Teaching #946
Artemis BJJ (Easton Road), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 11/03/2020
First you need to isolate their near arm. The old school method is to dig your knee inside and open it out towards their head, but people will often be wise to that and keep their elbow in too tight. The method I use is to grip their elbow, turn my hip to the mat, then scrape my hip bone along the mat. The idea is to scoop up their arm through a combination of driving presence from my hip (powered by your legs, walking up to their head) and lifting the elbow with my existing hand grip.
Stay tight, walk up high to their head, then turn your hip back down to trap the arm. Reach your arm through, then pull your elbow back to trap their forearm and wrist in your armpit. Your leg nearest their legs curls inwards, tight to their side. Bring your other leg over their head, making certain everything is tight: so, pull your heel in close to their skull, scooting your but forward as close to their shoulder as you can.
Your knee nearest their legs pops up, with your foot tucked underneath them (though if possible, you can bring that leg over to get a stronger position). To control from that position, squeeze everything in tight, so knees together and firm grip on their arm. From here, you may be able to lean back for the submission, if you have their arm properly configured under your armpit. If not, control the wrist and adjust into a more standard grip, drop back, pull down on the wrist and lift your hips.
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Teaching Notes: Popping you knee up is key, as always. Also getting your heel close to their skull and your bum in close to their shoulder. As with all armbars, people leaving space is invariably the big reason they have trouble with the technique.
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09 March 2020
09/03/2020 - Teaching | Side Control | Far side armbar
Teaching #945
Artemis BJJ (Easton Road), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 09/03/2020
First you need to secure their far arm. Sometimes they will give it to you by reaching up past your head (on the side closest to their legs), generally if they're inexperienced. That makes it easy to clamp their arm by wrapping it with your own arm, keeping your head low so they can't circle the arm safely back into your neck.
If they don't give it to you, there are a few ways to force it. My preference is to slide my arm into the crook of their elbow, pull their arm across, then rotate my arm around to lock their arm in place. A good option I saw Seymour Yang show is to try for an americana. They will often attempt to straighten their arm to escape: when they do, be ready for it and again clamp their arm in place. Naturally if they don't escape the americana, great, you go for that submission.
Once you have the arm locked, pull them up onto their side. You could do that by pushing off your other hand on the mat, some people also like to put their knee on the belly at this point too. Once they are on their side, turn your hips so you can get your knee (nearest their legs) into their armpit. Push their head down and step your other leg (nearest their head) over, aiming to get your knee to their far armpit. The sole of your foot should be on the ground.
From here, you can either grab their trouser leg and sit down, or I like to grab their other arm and pull it towards me. That acts both as a balance, as well as preventing their ability to turn. Lock their wrist to you, scoot your butt in closer to their shoulder if there is any space. Also make sure your outside foot has the heel pinched to their head. Your other foot is tucked underneath them. Your knees should also be squeezed together.
Then, and only then, drop back, pull on the wrist and raise your hips for the finish. There is no need to rush: take a bit of time to make sure everything is tight. Beginners will frequently lose position because they get too excited and leap into armbars, leaving loads of space. Going slower with more control will pay off. :D
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Teaching Notes: Emphasise the squeezed knees, a lot of people forget about that. Also, don't drop back immediately, sit down and tighten everything up first. Worth demonstrating how that crazy spin leaves too much space, take your time instead. Xande's version is definitely better than what I was doing before, it feels much tighter. So, I will stick with this version (off his excellent instructional from back in 2010).
Artemis BJJ (Easton Road), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 09/03/2020
First you need to secure their far arm. Sometimes they will give it to you by reaching up past your head (on the side closest to their legs), generally if they're inexperienced. That makes it easy to clamp their arm by wrapping it with your own arm, keeping your head low so they can't circle the arm safely back into your neck.
If they don't give it to you, there are a few ways to force it. My preference is to slide my arm into the crook of their elbow, pull their arm across, then rotate my arm around to lock their arm in place. A good option I saw Seymour Yang show is to try for an americana. They will often attempt to straighten their arm to escape: when they do, be ready for it and again clamp their arm in place. Naturally if they don't escape the americana, great, you go for that submission.
Once you have the arm locked, pull them up onto their side. You could do that by pushing off your other hand on the mat, some people also like to put their knee on the belly at this point too. Once they are on their side, turn your hips so you can get your knee (nearest their legs) into their armpit. Push their head down and step your other leg (nearest their head) over, aiming to get your knee to their far armpit. The sole of your foot should be on the ground.
