Teaching #928
Artemis BJJ (Easton Road), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 27/12/2019
From the top of half guard, there's a cool attack sequence I learned from Jason Scully's Grapplers Guide. Establish a strong cross face and solidify your base. When you're feeling secure, yank out their far lapel, getting as much material as you can. Pull that over their far arm, trapping their wrist to their shoulder (make sure it is over their wrist, not lower on their arm). Feed the lapel to your cross-facing hand, gripping as near their wrist as you can. Use your head to press their arm to the floor.
From here, you can continue to twist on their lapel, going for the submission. If you need extra leverage, switch the lapel back to your other hand and continue rotating. If that's still not enough leverage, you can always transition into a standard americana. Your head control on their wrist should help you set up the typical grips on the wrist and finish the lock as normal. If you keep their wrist trapped with the lapel, you can do the normal americana, but with the added bonus that they can't unbend their arm due to the lapel. If they free their arm, you can switch to a choke, much like the ezequiel, but using the lapel to lock it in.
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Teaching Notes: Switch the grip on the arm before you press in with the head and before you bring your other arm over the top. Also, emphasise getting that gi grip as close to their wrist as possible, to minimise the amount of space they have to wriggle out. As ever, be careful on this, lots of people have tight shoulders.
Showing posts with label teaching # Half Guard: Lapel Trap Attack. Show all posts
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27 December 2019
23 December 2019
23/12/2019 - Xmas Class | Teaching | Half Guard | Gi Tail Choke
Teaching #927
Artemis BJJ (Easton Road), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 23/12/2019
You have a standard half guard top position, with a cross-face. Pull out their lapel, bringing it under their far arm. Feed that under their head to your cross-facing hand, so you can pull the gi into their neck on the far side. Let them come up on their side: it doesn't matter if they get an underhook, as you can jam your cross-face arm into their head to stop them turning too far. Next is the hard part: dig your free arm down their chest to your cross-face hand, then transfer your grip. Drop the shoulder of that second hand side, staying tight to them.
Get your newly free hand past their head, anchoring it to their upper back by grasping the gi lapel. Circle that arm into their neck. To finish, pull with your hand gripping the end of the gi lapel, leaning your weight into their neck to press your other arm and close off the choke. Keep your wrist solid, so that there is a straight line from your arm to your hand. A common mistake is to curl that second hand grip around: this brings the pressure off their neck. You instead want that straight line, so your wristbone is driving into their neck.
Once they know this choke, they may try and block you as you try to bring your arm for that second grip. If they do, drag their arm across your body, then squish down. Grab around their head and grip the gi, then sink your weight down as you pull on the initial grip, for a brabo variation with the gi.
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Teaching Notes: Keep your arms tight to them, elbows to their chest. You need to turn in slightly, don't leave space. Also, make sure that the wrist of your second grip is straight. If you are curling your second hand, that will also curl the pressure away from their neck. Make sure you keep that wrist strong, so your wristbone drives into their neck.
I forgot to mention the brabo style follow up if they try to block their choke with their arm, that's one to mention next time.
Artemis BJJ (Easton Road), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 23/12/2019
You have a standard half guard top position, with a cross-face. Pull out their lapel, bringing it under their far arm. Feed that under their head to your cross-facing hand, so you can pull the gi into their neck on the far side. Let them come up on their side: it doesn't matter if they get an underhook, as you can jam your cross-face arm into their head to stop them turning too far. Next is the hard part: dig your free arm down their chest to your cross-face hand, then transfer your grip. Drop the shoulder of that second hand side, staying tight to them.
Get your newly free hand past their head, anchoring it to their upper back by grasping the gi lapel. Circle that arm into their neck. To finish, pull with your hand gripping the end of the gi lapel, leaning your weight into their neck to press your other arm and close off the choke. Keep your wrist solid, so that there is a straight line from your arm to your hand. A common mistake is to curl that second hand grip around: this brings the pressure off their neck. You instead want that straight line, so your wristbone is driving into their neck.
Once they know this choke, they may try and block you as you try to bring your arm for that second grip. If they do, drag their arm across your body, then squish down. Grab around their head and grip the gi, then sink your weight down as you pull on the initial grip, for a brabo variation with the gi.
