BJJ Training Log

Takedowns from Certain Tie-Ups

2010-05-07T03:40:00.000-07:00

Here are some GO-TO takedowns from particular tie-ups....

OPPONENT GRABS YOUR HEAD
"Knee Drop" Throw

1. As soon as he grabs your head (assuming for the example that he grabs with his left hand) you are going to hold his arm in place. Your left hand hooks over his elbow.

2. Your right hand immediately swims inside and pushes on his shoulder....preventing him from closing the distance.

3. By you pushing him away he is typically going to want to push back into you...as he does so you are going to turn your back to him as your right arm slides under his right arm (the hand that is grabbing your head)

4. Now you are going to drop to both of your knees and pull your opponent over you

There are few options as to where to go once on the ground. The best option to secure position is to reach your free hand (left) around his head (your right hand will be holding his tricep) and secure a north-south choke

WHIZZER
Outside Leg Trip

1. Assuming you have the whizzer with your right arm....you are immediately going to push his head away with your left hand and get head position.

2. Now your left hand grabs his opposite wrist

Your right foot is going to be in front (bc you have the whizzer with that side)

3. You are going to quickly replace your right foot with your left by almost skipping in towards your opp. Your right foot now steps outside of his far (right) leg and blocks just above his knee.

4. As you do this, you let go of his wrist and your left hand goes to floor. Now as your turn your hips and pull him around you (using the whizzer) he will trip over your outside leg.

This is the takedown GSP did to Hughes

FROM INSIDE CONTROL

1. reach your right hand between his legs as if you are going for a fireman's carry

As your opp steps his right leg back to defend this....

2. Push his hand in towards his body (this is able to happen rather easily bc he stepped back...usually it would be hard to just push his arm across bc it was close to his body, but now having his arm reached outward it much easier) The reason you are pushing his arm across his body bc you are going to trap that arm along with the takedown making defense almost impossible

3. Now just treat it as a double leg takedown....step in, clasp your hands together around his body

4. Keep your head TIGHT to his ribs (this will trap that arm)

5. Finish the double

From Wrist/Arm Control

This is a very simple yet very effective hold.

1. Your right hand grabs your opps left tricep, as your right hand reaches across and grabs that same wrist. The reason this hold is so tight bc he would normally break the grip in the wrist by pulling out towards the thumb but bc you are holding his tricep on that side it makes it almost impossible.

So you are going to take advantage of the fact that he cant free his arm....

2. Put your left foot (same side as the arm you are grabbing) and sit back

3. As you sit back immediately wrap up the triangle

Defense to a Straight Ankle Lock

2010-05-04T04:12:00.000-07:00

First there is a drill you can do to get you foot out from under his armpit.

If he is standing over your and grabs your left foot...you are going to spin in that direction (getting your head towards his foot) this turns your heel inward towards his armpit, rather than under his forearm where he needs it to finish the lock. Now your right foot is going to push on his bicep as you pull your left foot out. As you drill, simply alternate feet.

If you have an open guard and your opp wraps up your ankle for an achilles lock...and you are too late pulling your foot out as previously explained......you have two options. The first option is to sit up as your opp sits back and mount him.

Mount: (w/ gi)

1. Whichever arm wraps up your foot, grab that tricep (with gi grab slack behind elbow)

2. Your other hand grabs his opposite collar (or behind the head with no gi)

As he sits back, you sit up with him....

3. The hand that you had on his elbow, now posts on the floor, while your other hands lets go of his collar and posts on his knee. You are going to have to push his knee down between your legs as you sit up

Once you do that, you will have the mount, but he will still have a hold of your foot/shin. From here you can go right to a submission.

4. Both of your hands grab you opp's elbow and you kick your leg further thru the hole.

5. Monoplata- now post that foot on the ground and wrap his elbow up like you are doing a heel hook! His arm will be too deep for him to move it or pull it out. Just crank it forward as your turn your hips for the finish.

6. Arm Lock- Let his arm bend out of the shoulder lock and sit back with the perdenicular arm bar

Deep Half Guard from Back Escape

2010-04-21T02:34:00.000-07:00

If someone has your back....

Basics;

Start with Vampire defense so you can grab his choking hand
Whichever side he tries to choke you one grab that wrist with your opposite hand, then swim your adjacent arm up and over your opps arm so his arm is now trapped under yours (in almost a kimura lock)
GET YOUR SHOULDERS TO THE MAT!
Free your legs from his leg on the side you are trying to escape to

From here, your opp is most likely going to give up back control and try to mount you; as he does this he is basically in half guard....all you have to do is pinch your knees around his knee.

As he tries to get on top swim your inside arm under his leg....and scoot your hips under him until you are in deep half guard!
Right away bump your hips up and push him forward towards his hands. As he tries to bring his weight back roll him over and sweep him backwards.

Takedown: Single Arm Hip Toss

2010-04-21T02:33:00.000-07:00

This takedown (set up) works well for me. It came very natural!

This position starts in the standing position with your opp's right hand around your neck.

As soon as he grabs your neck...

1. Your adjacent hand draps over his arm and locks his arm in place!

2. Your right hand immediately swims inside his other arm and pushes away on his shoulder. As you push away he is going to push back into you; as he does that....

3. Let go of his shoulder with your right hand, and as your turn your butt towards your opp....swim your right arm under this opposite arm (the one that is grabbing your neck)

4. As you turn your butt towards him and step your left foot behind you, btween his legs.....keep your laces DOWN!!

5. Now just drop down to both knees, roll your shoulder down towards the ground and flip your opp over you.

6. Immediately reach your left arm around his neck ending up in the Jeff Monson over/under north/south choke.

Butterfly guard to Heel Hook Sweep (Marcelo Garcia)

2009-11-20T19:08:00.000-08:00

This is another video from Marcelos site...

When you can not get an underhook in butterfly guard....either grab your opp's wrists or his gi top and sit straight back, and by using your butterfly hooks and lift him up over you. You will now be supporting all his weight.

Now kick one of your legs underneath him and wrap it around his leg placing your foot on his hip (standard heel hook position) with your other leg pinching the other side of your opps leg. now normally if you wanted to finish the heel hook you would reach back and attack the heel but we are looking to sweep from here. So you are going to reach around your outside leg with your hand and hold your opp's leg (this makes sure you have a solid hold on his leg and he can not pull it out)

From here you are going to work for the sweep....

First you are going to drive his knee outwards pretending to look for the sweep. He will normally be ready for this so you are going to immediately roll back the other way to make him think you want to sweep him forward.....when he responds to that you immediately go back to turning his knee outward to get the sweep. So it is basically a 1, 2, 3 type of thing. Or fake, fake, sweep! Or back, forward, back! However you want to look at it.

Sometimes the guys is taller than you or has incredible balance and when you turn his knee outwards he will keep stepping back. However, to do this he must spread his feet really wide. So simply threaten to sweep him foward again (which would be like doing 1, 2, 3, 4 or back, fwd, back, fwd.

Now that is being threatened to be swept fwd he will step his free leg up towards your head. Simply reach around his foot and hold his heel (u now have control of both of his feet) so from here simply push him back onto this ass.

**Remember when u get off from an X guard sweep (or most sweeps) control his feet (or grab his pants) to keep his feet off the ground - this way he cant stand up and get into a scramble.

Butterfly Sweep to X Guard (Marcelo Garcia)

2009-11-20T18:45:00.001-08:00

Marcelo had a video on his page of this set up for the X guard from the butterfly guard and I like it a lot, its simple yet effective!

1. Start with butterfly guard (as you sit into your opp, or sits into you....do not get your feet inside UNTIL you have an underhook!! If you do not have the underhook wait back, or keep him from trapping your feet until you can get an underhook)

**Assuming you now have an underhook with your left hand

2. You should be leaning on your right (opposite) ass cheek and thigh

3. You want to grab his elbow and push it into his body (obviously so he can not post when you go for the sweep)

Now to get the sweep.....

4. Lean back onto the your right SHOULDER do not lean straight back onto your back....ALWAYS onto your side!! Kick your left leg up and finish the sweep. If you can pass directly to side mount thats ideal, if not half guard is ok too.

To set up the X guard if your opp stands up to avoid the sweep.....

**Many times your opp will simply step up the leg that you do have the butterfly on and stand up to avoid being swept on to his back. If he does this......

4. Let go of his elbow and reach underneath the leg that he stepped up and pull it on to your shoulder as you scoot your hips deep underneath him.

5. You now want to finish securing the X guard by getting your right foot in place. Your right foot was just pushing off the ground during the sweep (while your left was hooked inside of leg, so the left leg is already in position) so your right foot now goes on TOP of the left foot.

**The bottom foot is always BEHIND the knee and the TOP foot is always across his thigh!! Remember BOTTOM & BEHIND!!

Now once you have the X guard set up....the sweep is very easy!

1. Strecth out your opp and just push him back on to his ass

**Once he falls and you follow him up immediately grab his foot (or his gi pants) and get up on top. DO NOT try to get up faster than him or you will just end up in a scramble! If you grab his foot or gi pants he can not stand up bc you are holding his feet off the ground. So rememeber IMMEDIATELY reach for his legs!!

If your opp has good base and leans forward onto his hands for balance you have two options.

Option #1. Grab his near side wrist (or sleeve) and push it across his body towards his other hand. He now has no base close to you so you are going to lift him up using your legs and roll backwards over your shoulder. You will end up on top in half guard.

Option #2. Reach for his far wrist (or sleeve) and pull it towards you. He now has no base on the opposite side so simply stretch him out and roll him over using the underhook on half on his other leg.

Working these 3 sweeps back and fourth makes it near impossible to defend. DRILL THESE OPTIONS and you will have a nasty X guard!!

Guard: Defense to having your guard opened

2009-03-05T12:08:00.000-08:00

Whenever you feel that your guard is going to be opened you should open it first! This way you stay one step ahead of your opp. So lets say for this example that your opp is staying on his knees and he prys your legs open (by sliding his left leg backwards) you are going to open your legs and....

1. Put your right foot on his stomach/hip (the same foot as the side your opp slid back....adjacent)

Now depending on whether on not you are wearing a gi will determine what you do next

If you are doing NO GI...

2. Kick your left leg up and throw it back down to give you momentum to sit up. As you sit up get your that foot inside your opps arm in between you opps legs (butterfly style) and get an underhook with that arm. So you now have a butterfly with your left foot, underhook on that side and your right foot on his hip.

