Specific training with Elliott and JM. Mostly guard/pass guard. I'm doing relatively little pure half guard these days, focusing instead on creating opportunities out of Sit Up Guard and Breakdown Guard. Energy levels feel pretty good, though I'm about three pounds heavier than I'd like to be right now as Week Four of the tournament prep camp nears an end. I'll get a better sense of where I am weight-wise at the end of Week Five.
Monday, June 07, 2010
Training Day: Monday
A good session to start off the week. The Self Defense move was the counter to the front bear hug (under the arms), with the hip throw. The finish on the ground was a straight armlock with choke (a force choke, while you figure four the arm for the lock).
On the ground, we worked on side control, maintaining top position and switching back from regular side control with the front seatbelt control, as well as the "watchdog" version.
Not a lot of mat time on Monday. I got to roll with J.M. for about 6-7 minutes at a really nice clip to finish things off in an open mat. A lot of folks were leaving right at the end of the class - or shortly after the specific started - so it felt a little bit like an abbreviated session.
163.4 on the scale post-train. Yikes! You'd think that last weekend was the three-day weekend instead of this past one.
On the ground, we worked on side control, maintaining top position and switching back from regular side control with the front seatbelt control, as well as the "watchdog" version.
Not a lot of mat time on Monday. I got to roll with J.M. for about 6-7 minutes at a really nice clip to finish things off in an open mat. A lot of folks were leaving right at the end of the class - or shortly after the specific started - so it felt a little bit like an abbreviated session.
163.4 on the scale post-train. Yikes! You'd think that last weekend was the three-day weekend instead of this past one.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Training Day: Monday
Fundamentals
5a. Mon am/pm, Wed pm
1. Front bear hug with double underhooks
2. Headlock escape/counter on the ground
3. Side control transition to north/south and back (without backstep or hip switch)
Specific training was mostly 60 second side control and escape. Then we did some "king of the hill" guard/pass guard. Unfortunately, I'm still doing a terrible job of practicing my specific focus areas. I did a lot of half guard (what else is new?), but I don't think I went for the transition to deep half once.
I'm also still allowing myself to get flattened out. Even if I've got the skills to regain good position, it's a detour I need to stop pursuing because all it does is (a) waste energy and (b) increase the potential for making a mistake while in a vulnerable or at least semi-vulnerable position.
A good day on the mat. My conditioning felt pretty good even though I'm increasingly going up against larger and larger guys of late. We'll see if what seems to be some modest improvement on that front actually holds up.
5a. Mon am/pm, Wed pm
1. Front bear hug with double underhooks
2. Headlock escape/counter on the ground
3. Side control transition to north/south and back (without backstep or hip switch)
Specific training was mostly 60 second side control and escape. Then we did some "king of the hill" guard/pass guard. Unfortunately, I'm still doing a terrible job of practicing my specific focus areas. I did a lot of half guard (what else is new?), but I don't think I went for the transition to deep half once.
I'm also still allowing myself to get flattened out. Even if I've got the skills to regain good position, it's a detour I need to stop pursuing because all it does is (a) waste energy and (b) increase the potential for making a mistake while in a vulnerable or at least semi-vulnerable position.
A good day on the mat. My conditioning felt pretty good even though I'm increasingly going up against larger and larger guys of late. We'll see if what seems to be some modest improvement on that front actually holds up.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
What I'm Forgetting to Do
Three weeks out from Revolution 3/13/10 and there are a few gaps in the training I'd like to fill:
From the Top:
Pass the guard to opponent's left
Knee on belly from side control
Step-over half guard pass
From the Bottom:
Slingshot Armdrag - final warning
Deep half guard sweeps
Recovering right hip half guard from left hip half guard
All of this is very much in my reach (with the possible exception of the slingshot armdrag). It's mostly a matter of focus at the end of a long class when a hundred things are competing for your attention. But again nothing that's not doable in the short term.