From here, you can either grab their trouser leg and sit down, or I like to grab their other arm and pull it towards me. That acts both as a balance, as well as preventing their ability to turn. Lock their wrist to you, scoot your butt in closer to their shoulder if there is any space. Also make sure your outside foot has the heel pinched to their head. Your other foot is tucked underneath them. Your knees should also be squeezed together.
Then, and only then, drop back, pull on the wrist and raise your hips for the finish. There is no need to rush: take a bit of time to make sure everything is tight. Beginners will frequently lose position because they get too excited and leap into armbars, leaving loads of space. Going slower with more control will pay off. :D
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Teaching Notes: Emphasise the squeezed knees, a lot of people forget about that. Also, don't drop back immediately, sit down and tighten everything up first. Worth demonstrating how that crazy spin leaves too much space, take your time instead. Xande's version is definitely better than what I was doing before, it feels much tighter. So, I will stick with this version (off his excellent instructional from back in 2010).
15 November 2017
15/11/2017 - Teaching | Side Control | Straight Armlock
Teaching #725
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 15/11/2017
Short Version:
Full Version: If they start to slip their arm free from the americana, you don't want to simply go for the same thing again. It is of the utmost important that you combine techniques in BJJ, instead of viewing them in isolation. That goes for escapes as well as attacks. What I wanted to show was an example of that, using the americana as a starting point.
You also want to avoid meeting force with force if possible. So instead, as they slip out, go with it, letting them straighten it out. However, this sets you up for another attack, as you can get a pressing armbar from here. Slide your figure-four grip up their arm, so that you have one hand around their wrist, with one of your arms a little in front of their elbow. That means you've created a fulcrum, so you can press their wrist down to apply a jointlock. Roy Harris, Dean's instructor, has a whole DVD on bent armlocks. For the transition to the straight/pressing armbar, he advises moving your weight forward, so your chest is over their elbow. Harris also puts his arm in the crook of his elbow, raising his other elbow off the ground to get the pressure. You may need to twist their wrist to get their thumb pointing up, in order to create the right leverage on their elbow.
Another option, should that not work, is to instead, grab the meat of their hand and twist it. Your aim is to generate maximum tension in their arm. Bring your elbow up towards your head, then push their wrist away from your head. Be careful on this one, it can come on quickly. Keep in mind that you can always transition into a kimura or americana if you're still having trouble, in the lockflow sequence I also show.
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Teaching Notes: The fulcrum arm for the straight armbar needs to be horizontal, if there's an angle it tends to mess up the leverage point you need. It also helps a lot if you 'rev' your wrists up, being aware that you can release the grip on your own arm if you need to adjust.
With that Dean Lister variation, emphasise that you don't have to keep the grip on your own arm. If you do, that makes it difficult to get the podition and movement, you're restricting your own range of motion. You're trying to tighten up their arm, so grabbing the meat of the hand and twisting it into that tension.
You will also almost certainly need to move your arm up higher in order to get the leverage on their elbow (e.g., if you're pushing their wrist away from your head, you'll need to bring your own elbow closer to your head). Keep in mind it is part of a sequence, so you can always switch to a kimura, americana etc.
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 15/11/2017
Short Version:
- You go for the americana, they straighten their arm
- Slide one arm up to their wrist, the other stays just behind their elbow
- Push up your wrists, like you were revving a motorbike
- Push down on the wrist hand, using your other arm as a fulcrum
- If that doesn't work, slide your elbow towards your head, then push their wrist away from your head
Full Version: If they start to slip their arm free from the americana, you don't want to simply go for the same thing again. It is of the utmost important that you combine techniques in BJJ, instead of viewing them in isolation. That goes for escapes as well as attacks. What I wanted to show was an example of that, using the americana as a starting point.
You also want to avoid meeting force with force if possible. So instead, as they slip out, go with it, letting them straighten it out. However, this sets you up for another attack, as you can get a pressing armbar from here. Slide your figure-four grip up their arm, so that you have one hand around their wrist, with one of your arms a little in front of their elbow. That means you've created a fulcrum, so you can press their wrist down to apply a jointlock. Roy Harris, Dean's instructor, has a whole DVD on bent armlocks. For the transition to the straight/pressing armbar, he advises moving your weight forward, so your chest is over their elbow. Harris also puts his arm in the crook of his elbow, raising his other elbow off the ground to get the pressure. You may need to twist their wrist to get their thumb pointing up, in order to create the right leverage on their elbow.