3. Overhook his other arm

4. Now you can just work for the standard butterfly sweep.

**Important to always keep your head to the side you are sweeping towards!! Otherwise your opp can post his head on the mat as a post and jump around to sidemount.

If you are wearing a GI....

2. As your opp is breaking your guard (left leg back) you should be grabbing his opposite sleeve.....to set up spider guard. So you do the same thing with your right foot...put it on his hip and your left leg does basically the same thing....it kicks up and over his right arm but instead of going for butterfly position you put your foot on his hip.

3. Now scoot your hip out to the left (laying towards your right side) and reach your right hand to his knee and grab his pants by the inside of the Gi (the bunched of area of pants when his knee is bent)

4. Now bridge up onto your right shoulder

5. As your opp pushes back into your roll back the other way. You want pressure on both his arm (using the spider guard) and you want to lift his knee with your other hand.

As you come on top take your other foot off his hip (it stays there the entire time) and secure side mount.

Takedown Set Ups

2009-03-01T13:19:00.000-08:00

Today I was taught some very simple set ups for the double leg. They all work off different variations of the arm drag and the most important thing are trying to accomplish is a slight angle on your opponent...you NEVER want to attempt a double leg straight on bc your opp has his head, hands and arms to stop you and can easily sprawl so we are looking for a slight angle....that is what the arm drag does for you!

First I will give the 4 set ups that we did today....
(Assuming your opp's left leg is forward)

1. Hold you opp's left wrist as your right arm does the arm drag (most basic)

2. If your opp has inside control of your right arm (hand on your bicep) put your hand on his shoulder and then just pull your hand down to his hand poping his hand forward. All you are looking for is a slight reaction.

3. If your opp puts his hand on your shoulder....your arm comes inside out clearing his hand off your shoulder (like a windshield wiper) as your left hand reaches for his tricep to get the arm drag

4. Put your hand on your opps head, his normal reaction will be to grab your hand (to take it off his head) with his ajacent hand and he will grab your wrist keeping control of it. You are going to let him hold it, but you are going to punch your hand down across to your opposite hip. At the same time your left hand is going to reach for his tricep to do the arm drag. Your arms should cross at the same time (punch right hand to left hip, as your left hand reaches for tricep)

As you do all these arm drags you want to be as close to your opp as possible....heads touching is ideal. And remember all you are looking for is a split second to get the angle.

All these arm drags are pulling your opp to your left. So you are going to step you front foot slightly to your right to get the angle. Then drop your level, grab the back of the knees and take a BIG step thru him with your right foot.....followed by a BIG step with your left foot. You are basically RUNNING thru him.

Steps:
1. Set up
2. Arm Drag
3. Small step with front leg to get angle
4. Simultaneosuly: Drop level, reach for knees, take BIG step with right leg
5. Finsih with big step with left leg

Guard Pass: Fowler Pass to Kimura

2009-02-06T12:05:00.000-08:00

Fowler likes to control his opp's wrists when passing guard so his opp does not have a chance to control him. This pass works well from butterfly guard before your opp has a chance to sit up and get control with his hands.

From an open butterfly guard....

1. Your left hand grabs your opp's right wrist (adjacent)

2. Your right knee plants as you high leg out (switching your hips) As you do this your right hand is going to plant on the mat over his right shoulder (for balance)

Immediately after clearing your opp's leg....

3. Lock up the Kimura

4. Switch your hips back to standard side mount

From here you can either step over your opp's head (best case scenario) lean up and finish the Kimura OR you can just sit thru (if you can not kick over his head) lean up and finish the Kimura.

Guard Pass: Fowler Pass

2009-02-06T11:47:00.000-08:00

I saw Mike Fowler this pass and it takes some quickness but works well. You can do this pass from an open guard,,,,

1. Put your left hand on your opp's lapel (near his belt) on the adjacent side (his right side) - If no gi you can grab his wrist.

2. Your right hand is holding his left knee down (keeping his leg flat)

3. Now veryyyy quickly you are going to JUMP out to the SIDE (90 degrees) then immediately back into your opp getting your bottom knee to his hip right away!! As soon as you jump out you are going to let go of his knee with your right hand. This pass should be done so quickly that he will not have a chance to defend in any way.

Side Mount: Transition to Opposite Side

2009-02-06T11:11:00.000-08:00

If you have side mount on your opp (with your top under on the opposite of his head and your bottom arm checking his hip) he will be able to turn towards you because you are doing nothing to stop him from facing you.

Your opp will most likely have his far arm reaching under your armpit and his near arm tucked underneath him so he can get to his knees. As he turns towards you....

1. Use your top hand to push his head/face downward into the mat- This will momentarily stop him from progressing

2. Now take your bottom hand and slide it under opp's top arm and the BACK of you hand slides on TOP of his neck (palm up)

3. Now you are going to circle around him to the other side of his body (towards his back)

As you circle around him (because your hand was turned palm up) you will end up with a very scure side mount and your opp's top arm trapped between your knee and elbow

*Its very imporant to make sure your palm is up!

Side Mount: Transitions

2009-02-06T10:52:00.000-08:00

If you have side mount with your top hand on the opposite side of your opp's head and your bottom hand checking his hip....as he rolls towards you (which he will be able to do bc you are not giving him any shoulder pressure and there is nothing stopping you from turning towards you) there are a couple of ways to transition to either keep, or better your position.

As he first starts to turn into you....

- You can switch you top arm to the other side of his head, get your bicep across his neck and flatten him back out

If he turns into you even more.....

- You can switch your top arm to the other side of his body but rather than reaching around his neck you can grab under his tricep (of his bottom arm) and drive him back onto his back. It will also help if you lower your body and get your head onto his waist to help drive him onto his back.

If your opp rolls into your and is almost completely on his side...you are not going to be able to stop him from getting to his knees (when you are on the bottom in side mount and you roll into your opp, as soon as you get your TOP shoulder facing downward it is impossible for him to flattne you out) So if your opp does this you have to give up on trying to flatten him out.
Your top arm is going to stay on the far side of his body and it is reach under his under his arm pit and grab your opps bottom tricep/elbow as you simultaneously switch your hips and high leg over to your opp's back. **It is important to keep your weight down as you do this. So keep pressure down with your chest as you reach for his tricep and high leg over.

Once you are behind him...clasp your hands around his neck (head and arm control) and fold your top leg behind his back. Now all you have to do is roll away from him, pulling him on top of you, and you can get your hooks in to take his back.

Z Guard: Sweep

2009-02-05T08:47:00.000-08:00

From the Z Guard, if your opp reaches his hand between your legs and holds your bottom leg from moving (this is a common way to try to pass Z guard)

1. Your top hand grabs your opp's wrist (or if he is wearing a gi you can grab his sleeve)

2. Straighten your top leg....which allows your opp to know try to pass your guard

3. Put your other hand on his hip

As he tries to swing around to pass your guard.....

4. Push his hip upward as your straighten your top leg (which puts pressure on his arm) as your bridge and roll over to the other side of your body

Z Guard: Triangle

2009-02-05T08:38:00.000-08:00

Starting with your opp in the Z guard....

1. Reach up with your top arm and overhook your opp's arm

2. Your other hand grabs your opp's wrist and pushes it deep between his legs

3. Now unlock the Z guard and get your top leg high over your opp's back (almost as if you were going for an omoplata, in fact you could take the omoplata from here)

4. As you hip out, pull your bottom leg out and swing it around your opp's head

5. Lock your feet together and finish the triangle.

Side Mount Escape: Rolling Back to Guard from Running Escape

2009-02-05T08:17:00.000-08:00

Get into same position as Running Escape (See Below) but instead of running in a circle away from your opp.....

1. Get up on your shoulder

2. Get your ass up in the air

3. Roll thru to guard

Side Mount Escape: The Running Escape

2009-02-04T19:46:00.001-08:00

This is an escape to use if your opp is not controlling the opposite side of your body at all. For example if he is giving you shoulder pressure with his top arm and his bottom hand is reaching underneath your inside leg........you can not turn towards your opp at all, BUT you can turn away from him.

1. Turn away from your opp and:
-Cross your inside leg over your outside leg
-Keep your elbow tight to your hip
-Cross your arms (vampire defense) using one hand to pretect your neck and the other to protect your hip

As you do all of these things you want to be curled up into a ball as much as possible to give your opp no room to do any of things he wants to do (giftwrap, get a hook in, grab a collar, etc.)

2. Now you are going to run around in a circle, crossing your feet over each other like you are "running" (about 90 degrees) until your opp loses control of you........

3. Then just switch your hips, roll to your stomach, and get to your knees. You will most likely end up in an open or butterfuly guard (depending on how closely your opp follows you)

Takedown: Sitting to Triangle

2009-02-04T19:27:00.000-08:00

You are going to use this takedown when your opp grabs the back of your head from a standing position. As soon as he grabs the back of your head (for this example he grabs you with his right hand, by your left ear)

1. Immediately grab his other arm by his wrist so he can not get total control of you.

2. Your other hand (the one adjacent to the hand he is holding the back of your neck with) reaches and grabs the around the back of his neck.

3. Now you are going to pick up your left leg (the same leg as the side he is holding your neck with) and put it on his hip, and push away and you sit back to guard.

4. As you sit back to guard push his left hand between your legs and throw your legs up around his shoulders.....so he basically falls right into a triangle. Your left hand is already around the back of his neck so its easy to grab your shin to adjust the triangle if need be.

* The most important step is making sure as you fall back you push his arm between your legs, otherwise you are just sitting back to regular guard.

**You can easily change this takedown to a flying triangle by rather than falling backwards you can instead jump and get your legs around his shoulders. Make sure your opps is holding your before you attempt the flying triangle, otherwise you may fall back on your head.

Guard: Kimura when Defending Double Underhook Pass

2009-02-04T19:00:00.000-08:00

When your opp is attempting to pass your guard using the "double underhook" pass....

1. Reach your right hand (for this example) under your opp's left (adjacent) arm pit and hold it with your left hand (gable grip)

2. Scoot your ass back a lil to keep your hips away from your opp so he can not finish the pass. He wants to suck your hips in towards himself so you need to scoot backwards.

3. Now pull his arm inward towards youself until his elbow pops in front of your leg. Once that happens throw your legs up high around your opp's back and cross your ankles. This is basically like the same position as a trianlge except your opp's wrist is now stuck under your leg. You could finish the triangle right here if you want but there is less of a chance that your opp can defend the Kimura, so.......

