Takedown of the Week:

I'm going to focus on two takedowns this coming week:

Jeremy's Osotogari



Rodrigo Spinner

Takedowns

I decided today, after Jeremy taught us a simple but effective takedown, that I want to be a takedown animal. Seriously, I love takedowns. It's just so satisfying when you nail them.

Osotogari:

• break opponent's active arm by grabbing the elbow, coming up, then down
  
• step deep, hitting the shoulder hard (ie, commit!)
• as you're stepping with the outside foot, the inside foot is coming up, hooking (higher the better, within reason), and pulling ALL the way through, until your foot is pointing toward the ceiling (again, commit!)
• retain control of the arm, knee on belly.

In the event that you don't have enough leverage, but still have the hook:

• maintain your forward CG (you'll probably be bent over still trying to make shoulder contact)
• HOP around your opponent's outside until you've gotten deep enough, with the right leverage, to finish

This really does work, even if hopping doesn't intuitively seem right.



Videos
Old school video (no audio)
New video, good instruction
Osotogari to Haraigoshi

Armbars from Guard

Wednesday Night Advanced Class
Instructor: Damian

Damian always has some interesting stuff to teach:

Quick Armbar (of sorts) from Guard
When your opponent makes the mistake of putting his arm to your outside:

1. Gable grip just behind the knot of his elbow
2. Pinch his arm between your head and his shoulder. Really bite hard with your head
3. Switch from Closed Guard to open, push him out with your feet on his hip
   
4. Rotate his elbow in, armbaring it.

This is a quick tap. Be careful with it.

Note: I can't remember anything else from class on Wednesday. I really need to write these entries the day of the class.

Rodrigo Material Revisited

Monday Night Advanced Class

Jeremy retaught Rodrigo's spider guard sequence, as well as his gi tie-up choke sequence (I have no idea what it's really called), adding his own insightful and important details. I'll put the gi tie-up choke sequence here since I didn't cover it last post after the Rodrigo Seminar. I'll just add Jeremy's spider guard details to the Rodrigo post I already did.

Rodrigo Gi Tie-Up Choke Sequence

1. When in your opponent's guard, take one bottom corner of his gi and feed it all the way up to the opposite side of his head, where your other hand, which snuck around the back of your opponent's head, will be waiting to grab it, applying pressure.
   
2. Grip and twist his pants near his hip with your free hand
3. Apply pressure with the elbow, breaking what's left of his guard (and will to resist)
4. "Step" over his controlled leg with your outside knee, then your inside, into side control of your choice

If you find yourself being arm-barred between 1 and 3 (which is probably the only decent defense to this), then:

• Post with your head
• Hop your legs over your opponent, all the while maintaining a grip on the corner of his gi
• Drive your elbow to the ground, if he hasn't already tapped.
  

First class as a blue belt. It felt good, but I think it's going to take a couple more classes to get used to the idea of no longer being a white belt.

Why BJJ

Why BJJ?

Heel Hook - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=267i7rKeECA
Flying Armbar - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8_FevrLdaw
6'1, 180lbs. VS 6'8, 486lbs. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POJ2T023M4I


'Nuff said.

Rodrigo Seminar

Jeremy retaught and added details after the seminar. His input is in dark gray italicized text.

Ezekiel Chokes

• Make sure your CG is to the opposite of your posting elbow so you don't get rolled
• Turn their head with your head
• Four fingers in your cuff
  
• Pull the carpet
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1l4C-ts7WY
  

Spider Guard to Triangle

• Good grip on their cuffs (both).
• There are two cuff grips taught in the Capital curriculum
• First: turn cuff inside-out and grip. This is best for the arm cuff or when you can't get enough material for the second:
• Second: thumb in to collect enough fabric, then grip all fabric in your palm. This is good when you can get enough fabric (ie, small wrists or pant cuffs)
  
• Bring one knee inside their arms, one out (both feet on hips)
  • before you do this, though, pinch your knees to prevent being passed, with your outside leg's heel to the ceiling and the inside leg's knee to your other leg's kneepit
• Hickson roll one leg over neck
  • push opponent's hip out with your outside leg. This will give your other leg room to get out and hook the triangle
    
• Standard triangle from there
  
• Defense: Stick knee in so opponent can't close the triangle
• Counter to Defense: arch back, push away with foot (to get room), use other foot to kick out opponent's blocking knee

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