Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Tuesday, 27 Feb. 2007

Posture out of opponent's side control:
Keep arms in tight, compact.
Pummel inside arm for under hook.
Plant outside arm on opponent's hip to maintain space.
Shrimp out as far as possible to create more space.
Bring knee back in under opponent.
Insert butterfly hook with other leg.
Gain butterfly guard then full guard.

Friday, February 23, 2007

Thursday, 22 Feb 2007

Mount to S-mount to arm bar drill. Get high mount before attempting transiton to S-mount. Keep pressure constant.

Double leg shot, take down to third point pressure hip control, sit out to kesa gatame.

Single leg shot to take down. Shoulder downward pressure on opponent's leg.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Tuesday, 20 Feb 2007

No-gi:

Kimura drill from full guard.

Arm bar drill: arm drag, foot plant on hip, vertical hip movement, pinching arm with knees, hip/leg swivel.

Triangle drill: arm drag, arm pass, planting foot, hip movement & placement,hooking neck with leg, locking triangle, pivoting perpendicular to opponent.

Saturday, February 10, 2007



Kimura from open half-guard
Countering opponent's Kimura defense
To sweep and various progressions

Thursday, February 08, 2007

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Arm Drag



The music is way goofy but it's a good demonstration for visualizing proper arm drag technique.

Escaping high mount, gaining full guard.

Shoulder crawl out of high mount until opponent has low mount.
Bridge, shift hips to one side. Hook opponent's leg with far leg (leg drag).
Shift hips to opposite side, gain half guard.
Insert hook (with inside leg), gain half butterfly.
Shift hips back to other side, gain full guard, lock.