4. You now have to switch your hands. Pull your right hand out from under your opp's arm and grab his wrist with your right hand. Now your left arm laces thru and gets the Kimura grip. From here is it very easy to just finish the Kimura.

**The most important part of this move is step 3....pulling your opp's arm inward until his elbow pops around to the other side your leg. As SOON as that happens get your high guard and work to finish either the triangle of the Kimura.

Back Mount: Tip

2009-01-30T08:32:00.001-08:00

If you have back mount, with you laying on your back and your opp laying on top of you......his escape is to get his back to the mat and turn into you (if he does this properly he can even end up having side mount on you)

So as he gets his back to the mat, using your far leg....simply hook your foot under the bend of your opp's knee! This will stop him from being able to turn into you (bc the way he wants to turn his leg is raised high in the air) - This gives you a chance to switch your position (by replaing your foot behind his knee with your hand, rolling to your stomach) ending up in side mount.

Takedown: Off of a Pumble

2009-01-30T08:20:00.000-08:00

In a no-gi match if you are locked up (over, under) with your opp and you are pumbling for position....When you're pumbling you are looking to get double underhooks....

1. Whichever hand you just pumbling inside you want to step that same leg forward, deep between your opp's legs....as you drop your level

2. As you pumble....you are going to acheive the double underhook position and clasp your hands around the lower back of your opp.

So you now have your hands gable gripped behind your opp's back and you have one leg stepping deep between his legs.

3. Now just pull his hips towards you as you walk thru him taking his down to his back....and just walk up to full mount.

Tip: Often times a pumble becomes a give and take...you pumble inside with one hand only to lose that control with the other hand, bc your opp also pumbled......so whichever hand you already have inside control with you want to jack that shoulder UP (keeping your shoulder tight to your opp's) making it almost impossible for your opp to pumble his hand inside. This should ensure you get the double underhooks.

Turtle: Taking the back when you opponent is Turtled

2009-01-30T07:55:00.000-08:00

It is always important to remember that when you opponent is turtled that you need to keep you weight above his hips (unless he is turtled after your sprwal then you would have a front headlock position) otherwise he can roll back to guard.

Starting with you over you opponents hips....

1. Get one arm inside and grab your opp's forearm (for this example let's say your left arm)

2. Now circle the opposite way, to your right, to the side of his body and get your left knee inside his knee and his elbow. Your left foot is based out for balance.

3. Use that left knee to pull his elbow away from his body a little bit....now hook your right foot around his arm and circle back around towards his hips. This will pull his arm back behind him and it will be stuck between his own body and your leg. Now lock your instep around the inside of his ankle.

You are now back with your weight over his hips but his arm is now trapped.

4. Now roll to your left (the side that you have his arm trapped) and immediately get your left hook in.

5. From here you can either Pull your right foot down and lift your hips to put your opp in a straight arm bar

or

5. You can get your right hook in, which traps his arm inside your hook...making it much easier to finish the RNC bc he only has one arm to defend.

6. RNC

Side Mount: Falling Back Arm Bar

2008-07-12T15:40:00.000-07:00

If you have cross side with shoulder pressure (assuming your right arm is under his head) and you have his arm trapped....

**If you do not have his arm trapped; slide your top knee towards your opp's hip then clear his arm above his head and get your knee tight to his head, now his arm should be trapped and not mobile**

1. Slide your right shin tight to his body, as you sit on your right ass cheek

2. Put your left knee on the belly

3. Sit back with your opps arm under your right arm pit and pinch your left knee on top of his shoulder. Your left hand pushes on his chin to replace the pressure you were giving him with your shoudler so he can not turn and face you. Your right arm holds under the back of his elbow as you push his elbow up and arch backwards for the tap.

**If your opp bridges into you to try to escape make sure to keep pressure on his chin and just straighten your left leg and mount him. If he is able to get his left elbow (of the arm you are holding) to the ground, you will have to reach around with your left hand and grab his tricep and pull it up as you mount. Otherwise its going to be a fight for position.

Guard: Double Ankle Sweep

2008-07-02T06:46:00.000-07:00

This is a very very basic sweep but there is a detail that makes it harder to defend. When you opp stands up in your guard with his feet tight so you are able to grab his ankles...

1. Grab the back of both of his ankles

2. Open your guard and pinch your knees tight to his stomach

3. Pull on his ankles and push with your knees

4. Now when you sit up and go to mount your opp, do NOT just try to sit up straight bc he can just pinch his knees to stop you, then you will be in danger of ankle locks. So as you sit up, put one hand down on the floor by his foot and turn your hip in that direction as you mount.

**The defense to the double ankle sweep is for your opp to kick one of his feet forward and up, then bringing it back behind him

When your opp defends like that you can immediately transition to DLR guard or turn to the DLR hip push sweep.

**The other defense to this sweep is for your opp to drive his hips forward so you cant get the leverage to push him back. If he does this, continue to drive you own hips up all the way then snap your shins hard against the back of his arm pits to snap him back down into your guard.

Half Guard: Underhook Sweep Series

2008-07-01T07:29:00.000-07:00

Starting in half guard...laying on your right side, with your left forearm across your opp's chin and your right arm inside his left bicep....

1. Swim your left under his left armpit (the arm in which you are holding his bicep) as you simultaneously reach your right hand under his left knee
You are going to use your left hand to push his arm around your head and your right arm to pull his leg up onto your shoulder (almost in an X-guard position but you do not which your feet, you keep them locked in half guard) - You want to roll all the way from your right side to your left while you do this.

You now have his leg up on your shoudler and his hands are most likely based out forward in front of him stopping him from falling forward.

From here you havfe three options for a sweep:

1. Your left hand reaches out and grabs his RIGHT hand (sleeve) and pulls it in towards his body (to do this you will have to bridege back to get the weight off his hands) then you brigde towards his hands as your scissor your legs and get up into his half guard. However, you are holding his leg up over your shoulder so you can easily sit out to side mount.

2. You can do the same sweep with a slight variation. Once you Reach out and grab his right arm and pull it in towards his body....you can feed his sleeve to your right hand and your left hand can reach up and grab his collar...now you pull down on his collar as your bridge towards his hands scissor your legs. By grabbing his collar and pulling him forward it gives you more power.

3. Once you grab your opp's hand and pull it into his body sometimes he will base out and keep his weight back. If he does that you hip out in the opposite direction bringing your left shin across his stomach. Then you scissor your legs and sweep him back in the other direction. Again ending up in half guard...but you can again sit out and pass to side mount.

Tips: Playing the Guard

2008-07-01T07:22:00.000-07:00

When playing the guard here are a few things want to remember;

1. Always break your opp's grips, you don't want him to be able to control your knees

2. If your opp starts to collapse your knees to one side, use your bottom hand to help you scoot back as your other hand pushes his shoulder in the opposite direction. Once you have some room....swim your top knee inward then push it out as you sit up to butterfly guard (both shins inside your opp's biceps)

3. From butterfly guard its always easier to work for sweeps if you have a tight underhook on one side and one foot inside as opposed to have two weak underhooks and both feet inside.

Transition: From Omoplata to Arm Bar or Sweep to Arm Bar

2008-06-24T17:53:00.000-07:00

If you have an omplata on your opp and you are not letting him roll out of it, he is going to try to posture up and turn into you. That puts you in a position that opps arm is between both your legs and both your legs....so you want to bring both your legs over your opp's head so they are in the same position as if you went for arm bar from the guard and he pulled his arm out from between your legs.....you have your opps other arm btween your legs....

Your options from here are as follwed;

1. Turn towards your opp's feet and finish the arm bar

If you opp rolls out of that, you can finish the arm bar with him on his back as well

OR...if you are rolling with the gi

Takedown: Foot on Hip- Kick Over

2008-06-20T07:00:00.000-07:00

Start with normal gi grips (Right hand on opp's left collar and left hand on opp's tricep), you will normally do this takedown if you opp is bending over (if he isn't you can snap him down)

1. Put your right foot on his hip

2. Step your left foot up between is feet than sit your butt down towards down towards your heel

3. As you fall back keep your right knee in (dont extend it outward, you keep better control if you keep your knee bent) and kick your opp over your right shoulder as you roll over your left shoulder

4. Roll over with him and get the mount.

*If when you sit back you can not kick your opp over your head you can just sit into guard

Guard Pass: (Gi) Feed the Sleeve to Collar Choke

2008-06-20T06:51:00.000-07:00

This pass starts the same as the other pass where you feed the sleeve...again, start by collasping your opp's knee and feeding his outside (left) arm to your hand (right) that is between his legs....but instead of bringing your (left) knee across his stomach.....

1. Reach your left arm around to the other (back) side of his head like you are doing a trying to do a guillotine but grab his left collar as deep as you can

You can finish the choke by sprawling out right from here and pulling your arm back...

Or...

2. You can walk around your opp's head, get your head to INSIDE of your opp's stomach and flip over onto your back.

3. Now trap his leg between your legs and pull up to finish the choke

Guard Pass: (Gi) Feed the Sleeve

2008-06-20T06:43:00.000-07:00

If you are passing the guard (left) and you can collaspe your opp's knee down...

1. Use your outside (left) hand and grab your opp's bottom (right) arm and feed it to your other hand (right) which is between his legs

2. Walk your left shin onto your opp's stomach as your left arm goes under your opp's head

3. Now turn your hips and sit out onto your ass to free your other leg

De La Riva Guard: Back Take

2008-06-17T05:01:00.000-07:00

From the standard DLR guard (Left leg around thigh, holding heel, right foot on hip, right hand holding opp's right hand)

1. Take right foot off opp's hip and switch it to the near side hip

2. Bridge onto your outside (left) shoulder and slide your left foot from his near side thigh over to the his other thigh

3. Now, your right foot tranfers from his hip to behind his near side thigh (now both legs are are behind your opp's)

4. Scoot behind your opp until you are square

5. Grab your opp's belt to pull him back on his butt as you extend you legs outward

6. Get your hooks in and either finish the RNC or the gi-choke

Guard Sweep: Kick Over (when your Opp attempts the collaspe)

2008-06-12T20:37:00.001-07:00

If you Opp is trying to do this pass http://tricksterbjj.blogspot.com/2008/06/guard-pass-collaspe-knee.html and you are on the bottom trying to prevent the pass....