Another option, should that not work, is to instead, grab the meat of their hand and twist it. Your aim is to generate maximum tension in their arm. Bring your elbow up towards your head, then push their wrist away from your head. Be careful on this one, it can come on quickly. Keep in mind that you can always transition into a kimura or americana if you're still having trouble, in the lockflow sequence I also show.
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Teaching Notes: The fulcrum arm for the straight armbar needs to be horizontal, if there's an angle it tends to mess up the leverage point you need. It also helps a lot if you 'rev' your wrists up, being aware that you can release the grip on your own arm if you need to adjust.
With that Dean Lister variation, emphasise that you don't have to keep the grip on your own arm. If you do, that makes it difficult to get the podition and movement, you're restricting your own range of motion. You're trying to tighten up their arm, so grabbing the meat of the hand and twisting it into that tension.
You will also almost certainly need to move your arm up higher in order to get the leverage on their elbow (e.g., if you're pushing their wrist away from your head, you'll need to bring your own elbow closer to your head). Keep in mind it is part of a sequence, so you can always switch to a kimura, americana etc.
15 May 2017
15/05/2017 - Teaching | Side Control | Failed North South Kimura to Armbar
Teaching #663
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 15/05/2017
You've gone for the kimura from north south, but they've latched a death grip on their gi and you can't break it. Rather than blowing all your energy fruitlessly straining against their arms, switch to an armbar instead. Keeping their trapped arm immobilised, adjust your feet so you're able to spin. Swivel to put your heel tight to their neck, while the knee you have by their armpit pops up and stays really tight to their arm. Tuck the foot of that armpit-leg underneath their ribs. Squeeze your knees and drop back for the armbar, keeping in mind that if the opportunity presents itself and you can do it without giving too much space, bring your armpit-leg over to secure a standard armbar leg position.
Alternatively, if you want to just go directly for the armbar from side control, first control their far arm. You want to trap it against your body, wrapping an arm around their triceps. With that grip in place, walk your legs around to their head. Lean forwards into them, in order to help control their mobility. Hop up into a crouch, bringing your feet far enough forward that you can easily cut your knee around the outside of their trapped arm.
Swivel around their trapped arm, cutting your knee tightly next to the arm. Drop back, squeezing your knees, ready to secure the armbar. If you need to, you can adjust into a more orthodox armbar position, such as bringing both legs over for additional leverage.
To do that hop, crouch and swivel takes some confidence. You need to be careful you aren't giving them space, in that gap between the crouch and the swivel. You could try maintaining some control by pressing your head into their stomach, using your weight to slow down their ability to capitalise on any gap you might leave.
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Teaching Notes: This builds off the hopping far side armbar drill, although on reflection, I think next time I will simply teach that far side armbar. I think it works well off the kimura, but as there were a number of beginners in class who weren't familiar with the kimura, it would be less confusing to focus on just the far side armbar. Main thing as usual is not leaving too much space, so I'll emphasise getting your bum on their shoulder and squeezing the knees. Also, I don't think everybody realised you can get the 'Japanese armbar' (still not sure why it's called that) by tucking your foot under their ribs. It isn't as tight as a conventional armbar as they have more rotational opportunity to escape, but it makes up for that with speed.
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 15/05/2017
You've gone for the kimura from north south, but they've latched a death grip on their gi and you can't break it. Rather than blowing all your energy fruitlessly straining against their arms, switch to an armbar instead. Keeping their trapped arm immobilised, adjust your feet so you're able to spin. Swivel to put your heel tight to their neck, while the knee you have by their armpit pops up and stays really tight to their arm. Tuck the foot of that armpit-leg underneath their ribs. Squeeze your knees and drop back for the armbar, keeping in mind that if the opportunity presents itself and you can do it without giving too much space, bring your armpit-leg over to secure a standard armbar leg position.
Alternatively, if you want to just go directly for the armbar from side control, first control their far arm. You want to trap it against your body, wrapping an arm around their triceps. With that grip in place, walk your legs around to their head. Lean forwards into them, in order to help control their mobility. Hop up into a crouch, bringing your feet far enough forward that you can easily cut your knee around the outside of their trapped arm.
Swivel around their trapped arm, cutting your knee tightly next to the arm. Drop back, squeezing your knees, ready to secure the armbar. If you need to, you can adjust into a more orthodox armbar position, such as bringing both legs over for additional leverage.