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Teaching Notes: Keep your arms tight to them, elbows to their chest. You need to turn in slightly, don't leave space. Also, make sure that the wrist of your second grip is straight. If you are curling your second hand, that will also curl the pressure away from their neck. Make sure you keep that wrist strong, so your wristbone drives into their neck.
I forgot to mention the brabo style follow up if they try to block their choke with their arm, that's one to mention next time.
04 December 2019
04/12/2019 - Teaching | Half Guard | Single leg lapel wrap sweep variant finishes
Teaching #921
Artemis BJJ (Easton Road), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 04/12/2019
Faria's single leg sweeps from half guard have some similarities to the Lucas Leite series I taught a while ago. The main difference is that wrapped leg with the lapel, which broadens your options. There's the basic 'grab their far knee and drive', but you can also add in some more wrestling style takedowns. Leading with your head and drive into the hip, this can be particularly useful if they step up a leg and attempt to regain their base.
Similarly, if they try to swivel around to the front, you can tuck your elbow by their knee, turn and drive. Keep hold of that lapel wrap on their leg, that's the key to most of these techniques.
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Teaching Notes: Still getting the hang of these, but the first three feel solid. However, basic point: how does Faria sufficiently control the bottom leg without them swivelling it out? Also something Sam G is great at, I should pick his brain some more. I think it's a downwards hook with the bottom leg, but need to explore that more.
Artemis BJJ (Easton Road), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 04/12/2019
Faria's single leg sweeps from half guard have some similarities to the Lucas Leite series I taught a while ago. The main difference is that wrapped leg with the lapel, which broadens your options. There's the basic 'grab their far knee and drive', but you can also add in some more wrestling style takedowns. Leading with your head and drive into the hip, this can be particularly useful if they step up a leg and attempt to regain their base.
Similarly, if they try to swivel around to the front, you can tuck your elbow by their knee, turn and drive. Keep hold of that lapel wrap on their leg, that's the key to most of these techniques.
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Teaching Notes: Still getting the hang of these, but the first three feel solid. However, basic point: how does Faria sufficiently control the bottom leg without them swivelling it out? Also something Sam G is great at, I should pick his brain some more. I think it's a downwards hook with the bottom leg, but need to explore that more.
29 February 2016
29/02/2016 - Teaching | Half Guard | Lapel Trap Choke (Feed Under)
Teaching #470
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 29/02/2016
You have a standard half guard top position, with a cross-face. Pull out their lapel, bringing it under their far arm. Feed that under their head to your cross-facing hand, so you can pull the gi into their neck on the far side. Let them come up on their side: it doesn't matter if they get an underhook, as you can jam your cross-face arm into their head to stop them turning too far. Next is the hard part: dig your free arm down their chest to your cross-face hand, then transfer your grip. Drop the shoulder of that second hand, staying tight to them.
Get your newly free hand past their head, anchoring it to their upper back by grasping the gi lapel. Circle that arm into their neck. To finish, pull with your hand gripping the end of the gi lapel, leaning your weight into their neck to press your other arm and close off the choke. Once they know this choke, they may try and block you as you try to bring your arm for that second grip. If they do, drag their arm across your body, then squish down. Grab around their head and grip the gi, then sink your weight down as you pull on the initial grip, for a brabo variation with the gi.
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Teaching & Sparring Notes: Like the americana with the gi, this is another one from Jason Scully over on The Grapplers Guide. It's a bit complicated to describe in words, but hopefully the pictures help. This is the first time I've taught it, after using it for a while in sparring, but everyone seemed to pick it up ok. Next time, I think the things to emphasise are staying tight, being careful of your base and making sure you let them get on their side. Although having said, I think it is possible to get when they're a bit flatter too, judging by progressive resistance today.
I got in some good sparring today, playing with various options from half guard. I'm trying to have more a plan underneath, as well as fighting harder to get further to the side, in order to attempt kimuras and the like. Sparring Rafal (who excellent is back in Bristol, really good to see him on the mats) at open mat was cool. I have moaned about my open guard for a while, so I want to do as much open guard specific sparring as I can. I am continuing to go for the leg in koala guard and shin-on-shin, without knowing a whole lot of sweeps. It helps anyway, as that at least is a clear goal to aim for, then I try and off-balance them, lifting the leg etc.