1. Use your bottom hand to grab his sleeve on the hand that is holding your bottom pant leg

2. Make sure your top foot (on the same leg of the knee that he is collasping) is in between his legs (butterfly position) hooked under his outside leg

3. Sit up, reach over your opp's shoulder and grab his belt

4. As you sit back you pull your opp over top shoulder (bridge backwards) as you kick your top leg up

You can either kick your foot over his head and finish with the arm bar or just take side control

Guard Pass: Collaspe the Knee

2008-06-12T20:31:00.000-07:00

When your opp has open/butterfly guard...

1. Lace your right arm under his left leg and grab his right pant leg WHILE you use your right shoulder to collaspe his left knee.

2. Your left hand grabs his right sleeve

3. Stand both feet up (while keeping your right hand on the mat) and drive your right knee across his bottom (right) leg

4. Put your head on your opp's hip, walk around to past your opponents legs to his side and using your head and pulling his arm up....flatten him out and get cross side position!

Open/Butterfly Guard: Back Take

2008-06-12T20:22:00.000-07:00

When sitting in front of your opponent who is on his knees....

1. Reach your right hand and grab the (opposite) right side collar of your opp. Make a fist and keep your arm straight! This will keep your opp away from you...
(You are starting sitting on your left ass cheek with your left hand on the mat)

As he pushes forward into you to pass your guard...

2. Using you left hand...Scoot out to the left and switch onto your right hip and put your right foot on your opp's left knee.

3. Push his knee back so he has no base and pull him down hard so he is laying on his stomach next to you. Immediately kick your left leg over his back and get your hook in to take his back

Half Guard: Toe Hold

2008-06-09T19:42:00.000-07:00

Lets assume you have your right leg trapped and you are on top in half guard...

1. Sit up

2. Slide your left knee across his stomach as you turn towards his feet, slide your knee all the way to the ground until your laying on your hip.

3. Your right hand grabs the toes of his left foot, your left hand snakes under leg and grabs your right wrist and your finish the toe hold.

**Be careful because as you slide your knee across his stomach he can grab your toes and toe hold you.

http://www.lockflow.com/article_view.php?id=3997

Guard Pass: Low Pass (No-Gi)

2008-06-07T18:59:00.000-07:00

When doing a "low pass" you are controlling his legs and hips as opposed to his shoulders and chin. You are starting standing square in front of your opp holding onto this shins (a few inches above the ankles) pushing his knees inward. If he extends his feet you don't have to worry about going thru all these steps just throw his legs to the side and pass. So normally he is keep his knees towards his chest.

If you are passing left....

1. Drop your right knee down across your opp's foot facing the direction you are passing (left)

2. Step out wide over your opp's right leg and immediately drop your knee tight to his hip trapping his leg....this will put you in half guard.

3. As you pass your right hand lets go of his shin and you drop your forearm to mat keeping his arm tight to his body (elbow right by his hip) with the gi you can hold his belt. Your left arm stays tucked under leg and slides from his shin to under his hamstring.

Again since we are going to pass LOW you want to scoot down and get the tip of your shoulder the AC joint right in his center of gravity- which is about an inch below his belly button. Most people stay too high make sure your shoudler is low!

4. Now slide your right arm under his other leg holding his hamstring. So you are now reaching under both his legs holding both his hamstrings with your shoulder driving down into him as hard as possible...make it hurt!

5. To open his leg you are going to rip his legs apart - Pull both your arms back as if you are doing reverse fly's with dumb bells. As you sprwal back hard and fast!

6. Now while keeping your shoulder down, turn your hip slighty towards his feet and get your left knee under his right leg.....then switch and get your right knee under his leg....then slowly crawl up to side mount.

Drills: Loose Guard Passes

2008-06-07T18:31:00.000-07:00

Loose passes are passes done by basically going around your opp rather than over him. You can do all these passes using a chair as your opponent....

1. Start standing square in front of your opponent with your hands on his knees. If you are passing to the left you step with the right leg first. Your right leg steps to his opposite hip placing your shin into this thigh, then your left leg steps out wide for balance. Then you go back and square up by stepping back the exact opposite. Your left foot steps back first followed by your right. Then you go the other way (right) You step left right, right left. You can continue to work this back and fourth left and right or you could just mix it up sporadically.

2. The next pass is basically a slide. Again you hands are on your opp's knees. If you are passing left you push off your right leg and step your body completely perdendicular to your opp. Avoid "hopping" you are NOT jumping to the side you just want to slide to his side. Your hands are on his knees so you can push his knees AWAY from you as you pass. In a real situation you would immediately drop down to cross side. Again you can drill this by going left and right back and fourth or you can mix it up.

3. The last drill resembles a football stance. You want to keep one hand on the knee and other on the floor between his legs. You are basically in a 3 point stance. If your Left hand is on his right knee and your right hand is on the floor you are going to pass the left (the same side that you are holding his knee) and you pass the same way as the drill above....you slide to that side.
This drill is a lil slower bc you have switch your hands each time before you change direction.

Guard: Head and Arm Guillotine

2008-06-05T19:29:00.000-07:00

For a long time I had a problem finishing the head and arm guillotine bc I was sinking my grip too tight when in actuality you don't want the choke the deep. When doing the head and arm guiilotine you want the hand that is under your opp's throat holding his chin, that will ensure that your wrist is in the right spot along his coratid artery. Your other hand grabs under that arm along the curve in the wrist (where the wrist meets the hand) and you crank that hand down as if you are starting a motorcycle.

Unlike the regular guillotine you are not looking to stretch your opp out and pull upwards into the neck, your are actually squeezing inward!!! So now that you have the grips right, drive your shoulder down into his head as your turn your wrist into his neck (you are sorta turning your elbows in opposite directions- the elbow on the neck side goes downwards and the elbow on the shoulder side goes upwards) and rather than pushing his away with your legs you actually pull him closer.

This takes a lot of practice to learn to finish correctly but once you get it right it is easier to finish than the regular guillotine.

Side Mount: Ways of Retaining Side Mount

2008-06-05T19:04:00.000-07:00

SIT OUT TO JUDO POSITION- If you have your top hand on the opposite side of opp's head and your bottom hand checking his hip....as he bumps up and rolls into you

1. Your bottom hand immediately underhooks his arm
2. Your top hand comes to the other side of his head (quickly give shoulder pressure to flaten
out
3. Your sit your legs thru to judo position as your top arm grabs your opp's bottom arm
(with gi grab seem by tricep, with no-gi reach around and grab tricep)

SIT OUT TOWARDS FEET- If you have regular cross side position (Top hand giving shoulder pressure, bottom hand hugging opposite hip and your bottom knee checking his nearside hip) Most time your opp will have his hands on your shoulder and neck so he can push you away. He will almost always try to 'hip out' and try to get his knee across your stomach to get back to guard;

1. Take your top hand and switch it to the other side of your opp's head - This prevents him
from getting anymore space backwards to get his knee thru.
2. Your bottom hand Grabs his gi pants (inside his knee) as you sit out towards his feet, make
sure you get your bottom knee under his ass.
3. Put your top knee on belly and drive your knee across stomach to the floor gaining full
mount

Half Guard: Back and Fourth Sweep

2008-06-03T08:49:00.000-07:00

This sweep is designed so you can get the sweep from half guard either one way or another depending on your opp's reaction! The first step of instructions are for the first sweep then if he bases out, you can roll him back the other way....Some of the steps to the first sweep which don't seem necessary will help you get the 2nd sweep!

From Half Guard (for this example) lets say your right leg is trapped and your left leg is free and your opp has the underhook and is giving you shoulder pressure...

1. Hip out to the left side (onto your right hip) and get your left foot inside your opp's knee (butterfuly position)

2. As you do that, you want to start feeding his right collar to your left hand (you are grabbing his near side collar - This is basically locking in a wizzer bc you can not get the underhook and it will help you get the 2nd sweep)

3. Reach your right hand up and trap his left arm. His left arm is going under your head so all you have to do is hold is there so he doesn't base out. You can either grab your ear or hold his elbow.

4. Push off your right ball of foot (the leg that was trapped) and bridge and roll to your right as you lift up with your left arm and left foot (like a butterfly sweep)

You should get the sweep here but if he is able to post his hand out or balance himself from falling over, you are immediately going to transition to this sweep....

1. Let go of his left arm (the one that he posted) with your right hand and block his knee....this will allow you to free your trapped leg and get back to full butterfly guard. From here you COULD just go back to full guard but we are looking to sweep and now is a perfect oppurtunity to roll him back the other way....especially bc you have his right arm trapped bc you are holding his collar, making the wizzer tight...

2. Once you have the right foot inside (butterfly) bridge and roll to your left side lifting his leg with your right foot while you drive off your left ball of foot.

**It is key to not break momentum while going from the 1st sweep the the 2nd. The sweep's power is coming from your hips. You are bridging to your right then you roll back hard to your left while lifting his leg up. This sweep works perfectly!! You should be able to even gain full mount or side mount...but worst case scenario you end up in half guard.

Guard: Inverted Cross Arm Bar

2008-05-15T05:58:00.000-07:00

From closed guard.,,,

1. Grab double wrist control, put your feet on his hips and scoot backwards

2. Optional- Use your right foot to push your opp's left knee backwards

3. You roll to your right and get your left shin across your opp's face, let go of his left arm and only hold his right arm

4. Roll all the way around until you are facing your opp's feet and finish the arm bar

Guard Pass from Open Guard (Option 2)

2008-05-12T20:00:00.000-07:00

1. Grab the inside of both of your opp's knees by his pants (thumbs inward) - elbows in so he can not put his feet on your hips

2. Swim you left arm under your opp's right leg but instead of grabbing his belt, put your mat flat down on the mat near his hip

3. Again tuck your head down tight to your opp's hip with your shoulder down tight to his stomach

4. Push his leg down as your jump off your left leg getting both your feet high in the air....landing with your right leg first, then your left leg lands with your knee tight to his hip

Guard Pass from Open Guard

2008-05-12T19:52:00.000-07:00

1. Grab the inside of both of your opp's knees by his pants (thumbs inward) - elbows in so he can not put his feet on your hips

2. Swim you left hand your opp's right leg and grab his belt

3. Lower your head to the same side (left) putting your head tight to his hip and the floor, with your shoulder pressed down hard on his stomach

4. Step back with your right leg

5. Push his left leg down to the mat

6. Step over with your right leg (but do not put your knee down, keep all the weight on your shoulder)

7. Now you can either high leg your left leg over then put it tight to his hip and get side mount

or

7. Just Immediately bring your left knee to your opp's hip

**Better opponents might roll you if your try to high leg over but this way keeps more weight on them.

Defending the Arm Bar (Hitchhiker Escape)

2008-05-12T19:44:00.000-07:00

From the mount position, if your opp sits back with an arm bar...