To do that hop, crouch and swivel takes some confidence. You need to be careful you aren't giving them space, in that gap between the crouch and the swivel. You could try maintaining some control by pressing your head into their stomach, using your weight to slow down their ability to capitalise on any gap you might leave.
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Teaching Notes: This builds off the hopping far side armbar drill, although on reflection, I think next time I will simply teach that far side armbar. I think it works well off the kimura, but as there were a number of beginners in class who weren't familiar with the kimura, it would be less confusing to focus on just the far side armbar. Main thing as usual is not leaving too much space, so I'll emphasise getting your bum on their shoulder and squeezing the knees. Also, I don't think everybody realised you can get the 'Japanese armbar' (still not sure why it's called that) by tucking your foot under their ribs. It isn't as tight as a conventional armbar as they have more rotational opportunity to escape, but it makes up for that with speed.
28 September 2016
28/09/2016 - Teaching | Side Control | Breadcutter Choke to Armbar (Polmans variation)
Teaching #567
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 28/09/2016
If you've gone for the breadcutter choke, they will often attempt to block your second arm. That stops you getting the choke, but as long as you still have their near arm, you can now transition into an armbar. Pinch your elbow tight to prevent them freeing their near arm. Using your other grip to help your balance (you can also grab their far elbow or sleeve and pull it towards you), gradually bringing your leg over their head. Drop back into an armbar position, aiming to fall near their legs.
As you drop back, bring your knee up. The pressure of your arm pinching against theirs will reduce as you drop back, because you're extending. You can replace that pressure with your knee. It is possible to apply the arm by leaning back, if you have their elbow pointing in the right direction. However, they will often manage to twist their arm to prevent that. Most likely, you'll need to slide your hand up to the wrist, then apply the armbar as normal.
If you can, switch the grip to your other hand, as then you can use your elbow-pinching arm to grab under their leg. That will stop them turning. Also keep in mind that you can always try and switch to a standard armbar too, bringing your leg over their body. If you have one leg over their head, but the other still tucked by their near side, it's easier to escape.
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Teaching Notes: Grabbing the far arm worked well, I'll emphasise that next time. Squeezing the knees was the main thing I kept highlighting. If you can't get under the arm in the first place (so, for the initial breadcutter choke attempt), going to north-south and wriggling your arm under works. What I meant by that is bringing your hand inside their folded arm, then swivelling under. I should do a video, I'm not sure I captured it on the Instagram posts? Hopefully Instagram will let me upload video properly again soon. But meh, if not, pictures still work, or I can upload to the Facebook page. :)
I had been thinking about going for the other follow-up Kenny showed, which was pulled their arm back and going for a choke. I've got it to work a few times, but not consistently enough that I'd be happy teaching it. I'll keep playing with it, and ask Kenny next time I'm at a Globetrotter camp. His private lesson was great, so I would like to make that a regular thing when I go to Globetrotter camps. :D
In sparring, keeping head back on that Chiu escape is very important, I need to remember that myself too (having highlighted it when I taught the Chiu escape myself).
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 28/09/2016
If you've gone for the breadcutter choke, they will often attempt to block your second arm. That stops you getting the choke, but as long as you still have their near arm, you can now transition into an armbar. Pinch your elbow tight to prevent them freeing their near arm. Using your other grip to help your balance (you can also grab their far elbow or sleeve and pull it towards you), gradually bringing your leg over their head. Drop back into an armbar position, aiming to fall near their legs.
As you drop back, bring your knee up. The pressure of your arm pinching against theirs will reduce as you drop back, because you're extending. You can replace that pressure with your knee. It is possible to apply the arm by leaning back, if you have their elbow pointing in the right direction. However, they will often manage to twist their arm to prevent that. Most likely, you'll need to slide your hand up to the wrist, then apply the armbar as normal.
If you can, switch the grip to your other hand, as then you can use your elbow-pinching arm to grab under their leg. That will stop them turning. Also keep in mind that you can always try and switch to a standard armbar too, bringing your leg over their body. If you have one leg over their head, but the other still tucked by their near side, it's easier to escape.