AJ Sousa has an interesting looking counter to the knee cut, which I tried yesterday too. I looked to drill it today, but I'm missing something and I wasn't getting them off-balance. I need to check the vid again. However, grabbing the trouser leg while having your legs either side did help mess up their knee cut. I also did Kev's 'nappy grip', which Rafal suggested I grip palm down rather than palm up. That's a good tip, because then if feels easier to do stuff like bringing my elbow into play, scooping up their leg.
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 29/02/2016
You have a standard half guard top position, with a cross-face. Pull out their lapel, bringing it under their far arm. Feed that under their head to your cross-facing hand, so you can pull the gi into their neck on the far side. Let them come up on their side: it doesn't matter if they get an underhook, as you can jam your cross-face arm into their head to stop them turning too far. Next is the hard part: dig your free arm down their chest to your cross-face hand, then transfer your grip. Drop the shoulder of that second hand, staying tight to them.
Get your newly free hand past their head, anchoring it to their upper back by grasping the gi lapel. Circle that arm into their neck. To finish, pull with your hand gripping the end of the gi lapel, leaning your weight into their neck to press your other arm and close off the choke. Once they know this choke, they may try and block you as you try to bring your arm for that second grip. If they do, drag their arm across your body, then squish down. Grab around their head and grip the gi, then sink your weight down as you pull on the initial grip, for a brabo variation with the gi.
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Teaching & Sparring Notes: Like the americana with the gi, this is another one from Jason Scully over on The Grapplers Guide. It's a bit complicated to describe in words, but hopefully the pictures help. This is the first time I've taught it, after using it for a while in sparring, but everyone seemed to pick it up ok. Next time, I think the things to emphasise are staying tight, being careful of your base and making sure you let them get on their side. Although having said, I think it is possible to get when they're a bit flatter too, judging by progressive resistance today.
I got in some good sparring today, playing with various options from half guard. I'm trying to have more a plan underneath, as well as fighting harder to get further to the side, in order to attempt kimuras and the like. Sparring Rafal (who excellent is back in Bristol, really good to see him on the mats) at open mat was cool. I have moaned about my open guard for a while, so I want to do as much open guard specific sparring as I can. I am continuing to go for the leg in koala guard and shin-on-shin, without knowing a whole lot of sweeps. It helps anyway, as that at least is a clear goal to aim for, then I try and off-balance them, lifting the leg etc.
AJ Sousa has an interesting looking counter to the knee cut, which I tried yesterday too. I looked to drill it today, but I'm missing something and I wasn't getting them off-balance. I need to check the vid again. However, grabbing the trouser leg while having your legs either side did help mess up their knee cut. I also did Kev's 'nappy grip', which Rafal suggested I grip palm down rather than palm up. That's a good tip, because then if feels easier to do stuff like bringing my elbow into play, scooping up their leg.
26 February 2016
26/02/2016 - Teaching | Half Guard | Lapel Trap Americana
Teaching #469
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 26/02/2016
From the top of half guard, there's a cool attack sequence I learned from Jason Scully's Grapplers Guide. Establish a strong cross face and solidify your base. When you're feeling secure, yank out their far lapel, getting as much material as you can. Pull that over their far arm, trapping their wrist to their shoulder. Feed the lapel to your cross-facing hand, gripping as near their wrist as you can. Use your head to press their arm to the floor.
From here, you can continue to twist on their lapel, going for the submission. If you need extra leverage, switch the lapel back to your other hand and continue rotating. If that's still not enough leverage, you can always transition into a standard americana. Your head control on their wrist should help you set up the typical grips on the wrist and finish the lock as normal. If you keep their wrist trapped with the lapel, you can do the normal americana, but with the added bonus that they can't unbend their arm due to the lapel. If they free their arm, you can switch to a choke, much like the ezequiel, but using the lapel to lock it in.
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Teaching Notes: I'm not sure I need to go through quite as many endings on this (you can apply with a twist of the gi, bring your arm over and twist, or use it to lock in the normal americana), but seemed good and straightforward. Use of the head is worth emphasising, as well as the usual stuff about not picking the whole arm up off the ground (as that relieves the tension on their shoulder).