**Timing is very important with this defense!**

1. Turn your legs out AWAY from your opp, towards his feet! Your inside leg kicks over your outside as your switch your hips, rolling to your stomach.

2. As you do this you are turning your thumb up

Once you do this it turns your arm so it can no longer be threatened. Immediately pull your arm out and look to get to side mount.

Defending the Arm Bar

2008-05-12T19:37:00.001-07:00

If you are mounted, when you opponent goes for the arm bar...

1. The arm that is being arm barred holds your other arms bicep, and that arm holds your opp's elbow

2. Swing your legs up to get momentum and as they drop scissor them towards your opp to help you get up pushing your opp onto his back

3. Bring your knee (the same side of the one that is being arm barred) up under your opp's butt

4. Let go of your opp's elbow and grab his leg

5. Then shake your arm out until it is free....immediately take that arm and reach across to your opp's opposite shoulder, pop your head out and pass to side mount

Mount: Double Attack (Arm Bar or Gi Choke)

2008-05-08T18:06:00.000-07:00

From the mount...

1. Reach your right arm deep into the opposite collar of your opp and drop your elbow so your forearm chokes him

Then he will normally reach across with his right arm to pull your arm up to free the choke...

2. Using your left hand, push his elbow across his body and pin his arm down with your chest, as your slide your left knee behind his head. Grab his left arm with your left arm and pull it up so you can slide your instep under his shoulder...now you can balance on him without worrying abour being rolled

3. Your left hand grabs his gi deep in between his shoulder and neck

From here you do one of two submissions, which is why this is called a double attack. If your opp leaves his arm up you sit back with the arm bar. If your opp thinks your are going for the arm bar he is pull his elbow down and open up his neck, if he does that...Go back to regular mount, pinch your hands together, pull your elbows in as you lower your head towards the side of the hand that is on top...to get the tap

Guard Pass: Scissor Sweep Counter (Flip)

2008-05-06T19:11:00.000-07:00

When your opp rolls to one side and brings his shin across your stomach...

1. Lace your arm between his legs and hook his bottom leg, put your shoulder down on his hip and your head on his shoulder

2. Sprawl your legs back, turn your hip in the direction your opp's knees are facing and start to walk around to pass

***As you walk around and try to grab your opp's bottom arm he pulls his hand above his head so you can not grab it....

3. Lower your head by his hips, post your hand (that is laced between his legs) on the floor and your free hand on the floor by his armpit.....continue to walk around until you are to the side of your opp

4. Lower your head to do a forward roll (flip) to the other side of your opp, then roll towards your opp's head

Guard Pass: Counter Scissor Sweep

2008-05-06T19:05:00.000-07:00

When your opp rolls to one side and brings his shin across your stomach...

1. Lace your arm between his legs and hook his bottom leg, put your shoulder down on his hip and your head on his shoulder

2. Sprawl your legs back, turn your hip in the direction your opp's knees are facing and start to walk around to pass

3. Your free hand grabs your opp's bottom arm (either reach under the tricep and pull his arm up, or grab his wrist or sleeve and pull his arm above his head)

4. Walk around to side mount and drive your opp onto his back

Side Mount: Reversal to arm bar from Cross Side

2008-04-30T21:09:00.000-07:00

If you have cross side and your opp attempts this arm bar http://tricksterbjj.blogspot.com/2008/04/side-mount-arm-bar-escape-from-cross.html

1. As he gets his arm over your head...pop up to your feet (stack him) and clasp your hands together so he can't extend your arm

2. Use your arm that is NOT being locked and push his knee (that is your belly) down and circle around behind your opp....from there are going to sit back with an arm bar of your own

Side Mount: Arm Bar Escape from Cross Side

2008-04-30T21:04:00.000-07:00

If your opp has cross side position on you (bottom arm hugging hip, top arm giving shoulder pressure to chin)....

1. Position your hands in a normal defensive position (inside arm on hip, outside arm across opp's throat, nearside knee tight to opp's body)

2. Create space...use your hands to push opp away as your hip out backwards...

3. Lift your hips and get your outside leg over your opp's head as you get your inside knee across his belly

4. Grab opps arm and finish the arm bar

Guard: Elevator Arm Bar

2008-04-30T21:00:00.001-07:00

If your opp stand up in your guard with bad posture (head forward)....

1. Put your feet on his hips

2. Hold both of his triceps and pull them outwards

3. Lift your straight up in the air (Superman)

4. Push up with your right foot to twist your opp's body

5. Your right hand turns your opps left arm upwards (turn like a steering wheel) and your left arm turns his right arm down (whichever foot is pushing his hip up that hand turns upwards)

As he falls off your feet and turns....

6. Kick your left foot (or whichever foot did NOT push his hip upwards) over his head and get the Arm Bar

Guard: Elevator Sweep from Open Guard

2008-04-30T20:57:00.000-07:00

If your opp stand up in your guard with his head forward (bad posture)

1. Put both of your feet on his hips

2. Hold both of his triceps and pull his arms outward

3. Bring your knees forward (outside your opps arms) pulling him off his feet so you are holding him up in the air

4. Roll backwards as your push your opp's body over your head....you will land in mount

Takedown: Sit out to Arm Bar

2008-04-27T16:19:00.000-07:00

Starting with control of your opp's collar and tricep....when your opp has a similiar grip and he is using his front arm to push you backwards....

1. Take your back foot (right) and put it on his front thigh. Push his front leg back to off balance him.

2. Sit back to that side on your buttcheek and continue to roll onto that hip

3. Swith your grips. Let go of his collar with your right hand and grab his arm.

4. Kick your left leg over your opp's head in an arm bar position - If you can not get it around his head just lock toes around the back of his head with your shin across his neck

5. Roll to your stomach (balancing on your head) hold your opp's hand with both arms and drive your hips down to finish the arm bar

De La Riva Guard: Sit up Sweep

2008-04-27T15:09:00.000-07:00

From the DLR Guard without the gi http://tricksterbjj.blogspot.com/2008/04/de-la-riva-no-gi.html ......

1. Push your opp's leg back with the foot that is on his thigh

2. Using the momentum from pushing his leg away you rock back and sit up into him. The leg that pushed his thigh away comes under you and behind you.

3. As soon as you sit up you MUST put your inside hand around your opp's hip - If you don't he can step over and get your back.

4. Your left hand (or outside hand) posts outside of his leg on the floor as a base.

So you are now sitting up with your left leg around the back of his right heel, your left hand on the floor as a post, your right is underneath you with your right ball of foot on the ground and must importantly your right hand is around the waste of your opp....

5. Push off your right foot (as if you are performing a takedown) as you lift your left knee up behind you, this will straighten his right leg and make his fall backwards. You should end up in half guard....unless you can pass to the outside and gain side mount.

De La Riva Guard: No Gi Sweep (Heel Trip)

2008-04-27T15:03:00.000-07:00

First set up the basic DLR guard http://tricksterbjj.blogspot.com/2008/04/de-la-riva-no-gi.html then....as your opp steps his back leg forward to counter the DLR guard....

1. Unhook your left leg from around your opp's leg

2. Bring it between his legs and chop the back of his ankle towards you as you push his hip away with your right foot.

You are still holding onto his heel with your left hand so he can not move that foot. You are sweeping out his other foot and pushing him back onto his ass with your right foot. As he falls back you can hold your opp's wrist to help you sit up to get top position. You will most likely end up in half guard.

De La Riva: No Gi

2008-04-27T14:54:00.000-07:00

Transitioning to the DLR guard is a little different without the gi. When you know your opp is going to stand up and try to break your guard open you want to open your guard first. As your opp steps up his right leg....

1. Grab his heel with your adjacent hand (left hand) and your right hand grabs his right (opposite) wrist with your thumb down

2. As he stands up....put your right foot on your opp's thigh and push him away. Your left leg hooks around your opp's right leg from the outside and you turn your body perdendicular to your opp.

This is the basic DLR guard without the gi....

Guard: Open Guard to Armbar or Triangle

2008-04-24T18:56:00.000-07:00

1. Reach your right hand deep into the opposite collar of your opp

2. Your left hand grabs the right sleeve of your opp

3. Put your right foot on the floor and hip out to the left side (onto your left hip) then put your left foot on your opp's hip.

*As a rule of thumb whichever arm your grab of your opp that is the foot that you put on his hip

4. Push his hip away and scoot backwards while pulling his arm....you want to stretch him out as much as possible

5. your right foot circles around your opp's other arm to his shoulder. Push his shoulder away and slide your foot to his bicep.

This is a basic open guard......laying on your left side, left foot on hip, left hand holding opp's adjacent sleeve, right foot on adjacent bicep.

To tranistion to the arm bar or the triangle just take the foot that is on your opp's bicep and bring it up and over his head. Then either kick the other foot over his head for the armbar or finish the triangle.

Guard: Scissor Sweep failure to Back Mount

2008-04-21T20:11:00.000-07:00

As you are going for the scissor sweep or this option http://tricksterbjj.blogspot.com/2008/04/guard-scissor-sweep-option-2.html but your opp keeps his weight back or spreads his legs out so you can sweep him either way....

1. Use your left foot and push out his right knee

2. Then take your left foot and hook it inside your opp's left leg

3. Reach around your and open your opp's right collar

4. Climb to the back of your opp get your right hook in

5. Your left thumb reaches deep into the right collar of your opp as you sink your arm under his throat

6. Your right arm now pulls your opp's left collar down

To finish the choke.....pull both arms as your squeeze your elbows together

Guard: Scissor Sweep Option 2

2008-04-21T19:57:00.000-07:00

From your guard if you are going for the scissor sweep and your opp keeps his weight back you can use this reversal to sweep him back the other way...

1. Reach your right hand across to your opp's right collar as deep as possible (4 finger grip)

2. Your left hand reaches across and grabs 4 fingers in the left sleeve of your opp

3. Drop your right foot to the floor and hip out to the left side - Bringing your right shin across his belly and your left leg flat on the floor (typical scissor sweep set up)

But your opp has his weight back so you can not pull him forward...

4. Let go with your right hand and reach around your opp's back and grab his lat....as you post up on your left elbow

Because you are pulling his left arm his body he has no post to stop himself from being pulled the opposite way of the scissor sweep....

5. Pull him back towards your right side as you lift your right leg....you will end up in side mount

Guard: Hook Sweep

2008-04-14T19:02:00.001-07:00

When you have guard....

