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
Friday, May 7, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Defense to a Straight Ankle Lock
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
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
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Deep Half Guard from Back Escape
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.
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
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.
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.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Butterfly guard to Heel Hook Sweep (Marcelo Garcia)
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.
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)
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!!
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!!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Guard: Defense to having your guard opened
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.
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.
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