Thursday, June 21, 2007

21 June 2007 -- No-gi: guard pass from combat stance

Warm up with grappling drills

Technique:
  1. In combat stance within Op's guard. Knee cut across to pass Op's leg, plant on mat, under hook far arm when Op attempts to posture to 1/2 guard, over hook near arm, keep constant pressure on Op's torso. Plant head on matt, post outside leg perpendicular to Op, sit out to kesa getame.
  2. In combat stance within Op's guard, take the up knee cut across Op's leg on same side while simultaneously posting same side arm on Op's shoulder/chest, as you plant knee on mat controlling Op's torso under hook his neck, apply cross face with shoulder. Take a giant step back with trailing leg to clear guard, sit back in to gain side control