1. You reach your right hand back deep in the opposite side of your opp's collar

2. Your left hand grabs the sleeve above the elbow

Your opp steps up his left leg ....

3. Hip out towards your opp's leg. Put your left foot on his hip and hook your right foot under his knee

4. Pull your opp's weight forward off his ass

5. Simultaneously; Use your left leg to chop under your opp's leg as your right leg lifts your opp up - flipping him over sweeping him and getting the mount.

*From there you can keep the grip you have deep in his collar....reach your other hand deep into the other side to get the choke. Pinch your hands together, straighten your arms and lower your head.

Sprawl: Guillotine

2008-04-12T17:38:00.000-07:00

If your opp shoots on you and your sprawl...

1. Slide your left hand under his chin

2. Your right arm reaches behind your opp's armpit and grabs your left wrist

3. Step your right leg up (always the opposite of the hand that is under your opp's chin)

4. Fall back on your left ass cheek, sliding your shin across your opp's stomach

5. As you sit back throw your right leg over your opp's back to stop him from passing to that side and breaking the guillotine.

6. Finish the guillotine pulling your right hand up and cranking left hand around your opp's ear

Sprawl: Peruvian Neck Tie

2008-04-12T17:30:00.000-07:00

If someone shoots on you and you sprawl....

1. Slide your left arm under your opp's neck

2. Your left hand reaches behind his left armpit and grabs your left wrist

*Whichever hand slides under your opp's neck your OPPOSITE knee slides up

3. Your right knee slides up towards your opp's hip (as deep as possible)

4. You step your left leg up over your opp's head (so that his head is tucked under your hamstring) and your foot pinches his arm close to his body

5. You now sit back towards the side of the leg that is over your opp's head- in this case your left

6. As you sit back your right leg kicks over his back

Your opp can not move now; both his hands are trapped, his head is trapped down and your leg is over his back

7. Now just pull both your hands up to choke your opp

Self Defense: Standing Headlock

2008-04-01T21:30:00.000-07:00

If someone has you in a standing headlock....

1. Using your near arm...push your opp's face away - If he is able to get really close to you it can keep the lock much tighter- So use your forearm and push away on your opp's jaw.

2. Your outside arm scoops behind his near leg and you step your hips up close behind him

3. Pop your hips up as your lift your opp up by his leg

4. Drop your opp on his side and sit back with the arm bar

Guard Pass: Defense to Guard Pass

2008-03-29T15:12:00.001-07:00

If your opp is trying to pass your guard by standing up....http://tricksterbjj.blogspot.com/2008/03/guard-pass-no-gi.html

You want to open your guard BEFORE your opp has a chance to!

1. When your opps uses his hand to push down on your throat or your chest you are going to hold his wrist with our opposite hand!

2. As soon as he steps his knee up....push on his knee with your other hand!

3. As he steps his other leg up, you want to open your legs and put your foot on his hip (on the same side as you are pushing on his knee) and you stop pushing on his knee and you cup behind his heel - So you are now holding his heel, pushing his hip away on the same side and holding onto his wrist with your other hand.

4. The foot that is not on his hip drops to the ground and hooks behind his other heel.

5. Simultaneously; push his hip away from you as you hook the back of his other heel to drop your opp on his ass.

6. Use the grip you have on his wrist to help pull you up to your feet - You then pass to the side of the arm you are holding with your opposite knee!! The knee that passes over is the same side as the hand you are holding onto his wrist with......pass to cross side position.

Guard Pass: No Gi

2008-03-29T13:44:00.000-07:00

Passing the guard without the gi is basically the same as with the gi but there are slight differences

Starting postured up in the guard....

1. Your right hand is extended straight out on your opp's throat, almost like you are choking him

2. Your left hand in on your opp's hip blocking him from being able to arm bar you, if he can not lift his hips it is very easy for you to escape- Make sure to keep your elbow inside of his thigh

3. Step up your right foot (or the foot on the same side that is holding his neck) and turn your knee inward, that puts pressure on his hips

4. Turn your other toes outward on a 45 degree angle on your ball of foot then step that knee up

You are now standing up with your left leg back and your right knee driving into you opp's hip...

5. Slide the hand that was on his throat down to his hip (you can hold his shorts if you want) Make sure to keep your elbow inside of his thigh! This blocks him for turning his knee across your stomach to stop the pass

6. Pump his knee down with your other hand to open his guard

7. Drop down; driving your left knee across his leg passing the guard, at the same time your right hand underhooks his left leg and your left hand overhooks his opposite shoulder.....Pass to side mount.

Takedown: Standing Guillotine to Double Leg

2008-03-29T13:28:00.000-07:00

Starting with over/under control (right arm under, left arm on opp's tricep).....

1. Using your left hand (the hand on the tricep) reach around and grab the opposite side of your opp's head (by his ear) and step back with your left leg (circling counterclockwise) pulling your opp's head down towards your armpit

2. Your left hand goes under your opp's neck in guillotine position

3. Your right hand holds your left wrist

4. Step your hips forward and crank counterclockwise lifting your right elbow up to finish the submission- You want your elbow in the middle of his throat and your bicep and forearm on his carotid arteries

You can finish right here but sometimes when you snap your opp's head down and reach under his throat for the guillotine he will grab your wrist and try to step backwards. As he does this his weight comes up fast which leaves him vulnerable to be taken down. So as your opp steps back pulling his head up out of the guillotine....

1. Step in with your left foot (heel, toe, knee) for the double leg. Both hands around the outside of his knees (pinching them together), your head is on his hip (looking up) and your right foot steps behind him so you can turn the corner for the takedown. You pull your opp's knees in towards your body and your head drives in the direction you taking him down.

Half Guard: Butterfly Sweep

2008-03-26T18:31:00.000-07:00

If you are now on the bottom of the half guard and your opps has the same control (his right leg trapped, laying across your body trapping your left arm....

1. Get an underhook with your left arm (as high as possible)

2. Use your feet like hands and stretch your opp's leg outward...making it as straight as possible

3. Then get your left foot inside his knee (butterfly position) and your right leg kicks over his calve so he can not sit out to side mount

4. Use your free hand (right) and grab the pants of your opp

5. You now want to lift your opp up and forward...he should be very light because you are lifting with your; hand on his pants, your underhook and your foot that has butterfly control.

6. As you lift him up, your right leg unhooks off his leg and goes under his left leg. He should be off the ground so this should be easy to do.

7. You now reach your right leg up and chop his left leg down as you kick over with your other foot and your underhook....sweeping him.....and you end up with the mount.

Half Guard: Pass (Arm Bar)

2008-03-26T18:22:00.001-07:00

If you are on top of half guard (right leg trapped) again with your left arm over your opp's shoulder holding his belt....

1. As you try to push your opps knee down so your can free your trapped leg your opp holds your wrist to stop you from pushing on his knee

2. Roll your wrist around his so you are now holding his wrist rather than him holding yours...

3. Use your left arm to trap your opp's arm to his body and walk your elbow down towards his and lock in the kimura (If you dont trap his elbow to his body and you just try to push his hand back and get the kimura that way it wont work as well...dont be sloppy!)

4. As you are laying on your hip....now slide your left shin up across you opp's stomach- This stops your opp from being able hold onto your foot anymore....so you now high leg out

You now have side mount with your opp locked in a kimura...

5. Push your opps hand to the ground and balance on his hand as you stand up

6. Step your right leg up and then step your left leg up behind your opp's back as you spin for the arm bar

Half Guard: Pass (Americana)

2008-03-26T18:16:00.001-07:00

If you are on top in half guard (right leg trapped) laying on your hip with both your arms over your opp's head. Your left arm is over the shoulder of your opp reaching down holding onto his belt....

1. Walk your foot up as far as you can under your opp's butt

2. Drive your knee across onto the mat

Here your opp will normally try to use his free hand to push on your knee to stop you from freeing your leg and mounting you...

3. Your left arm underhooks your opp's arm and walks up the mat- this forces your opp's hand off your knee

4. Keep walking his hand up over his head as you free your foot and mount your opp

5. Use your left hand to grab the wrist of your opp...snake your other hand under his arm (getting the Americana) and finish the lock

Side Mount: Reversal to Escape

2008-03-24T22:44:00.000-07:00

If your opp gets to his knees when you have him in side mount but he grabs the wrong leg (your far leg) Your opp is now turtled on his hands and knees and you are sprawled out laying across him perdendicularly...

1. Reach your arm over his back, under his arm and grab his wrist

2. Bring your back knee up under your opp's arm pit

3. Switch your hips bringing the leg that your opp is grabbing backwards. This will force him to let go of your leg....

4. Point your other heel up because as your opp lets go of your leg you are going ot catch his arm with your other foot. Once his foot is trapped triangle your legs....your opp is now in a cricifix.

5. Roll forward over your shoulder. You are now laying on your back with your opp in a crucifix

You can now either finish with a RNC or a gi choke....either one will be almost impossible to defend bc your opp can not move either one of his hands

Side Mount: Escape

2008-03-24T22:39:00.000-07:00

With your opp having motion side mount...you want to have your inside elbow tcuked in on his hip and your outside hand underhooked his arm....

1. Bump opp up just enough to get your far shoulder under his chest and your turn into him

2. Get elbow in tight, put your foot thru the hole and get to your stomach

3. Reach around your opp's bottom leg (closest) never grab the far leg! Gable grip (hand that is around the leg is palm down!)

4. Keep your head to the inside....your opp will most likely wizzer and drive you back down- when he does that limp out your arm and get head and arm control on his back with your top knee tucked inside

You take your opp's back...

Drills: Elbow Escape from opp passing knee over to Mount

2008-03-20T13:55:00.000-07:00

As your opp is sliding his knee across your stomach...let him almost pass, then roll away from your opp, touch your knee to your elbow and get your leg out and around your opp's leg. If you need to push on your opp's knee do not use your hand use your forearm. Then roll back the other way and do the same thing...touch your knee to your elbow and get your other leg out. If you end up with a butterfly on that side, hip out in that direction to creat space then get to full guard.

*It is important that when you roll to your right that you do not bring your left hand over! If you roll too far over or bring your opposite hand over your opp can take your back.

Takedown: Single Leg

2008-03-20T11:54:00.000-07:00

I really like this takedown! Start with collar and sleeve (tricep) control....with your head tight to your opps shoulder...

1. You want to get your opp's right foot between your feet so circle counterclockwise, that should make your opp step between your feet.