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 26/02/2016
From the top of half guard, there's a cool attack sequence I learned from Jason Scully's Grapplers Guide. Establish a strong cross face and solidify your base. When you're feeling secure, yank out their far lapel, getting as much material as you can. Pull that over their far arm, trapping their wrist to their shoulder. Feed the lapel to your cross-facing hand, gripping as near their wrist as you can. Use your head to press their arm to the floor.
From here, you can continue to twist on their lapel, going for the submission. If you need extra leverage, switch the lapel back to your other hand and continue rotating. If that's still not enough leverage, you can always transition into a standard americana. Your head control on their wrist should help you set up the typical grips on the wrist and finish the lock as normal. If you keep their wrist trapped with the lapel, you can do the normal americana, but with the added bonus that they can't unbend their arm due to the lapel. If they free their arm, you can switch to a choke, much like the ezequiel, but using the lapel to lock it in.
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Teaching Notes: I'm not sure I need to go through quite as many endings on this (you can apply with a twist of the gi, bring your arm over and twist, or use it to lock in the normal americana), but seemed good and straightforward. Use of the head is worth emphasising, as well as the usual stuff about not picking the whole arm up off the ground (as that relieves the tension on their shoulder).
26 August 2015
26/08/2015 - Teaching | Half Guard | Lapel Trap Choke (Ezequiel)
Teaching #379
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 26/08/2015
Continuing that sequence from top half guard I learned from Jason Scully's Grapplers Guide, I moved on to a choke. This technique directly follows on from what we learned on Monday, though it is possible to do it on its own too.
If you've gone for the lapel trap americana but they've freed their arm, immediately shoot your other hand underneath the lapel. Get that to the other side of their neck. Pull on the lapel with your cross facing hand, chopping into their neck with your lapel hand. You end up with a submission similar to an ezequiel.
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Teaching & Sparring Notes: As you can see from the brief description, this technique is quite simple. There wasn't much to correct during drilling, though a few people who hadn't been there on Monday needed a few pointers on the grip. It would be good to cover some non-lapel dependent submissions from top half guard, but I like the lapel trap stuff. A kimura from the top is something I'll probably add in next time, but this time round, I'll finish off the month with a rolling back back.
Sparring Chris, I was just holding him off for the majority of the time, resetting to double paw whenever I could. He went for the lapel trap a few times, which I was able to defend by getting my elbow to my side and gradually unwinding my hand. As I'd just taught he then looked to go for the choke, but knowing that's what he'd do, I was ready to block and start shrimping free. I had a go at the kimura, not very successfully as he buried his arm. Eventually I recovered guard, still probably my preferred option in half guard.
I managed to get on top with Paul, the other blue belt there tonight, during free sparring. He was attempting to entangle me in spider guard. I think I would have been in trouble if he'd managed to off balance me, but I ended up in a stable position, from which it was a matter of patience to free my arm and lock in side control.
I can't remember how I got on top: must have been some kind of sweep, as I started in bottom half guard. Tripod sweep, maybe? In an ideal world, I'd be able to write these up straight after class, but I try to avoid that as having laptops/phones on late definitely affects my sleep. ;)
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 26/08/2015
Continuing that sequence from top half guard I learned from Jason Scully's Grapplers Guide, I moved on to a choke. This technique directly follows on from what we learned on Monday, though it is possible to do it on its own too.If you've gone for the lapel trap americana but they've freed their arm, immediately shoot your other hand underneath the lapel. Get that to the other side of their neck. Pull on the lapel with your cross facing hand, chopping into their neck with your lapel hand. You end up with a submission similar to an ezequiel.
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Teaching & Sparring Notes: As you can see from the brief description, this technique is quite simple. There wasn't much to correct during drilling, though a few people who hadn't been there on Monday needed a few pointers on the grip. It would be good to cover some non-lapel dependent submissions from top half guard, but I like the lapel trap stuff. A kimura from the top is something I'll probably add in next time, but this time round, I'll finish off the month with a rolling back back.