From the Top:
Pass the guard to opponent's left
Knee on belly from side control
Step-over half guard pass
From the Bottom:
Slingshot Armdrag - final warning
Deep half guard sweeps
Recovering right hip half guard from left hip half guard
All of this is very much in my reach (with the possible exception of the slingshot armdrag). It's mostly a matter of focus at the end of a long class when a hundred things are competing for your attention. But again nothing that's not doable in the short term.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Scarfhold Submissions from Aesopian
Given that my best half guard pass - the cross wedge - tends to leave me in scarfhold positions (to say nothing of my renewed emphasis on hook sweeps from sitting/butterfly guard), I couldn't be happier to see this new material from long-time favorite, online jiu jitsu guy: Aesopian.
Modified Scarfhold Submissions
In terms of non-GB Seattle instruction, Aesopian's work was instrumental in helping lead me toward both the half guard and the Marcelo Garcia style sitting guard. I'll be curious to see if I am able to incorporate any of this into my game, as well.
Modified Scarfhold Submissions
In terms of non-GB Seattle instruction, Aesopian's work was instrumental in helping lead me toward both the half guard and the Marcelo Garcia style sitting guard. I'll be curious to see if I am able to incorporate any of this into my game, as well.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Training Day: Wednesday
For some reason, it's almost always easier to write posts in a text editor and then copy and paste them into blogger compared to writing directly in blogger.
Wednesday's class was Basic BJJ, which is really intermediate level when you think about it. I'm liking the way classes are increasingly defined, with beginner classes focusing on the 20 fundamentals and basic/intermediate classes opening things up a bit with more multi-step moves. The new focus on specific work as opposed to sparring, is tremendous. I'm sure it will pay off over time if we stick with it.
And I love the idea of being able to go to a beginner class and know that I'm going to work on some bread and butter fundamentals (or rice and beans fundamentals - pace Gracie Diet! banana and watermelon fundamentals ...). Right now, a Monday/Wednesday/Thursday schedule with Friday and/or Saturday as the final fourth session of the week is starting to look like a keeper.
Tonight we worked on pulling guard and transitioning to the balloon sweep. The main thing here for me to remember (pace Talent Code! practice) is using the sleeve grip side leg as the first and most important foot in the hip. I've actually got a nice chair drill that I can do to help me get that down. The off leg in this case goes to the hip second. You draw your legs in tight enough to get your hips under his hips and, with both feet on his hips, extend your legs and pull forward on the collar and sleeve grips.
One thing that Rodrigo has been focusing on with a lot of these guard pulls is transitioning immediately to the sweep. I think that's a big deal and something to keep in mind when we start doing more stand-up training closer to the next tournament.
The Move of the Day was a very nice gi choke from S-mount. To get there, Rodrigo showed us a "Jack pass" style attack on the turtle guard to open the guy up and put him on his back. From a good combat base against the Turtle (hips low, elbows in tight and not "reaching over"), you want to reach in front of the guy's face and grab his opposite sleeve at the cuff. With your other hand grip the pants of his near leg at the cuff.
You can jump to your feet or just creep back and then pull. I didn't like jumping to my feet because it just creates space - even if for just a moment. Instead, working with Benny, I leaned in to him and then lunged back. That seemed to create the right action/reaction as well as the necessary space for him to fall.
Finish the pass of the turtle with a move to side control.
The choke went this way: grab the gi lapel as low as possible on his far side and thread it under his arm and around the back of his neck. Feed it to your headside/north most grip. From here, you want to let him turn into you a bit to make it easier to move from side control to mount and, eventually, to S-mount.
You are going to go under the arm. You can get a good angle by fading back as you allow the guy to roll into you, going into a real, laid back Watchdog type position. But you want that arm north of your head in any event.
Keep that gi grip. And make sure that your knee is tight against his back in order to have a good position. Tuck your choking elbow in tight as you tighten your S-mount. Grab the hand of the arm that is trapped in the whole choke ensemble and pull it down to tighten things even further.
If this doesn't get the tap - and it is a very tight choke - step over the head with the northside leg and turn it into a near armlock/Frankenstein choke. This variation can tighten things further. And if you still can't get the finish, there is the armlock opportunity as well.
A very nice set of attacks from side control. Sure, they are predicated on being able to take mount. And there's an argument that if you can get to mount, things are likely going your way anyway. But this is a very nice little sequence, with maybe the potential of a baseball choke attack if the guy stays flat and refuses to turn into you.