2. Use your left foot to scoop up your opp's foot - Wrap your foot around his heel and lift it up off the ground.

3. Reach down with your left hand (letting go of his sleeve) and grab his leg pulling his shin up tight to your groin. Pinch your knees to hold it up there

4. Now reach down with your other hand and figure 4 your arms- Your left hand is under his leg and grabs your right bicep. Your right hands pushes down on the thigh like a RNC.

5. Push your opp backwards so he hops back opening his legs

6. Step back with your left leg, twist your hips and push your opp's thigh down....this will take him down on his back

Back Mount: Gi Choke (Defense)

2008-03-19T14:35:00.001-07:00

As your opp is going for a gi choke for the back you want to stop him from being able to pull his elbow back once he is holding your lapel. ...

1. Grab his sleeve by his wrist with one hand and ABOVE his elbow with your other hand....the grip above the elbow is crucial...if you hold it tight he can not pull his elbow back at all

2. Ride High! Lean back and get your head above his - this also makes it impossible for hiim to finish the choke (picture a midget trying to RNC a taller guy, he can't because his elbow can not come under his chin...same philosophy)

3. As you are riding high your opp is going to try to push your down using his legs and arm so he can finish the choke....as he pushes down, you scoot down at the same time! Get your butt low and duck your head under his arm (as you lift his arm at the same time)

Now stay back to back do NOT turn into him yet!!

4. Push your back onto the floor (again, not turning into him until you get one of his hooks out)

5. Let go of his sleeve with the hand grabbing above the elbow and immediately grab his knee so he can not mount you!!

6. Push his knee down to the floor as your kick your inside foot "thru the hole" of your other leg and get side mount!

In a perfect world this will work....but most likely you are going to end up in half guard!

Back Mount: Gi Choke Variation (Arm Bar)

2008-03-19T14:33:00.000-07:00

As you are going for this choke http://tricksterbjj.blogspot.com/2008/03/back-mount-gi-choke-variation.html if your opp is too strong and you can not pull his arm away to complete the crucifix....

1. Your leg that is holding his opposite arm lets go and swings around your opp's head as your turn your body perdendicular

Sit back with the arm bar and finish

Back Mount: Gi Choke Variation

2008-03-19T14:29:00.000-07:00

As you are going for this gi choke http://tricksterbjj.blogspot.com/2008/03/back-mount-gi-choke.html if your opp is holding onto your wrist too tight and you can not finish the choke...

1. Unlock your leg that is on the same side of your top arm (the choking arm) - Lean back and bring that leg up and over your opp's shoulder using your HEEL to push down on his wrist! After you push it down, you want to use your leg to lock that arm (crucifix posistion)

2. Your other arm now pulls his other arm back (completely the crucifix)

You can now finish the gi choke without any resistance! To make the choke even tighter you can take your hand that is holding his arm and slide it behind is neck and push his neck forward.

Back Mount: Gi Choke

2008-03-19T14:21:00.001-07:00

When you have someone's back (preferrably sitting) with over/under control....

1. The hand that is over your opp's shoulder (right) reaches across grabs his left lapel- you want to get your thumb and deep behind his neck as possible

2. The hand that is under your opp's arm (left) reaches across and grabs his right lapel and pulls it straight down

Keep pulling down on his right lapel (w/ your left hand) as your right elbow stretches back as you lean back - You should get the tap no problem

**As you are trying to reach your right hand deep behind his collar your opp is most likely going to pull down on your wrist making it difficult to reach back that far. So rather than trying to reach back and fight your opp's strength you can use your left hand and grab same lapel and pull the lapel down feeding it deeper and deeper into your right hand! This is a great way to tighten your grip without fighting his strength

Takedown: Fireman's Carry

2008-03-16T12:36:00.000-07:00

Starting with collar and elbow control (right hand on collar, left on elbow)...

You want to get your opps to bring his left foot back. so you...

1. Take your right foot and bring it between your opp's leg and try to hook his left leg as if you are trying to do a Judo throw...this forces your opp to lift his left foot and bring it to the back...leaving his right leg forward

2. Using the grip on his elbow (gi) left his arm up and drop down to both knees hugging his right leg

3. Your right hand reaches between his legs - left hand keeps control of his sleeve

4. Pull down with your left hand as your right arm throws his body upside down (the same motion as if you were doing a hookshot in basketball)

Side Mount: Escape

2008-03-16T12:28:00.001-07:00

If your opp has motion side mount...you should begin by having your inside elbow in, your outside hand underhooked high on your opp's back and your inside knee up preventing knee on belly...

1. Drop both feet to the ground

2. Bridge into your opp

3. Get to your knees, and as you do so...use your underhook to lift your opp's arm

4. Duck your head under his arm and get your opp's back

If you can not lift his arm up (if he uses a wizzer to push your back down)

4. Use your free hand and reach behind your opp's thigh....as he pushes into you...roll back and lift your opp over you, using your opp's momentum against him- You will end up in side mount

Takedown: From standing back control

2008-03-16T12:22:00.000-07:00

If you have your opp's back with your hands clasped in front of him in a position in which you could suplex him...

1. Threaten the suplex...this will force your opp to lower his weight to defend the suplex

2. As he drops his weight you drop with him. Step your right foot up next to your opp's right foot. Then step your left right up against the back of his heel pinning his foot from stepping back

3. Sit to your left ass cheek and you snap your opp down - Get side mount

Detail: Gift Wrap Defense

2008-03-16T12:18:00.000-07:00

If someone as you in a gift wrap...reach your free arm inside your other arm and grab your ear. Once you have your hand on your ear you can use that arm to lift your trapped arm around the other side of your head. You should now be able to turn and face your opponent

Turtle: Choke (I dont know the name of it)

2008-03-16T12:08:00.000-07:00

When you are behind someone who is turtled up and you are just riding them (no hooks in, just keeping your weight on them) - for this example lets assume you have head and arm control with your right arm over your opp's right shoulder and your left arm under his left arm....

1. Use your left and grab your opp's left lapel and opens it up

2. Your right hand reaches across and grabs it as high as possible sinking your forearm under his throat

3. Now you are going to push your chest down onto his back, step your left leg out (almost like you intend to go north-south but sit your right leg thru and past your left leg

Your feet are now both in front of his head and you are pinning him down with your back!

4. Now just pull your right hand up to finish the choke! Your forearm crushes your opp's windpipe, while your weight is on top of him pushing down...

Guard: Taking the back

2008-03-11T19:43:00.000-07:00

1. Reach your right arm under your opp's right arm and grab his left tricep...then pull his elbow onto your stomach

2. Put your left foot on his hip and pinch your right knee to his body

3. Lift your hips

4. As you drop your hips...bump your ass out to the left (onto your right hip) so your opp falls onto the mat.....trapping his elbow against your chest

5. Reach your left hand around his back and grab his lat

6. Get your left hook in, followed by your right

*As you reach your left arm around his lat as you are climbing around his back you can start the RNC with your right arm. You opp is thinking about protecting the other hook from getting in and he is not thinking about his neck yet!!

Detail: Trapping the shoulder for the Arm Bar

2008-03-11T19:21:00.000-07:00

Trapping the shoulder before going for the arm bar is way to get the arm bar with having to turn your body on so much of an angle. Starting from the guard with your opps hands on your chest...

1. Snake your right arm under your opp's left arm and cup around the back of his tricep. Your left hand grabs the wrist and you pull his elbow off your hip onto your belly button

2. Throw your left leg up over his shoulder and lock your feet

You can now get the arm bar without telegraphing it by creating such a drastic angle! You can also sometimes get the arm bar without even getting your left leg over his head..you can lock his arm out and just throw your hips up

Detail: Breaking your opponents Arm Bar grip

2008-03-06T19:40:00.000-08:00

As you are sitting back with the arm bar and your opp defends by holding his arms together...

Option 1
Switch your arms (slide your top arm thru and your bottom arm out) then push his elbow up until he lets go and sit back

Option 2
Feed his elbow deep under your bottom arm pit, post your top hand above his head then lean towards your side and sit back - its impossible for him to hold on, it puts too much pressure on his shoulder.

Option 3
Use your bottom foot and push on his bicep (if he lets go just sit back with the arm bar) if not slide your foot thru over his shoulder and take your top foot and put it behind his head - Pull him forward into a triangle

Side Mount: Inverted (Straight) Arm Bar

2008-03-04T20:28:00.000-08:00

From cross side position, when your opp has his arm draped over your head....Your bottom arm (right) underhooks his arm (holding his shoulder) and his left is over his head. Your right knee is tight to his hip and your left is sprawled out....

1. Use your left arm and left leg to post yourself up as you posture up, backing your body up. Pull your opp close to you (again his hip is tight to your right knee) - As you back up your right arm holds his arm tight over your shoulder and you pinch your head to his wrist to keep it in place - It is very important to keep his arm over your shoulder, if you lose this there is no lock! Make sure your elbow is down tight against his ribs!!

Here is where is it different from the Arm Bar...rather than swinging your leg around to his back, you...

2. Step over his head with your left leg keeping your hips where they are...

3. Do not sit back on your other leg...keep good posture!

4. Your top (left) hand rolls his arm straight, so his elbow is pointed outward - There should be no room between his arm and your elbow. Get your forearm straight across his elbow and cross your hands by holding onto both your biceps to lock the grip

5. Pull your opp's elbow inward to finish the inverted arm bar

Side Mount: Arm Bar

2008-03-04T20:20:00.000-08:00

From cross side when your opp has his arm draped over your head....Your bottom arm (right) underhooks his arm (holding his shoulder) and his left is over his head. Your right knee is tight to his hip and your left is sprawled out....

1. Use your left arm and left leg to post yourself up as you posture up, backing your body up. Pull your opp close to you (again his hip is tight to your right knee) - As you back up your right arm holds his arm tight over your shoulder and you pinch your head to his wrist to keep it in place - It is very important to keep his arm over your shoulder, if you lose this there is no lock! Make sure your elbow is down tight against his ribs!!
2. Swing your left leg around his head towards his lower back and kick your toes under his back

3. Your right foot steps up by his throat and you sit back with your knees pinched

4. As soon as you begin to sit back grab his thumb so he can not roll out of the arm lock - Finish the arm bar

Guard Pass: Defense to the Bull Fight

2008-03-03T18:39:00.000-08:00

As a rule of thumb...any time your opp grabs you, grab him back! So when your opp grabs the inside of your gi pants...