Sparring Chris, I was just holding him off for the majority of the time, resetting to double paw whenever I could. He went for the lapel trap a few times, which I was able to defend by getting my elbow to my side and gradually unwinding my hand. As I'd just taught he then looked to go for the choke, but knowing that's what he'd do, I was ready to block and start shrimping free. I had a go at the kimura, not very successfully as he buried his arm. Eventually I recovered guard, still probably my preferred option in half guard.
I managed to get on top with Paul, the other blue belt there tonight, during free sparring. He was attempting to entangle me in spider guard. I think I would have been in trouble if he'd managed to off balance me, but I ended up in a stable position, from which it was a matter of patience to free my arm and lock in side control.
I can't remember how I got on top: must have been some kind of sweep, as I started in bottom half guard. Tripod sweep, maybe? In an ideal world, I'd be able to write these up straight after class, but I try to avoid that as having laptops/phones on late definitely affects my sleep. ;)
24 August 2015
24/08/2015 - Teaching | Half Guard | Lapel Trap Americana
Teaching #377
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 24/08/2015
From the top of half guard, there's a cool attack sequence I learned from Jason Scully's Grapplers Guide. Establish a strong cross face and solidify your base. When you're feeling secure, yank out their far lapel, getting as much material as you can. Pull that over their far arm, trapping their wrist to their shoulder. Feed the lapel to your cross-facing hand, gripping as near their wrist as you can. Use your head to press their arm to the floor.
From here, you can continue to twist on their lapel, going for the submission. If you need extra leverage, switch the lapel back to your other hand and continue rotating. If that's still not enough leverage, you can always transition into a standard americana. Your head control on their wrist should help you set up the typical grips on the wrist and finish the lock as normal. If you keep their wrist trapped with the lapel, you can do the normal americana, but with the added bonus that they can't unbend their arm due to the lapel.
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Teaching Notes: I think this technique isn't overly complicated, but today reminded me that's only if you're already familiar with the americana. Most of the problems I was helping people with during drilling related to a standard americana, not the lapel grips or anything like that. Which makes me wonder if it is worth going through the normal americana from a half guard position, as some didn't know it?
The main problem was the same as usual, with people focusing too much on lifting the elbow rather than pushing the knuckles back like a paintbrush. I will be going through it during side control month, as I almost always do for side control month, but then if somebody missed that because they start after it, potential issues. Then again, that's not going to be a huge number of people and I can always add a quick amerciana basics section for when I next teach them. Or even take the new people aside and show them an americana?
Either way, this should flow nicely into side control month next week, as you can do much the same thing with the lapel off my favoured gi tail choke, when they try to block the lapel with their arm.
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 24/08/2015
From the top of half guard, there's a cool attack sequence I learned from Jason Scully's Grapplers Guide. Establish a strong cross face and solidify your base. When you're feeling secure, yank out their far lapel, getting as much material as you can. Pull that over their far arm, trapping their wrist to their shoulder. Feed the lapel to your cross-facing hand, gripping as near their wrist as you can. Use your head to press their arm to the floor.From here, you can continue to twist on their lapel, going for the submission. If you need extra leverage, switch the lapel back to your other hand and continue rotating. If that's still not enough leverage, you can always transition into a standard americana. Your head control on their wrist should help you set up the typical grips on the wrist and finish the lock as normal. If you keep their wrist trapped with the lapel, you can do the normal americana, but with the added bonus that they can't unbend their arm due to the lapel.
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Teaching Notes: I think this technique isn't overly complicated, but today reminded me that's only if you're already familiar with the americana. Most of the problems I was helping people with during drilling related to a standard americana, not the lapel grips or anything like that. Which makes me wonder if it is worth going through the normal americana from a half guard position, as some didn't know it?
The main problem was the same as usual, with people focusing too much on lifting the elbow rather than pushing the knuckles back like a paintbrush. I will be going through it during side control month, as I almost always do for side control month, but then if somebody missed that because they start after it, potential issues. Then again, that's not going to be a huge number of people and I can always add a quick amerciana basics section for when I next teach them. Or even take the new people aside and show them an americana?
Either way, this should flow nicely into side control month next week, as you can do much the same thing with the lapel off my favoured gi tail choke, when they try to block the lapel with their arm.
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