Tatame was good. I continue to work the scissor sweep to keep getting better at that attack from the guard. I started to work some Overwrap Guard, which I think is something I really want to include in my guard game after all. I think that it, like Rap Star, fits well with my basic half guard game very well and am going to make it a part of my training over the next two weeks to see if it can become a permanent part of what I do.
Got in a nice roll with Scott. I didn't attack from standing as I would have liked. But I was able to learn a few things about my Flat Pass and about slowing down at potentially critical moments that should be pretty helpful going forward.
Wednesday's class was Basic BJJ, which is really intermediate level when you think about it. I'm liking the way classes are increasingly defined, with beginner classes focusing on the 20 fundamentals and basic/intermediate classes opening things up a bit with more multi-step moves. The new focus on specific work as opposed to sparring, is tremendous. I'm sure it will pay off over time if we stick with it.
And I love the idea of being able to go to a beginner class and know that I'm going to work on some bread and butter fundamentals (or rice and beans fundamentals - pace Gracie Diet! banana and watermelon fundamentals ...). Right now, a Monday/Wednesday/Thursday schedule with Friday and/or Saturday as the final fourth session of the week is starting to look like a keeper.
Tonight we worked on pulling guard and transitioning to the balloon sweep. The main thing here for me to remember (pace Talent Code! practice) is using the sleeve grip side leg as the first and most important foot in the hip. I've actually got a nice chair drill that I can do to help me get that down. The off leg in this case goes to the hip second. You draw your legs in tight enough to get your hips under his hips and, with both feet on his hips, extend your legs and pull forward on the collar and sleeve grips.
One thing that Rodrigo has been focusing on with a lot of these guard pulls is transitioning immediately to the sweep. I think that's a big deal and something to keep in mind when we start doing more stand-up training closer to the next tournament.
The Move of the Day was a very nice gi choke from S-mount. To get there, Rodrigo showed us a "Jack pass" style attack on the turtle guard to open the guy up and put him on his back. From a good combat base against the Turtle (hips low, elbows in tight and not "reaching over"), you want to reach in front of the guy's face and grab his opposite sleeve at the cuff. With your other hand grip the pants of his near leg at the cuff.
You can jump to your feet or just creep back and then pull. I didn't like jumping to my feet because it just creates space - even if for just a moment. Instead, working with Benny, I leaned in to him and then lunged back. That seemed to create the right action/reaction as well as the necessary space for him to fall.
Finish the pass of the turtle with a move to side control.
The choke went this way: grab the gi lapel as low as possible on his far side and thread it under his arm and around the back of his neck. Feed it to your headside/north most grip. From here, you want to let him turn into you a bit to make it easier to move from side control to mount and, eventually, to S-mount.
You are going to go under the arm. You can get a good angle by fading back as you allow the guy to roll into you, going into a real, laid back Watchdog type position. But you want that arm north of your head in any event.
Keep that gi grip. And make sure that your knee is tight against his back in order to have a good position. Tuck your choking elbow in tight as you tighten your S-mount. Grab the hand of the arm that is trapped in the whole choke ensemble and pull it down to tighten things even further.
If this doesn't get the tap - and it is a very tight choke - step over the head with the northside leg and turn it into a near armlock/Frankenstein choke. This variation can tighten things further. And if you still can't get the finish, there is the armlock opportunity as well.
A very nice set of attacks from side control. Sure, they are predicated on being able to take mount. And there's an argument that if you can get to mount, things are likely going your way anyway. But this is a very nice little sequence, with maybe the potential of a baseball choke attack if the guy stays flat and refuses to turn into you.
Tatame was good. I continue to work the scissor sweep to keep getting better at that attack from the guard. I started to work some Overwrap Guard, which I think is something I really want to include in my guard game after all. I think that it, like Rap Star, fits well with my basic half guard game very well and am going to make it a part of my training over the next two weeks to see if it can become a permanent part of what I do.
Got in a nice roll with Scott. I didn't attack from standing as I would have liked. But I was able to learn a few things about my Flat Pass and about slowing down at potentially critical moments that should be pretty helpful going forward.
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