1. Grab his right sleeve with both of your hands

2. Kick your left leg out straight and pull his arm towards you to release his hold of your pant leg

3. Put your foot back on his hip and push him away as your pull his arm forward to stretch him out

4. Your left foot swings inside his left arm and pushes his bicep away - At the same time pull his arm down towards your left hip and turn his elbow out (omoplata position)

5. Swing your left over his shoulder to get the omoplata

6. Let go of his sleeve with your left hand and reach under his leg - then pass his sleeve from your right hand to your left - Your left hand is now locked inside his leg and holding his arm tight

7. Now just roll onto your side to sweep your opp over and get motion side mount. Hand immediately goes to hip!

Guard Pass: Bull Fight

2008-03-03T18:29:00.000-08:00

Standing in front of your opp's open guard...

1. Grab his gi pants inside both knees - Try to keep his knees together and away from his body, while keeping your elbows in tight

2. Push both knees to one side as if you are going to pass the other way

When you opp reacts the other way...

3. Push his knees the other way and walk around towards the north-south position getting your chest down to his

4. Let go of his pants and end up in motion side mount

Back Mount: Arm Bar

2008-03-01T18:08:00.000-08:00

When you have your opp's back with head and arm control (left arm over shoulder and right arm underhooked) and your hooks in...

1. Snugly bring your left arm around your opp's head (keeping the gable grip) and pull his elbow up to your chest and lock your arms elbow to elbow

2. Take out your left foot and pass your knee across the back of his neck, sliding your shin down across his right ear while locking your instep behind his neck - As you do this, your right leg turns perdendicular across his stomach so your body is now at a 90 degree angle with your opp

You can finish the Arm Bar with your stomach down by...

3. Pinching your knees, grabbing his wrist like a baseball bat and holding it to your chest...while driving your hips down to the mat.

Or you can roll your opp to his back and finish him there....

3. Your left foot pulls his head down while your right lifts his body up as you twist your hips to roll your opp forward so his back is to the mat. You can also reach under his foot with your bottom hand and lift his leg to help him roll over. Once he is on his back switch your leg to the front of his neck, pinch your knees and lift your hips to finish the lock.

Defense: Triangle

2008-03-01T14:26:00.000-08:00

Option 1

1. POSTURE UP

2. Stand up and get one knee in the middle of his butt and sit so that knee opens his legs

3. Pop your head out and pass to side mount immediately

Option 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqw9y_9YfpE

Option 3

If your opps has not gotten your arm across your throat yet...

1. Reach both arms around his neck in Thai clinch position

2. Pull his chin to his chest

3. Sprawl your legs out

Option 4

1. Grip both your hands together

2. Stand up

3. PUMP your hands up as your look up to break his legs open

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AscXnqwqdE&NR=1

Option 5

Sit and Pry

1. Stand up, then sit on your butt getting your butt as close to his as possible

2. Reach around and put your hands on his stomach, followed by both your legs

3. Pry your head back (like posturing laying down)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_3TXm0iGfI&NR=1

Defense: Heel Hook

2008-03-01T14:21:00.000-08:00

1. You always want to roll in the direction that your opp is turning your heel!! If you try to roll the other way you will tighten the lock

2. Roll to your stomach - Get your hands to the mat

3. Drive your knee down to the mat - Once your knee is on the mat you are free from the heel hook

4. Your other foot pushes off his ass and your pull your leg free (Almost like a sprinter starting a race) In a tourney you want to make this as unconfortable as possible!

Butterfly Guard: Sweep to Heel Hook

2008-03-01T14:01:00.000-08:00

When you have your opp in butterfly guard and he is laying down on you with his elbows tight...

1. Reach behind both his elbows and lift him up and forward op top of you

2. Extend your legs pushing him away from you

Here he is will always try to flatten your back out otherwise it easy for you to escape or get full guard, as he pushed back into you...

3. Switch your hands from his elbows to under his arm pits and sit back lifting him up over your head while using your feet to lift his hips up

Your opp will now post his hands forward on the mat to prevent getting swept and stand up straight on his legs

4. Shoot your left leg between his legs and circle it around to his hip as you turn your body towards the leg you are attacking. Your right skin switches from his left thigh to his right so both your knees are now pinched around his right leg

If your opp keeps his weight back you can use your foot on his hip to push him backwards onto his ass but if he leans forward and puts weight on the leg you are attacking which he will most likely do...

5. Reach your right arm around his foot and hold your thigh, which will hold his foot tight to your hip - Then drive both your knees to the left to trip your opp

Here you end up in a typical heel hook position;
- Opp's toes under your arm pit
- Your left leg around the outside of his leg with your foot on his hip (toes out)
- Right foot tucked under hamstring of his leg (boths knees pinched)

6. Square your body up so you are sitting straight up on both butt cheeks, reach your right arm back and get your hips out to the side - You can grab his knee with your right hand if you need to balance

7. Slide your left wrist under his heel and hold your hands in a gable grip (left palm down)

8. Pull his heel up to finish the heel hook

**Very important to keep your foot on his hip with your toes out so he can not sit up or get you in a toe hold! Also when you are going for the lock make sure his knee is pointing inward - if it isn't, is it harder to reach around his heel and the lock isn't as tight.

Half Guard: Escape (Bridge and Roll - Option to Back Mount)

2008-02-29T18:11:00.000-08:00

1. Starting with left leg free and right leg around opp's leg

2. Get under hook with left arm and grab his belt

3. Hip out to left side and scoot yourself low towards opp’s hips

4. Right hand reaches under opp’s shin and pulls foot tight to his butt

5. Switch your feet

6. Extend your opp's leg straight out

7. Bridge up and roll over your left shoulder while lifting your opp's leg up to get his weight forward

If your opp lets go of the wizzer and posts his hand forward to stop him from rolling over...

8. Duck your head under his arm and get your hips out

9. Switch your feet back

10. Reach around and grab opp's lapel- pulling his arm up to get your other hook in...

11. Your right arm reaches over your opp's neck (head and arm position) and grabs his lapel high behind his neck - then cross your forearm across the front of his throat

12. Your left hand grabs his other lapel and pulls it striaght down

13. Your right arm pulls tight across to finish the choke

Half Guard: Escape (Bridge and Roll)

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Side Mount: Knee Bar

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From side mount (both your hands on the opposite side of your opp) when your opp has his knee up and his foot across to his other knee, which is a typical defense to prevent someone from mounting you...

1. Step your back foot up behind your opp's ass keeping your knee tight to his thigh

2. Your bottom hand reaches back over his shin under the bend of his knee. Then lift his foot up and hold his shin tight to your chest - You might have to post your top hand on the mat to help you balance

3. Take your other knee and drive it across his hip (your knee will be by his groin and your foot should be by his hip with your ball of foot down)

4. Pinch your knees and sit back keeping your opp's leg straight - Your groin should be just above his knee

5. Your bottom hand is holding is foot (bend of the elbow around his achilles) and your top hand holds your bottom hand and you lift your hips to finish the knee bar

Guard Pass: Arm Drag to Back Mount

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From the closed guard...

1. Take your right arm and reach around your opp's (opposite) right tricep...pull it across your stomach and sit up tight into your opp getting your chest to his shoulder. You want to trap his arm across your body

2. Unlock your legs and bring your right foot to the ground and get your hook in

3. At the same time...each around your opp's back with your left hand and grab his far hip (or belt)

4. Take your opp's back and try to get your other hook in with your left leg - Get head and arm position- Your right arm over the shoulder and your left arm underhooks your opp's left arm

Guard Sweep: Double Ankle Sweep & Kick Over Sweep

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If you have a closed guard and your opp stands with his feet parallel...

1. Reach around the back of both your opp's heels

2. Unlock your feet and pinch your knees together in front of your opp's stomach

3. Simultaneously:
- Pull his feet towards you
- Push his hips away with your knees

4. Either reach around the back of your opps neck or grab his collar to help pull you onto of him to get to mount

As your reach around your opp's heels and pinch your knees together your opp realizes he is going to be swept backwards so he leans his weight forward....

1. Let go of your opp's heels and grab both of his arms by his gi near the elbow...and pull him forward towards your head

2. Lift your ass up and roll forward while using your knees to drive your opp's stomach forward

3. The momentum will roll him forward- Do a backwards somersault to end up in the mount position

Takedown: Outside Single w/ CLothesline

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This takedown starts the same way as the outside firemans carry...Start with your right hand on your opp's collar, and your left on his sleeve by the tricep. You begin with your legt leg forward and you step back keeping that leg forward...you want to get his weight on his right leg...

1. Lift your opp's elbow with your left arm

2. Drop your right knee to the outside of his right foot and swing your left foot around wide and fast clockwise...as you do this your left arm reaches around his knee

3. Gable grip your hands, keep your head to his chest and left his foot up to your groin pinching your knees tight

4. Step back with your left foot (keeping your right planted) and your right hand chops at the neck of your opp and your turn your hips towards your back leg

Guard Pass: Standing Pass (Option 2)

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As you are reach across to your opp's opposite shoulder and are about to pop your head out your opp may push your head and hip away to prevent you getting side mount, if he does this...

1. Circle all the way around past north-south position unitl you end up on side mount on the other side of his body

*It is actually best to jump over your opp in one motion rather than walking around his head!!

This will usually trap your opp's arm across his throat so if your reach under your head with your left hand you can finish an arm triangle right there.

Guard Pass: Standing Pass

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1. Grab both lapels with right hand and straighten arm so opp can not sit up (make sure to grab both lapels so he can not push your hand off)

2. Left hand grabs opp's belt by his hip and pushes pressure downward, you want to keep his hip as low to the ground as possible- It's important to keep your elbow inside opps leg

3. Slide right knee forward and left knee back turning your hips towards your back leg

4. Step your right foot up driving pressure inward against opp's thigh

5. Immediately angle your left foot outward onto your ball of foot - then lift your knee up by twisting it back

You are now standing with your right foot forward and your left foot back and it is very important to have good posture...if you do not your opp can pull you forward or it makes it very hard to keep your left foot back.

6. Your left hand grabs the pant leg inside your opp's knee with your elbow inside his thigh

7. Shake his knee down until his guard opens

8. Reach your right arm under your opps leg bringing your opps knee onto your shoulder

9. Reach your right arm across to the opposite shoulder of your opp

10. Your left arm reaches under your opp's butt and grabs his belt

11. Stack your opp's knee down to his chin and pop your head to the side and get into motion side mount