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Teaching Notes: Grabbing the far arm worked well, I'll emphasise that next time. Squeezing the knees was the main thing I kept highlighting. If you can't get under the arm in the first place (so, for the initial breadcutter choke attempt), going to north-south and wriggling your arm under works. What I meant by that is bringing your hand inside their folded arm, then swivelling under. I should do a video, I'm not sure I captured it on the Instagram posts? Hopefully Instagram will let me upload video properly again soon. But meh, if not, pictures still work, or I can upload to the Facebook page. :)
I had been thinking about going for the other follow-up Kenny showed, which was pulled their arm back and going for a choke. I've got it to work a few times, but not consistently enough that I'd be happy teaching it. I'll keep playing with it, and ask Kenny next time I'm at a Globetrotter camp. His private lesson was great, so I would like to make that a regular thing when I go to Globetrotter camps. :D
In sparring, keeping head back on that Chiu escape is very important, I need to remember that myself too (having highlighted it when I taught the Chiu escape myself).
23 September 2016
23/09/2016 - Teaching | Side Control | Baseball Bat Choke to Armbar | Episode 2 of The Artemis BJJ Podcast
Teaching #564
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 23/09/2016
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The second episode of the Artemis BJJ Podcast is now live. This time, it's an interview from 2013 I did with Fabio Santos, when I was visiting San Diego. Caleb and Dagney, two of my online friends, were a huge help with this. It was also cool to chill out with them afterwards at Caleb's place. I definitely need to go back to California some time (huge amount of amazing BJJ people I need to meet and train with, as well as revisit all the cool people from 2013). Outside of Brazil, California (particularly San Diego) is undoubtedly the mecca for BJJ. For me, it comes considerably higher than Brazil. Much less scary. ;)
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Following on from the baseball bat choke, you can move into an armbar. This is another one I was shown by Kenny Polmans at the BJJ Globetrotter Camp in Leuven. The set up is that they've reached up with their near arm. Move your original grip from under their head to pull up on their near arm. Keep your elbow tightly clamped, gripping near their armpit. If you grip nearer their elbow, they will have an easier time wriggling it free.
Step over their head, using your remaining grip on their gi tail (or collar, or indeed shoulder, depending what you have) for balance. Drop back, bringing up your knee as you slide your arm up towards their wrist. You want to replace the pressure of your elbow with the pressure of your knees, not giving them any space to escape. Aim to fall towards their legs, so you can grab a leg to prevent them turning. Kenny likes to grip right under their leg, securing their thigh.
Keep in mind you can always try and bring your second leg over if there's space, which makes for a stronger armbar. However, if you have their leg, that should make it very hard for them to turn through and escape, whether it's the hitchhiker or some other standard defence.
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Teaching & Sparring Notes: I was uncertain how often you'd be in a situation with them reaching their arm up like that, but I wanted to try teaching the technique. It's a useful principle, especially as I will probably be showing the similar armbar from a breadcutter choke later. Emphasise grabbing low by the armpit, otherwise it is too easy to escape, as well as keeping that other grip for balance. Beginners tend to drop back too soon and without control, again making it too easy to escape.
I also want to emphasise bringing up that knee: squeezing the knees is another really important element of this working. There are the usual armbar issues to mention too, like having your hips too far away from their shoulder, losing the leverage on the elbow as a result. It is possible to get this while you have the arm trapped under your armpit, but frequently their arm will get twisted. That's resolved by switching to grab their wrist, as then you can turn their arm (use their thumb as a guide) in the direction you need for the best leverage.
In sparring, I was looking to practice Chiu's escapes some more. People are getting wary of that and hiding their arm, which opens up space to either go for a triangle or back into guard. I'm also using the pressing armbar a lot more, which is fun. I have been better at not putting my neck in silly position, getting into the habit of having a hand near my neck at all times. I also tried for Chiu's lapel guard, where you pull their gi under their leg, grab a collar with the other hand, pushing their leg inwards with your foot to knock them over. It worked, but that's one of the position where I need to watch out for my neck, as my hands are occupied.
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 23/09/2016
Subscribe | Transcript (Edited) | Download | Stream | Support
The second episode of the Artemis BJJ Podcast is now live. This time, it's an interview from 2013 I did with Fabio Santos, when I was visiting San Diego. Caleb and Dagney, two of my online friends, were a huge help with this. It was also cool to chill out with them afterwards at Caleb's place. I definitely need to go back to California some time (huge amount of amazing BJJ people I need to meet and train with, as well as revisit all the cool people from 2013). Outside of Brazil, California (particularly San Diego) is undoubtedly the mecca for BJJ. For me, it comes considerably higher than Brazil. Much less scary. ;)_____________________
Following on from the baseball bat choke, you can move into an armbar. This is another one I was shown by Kenny Polmans at the BJJ Globetrotter Camp in Leuven. The set up is that they've reached up with their near arm. Move your original grip from under their head to pull up on their near arm. Keep your elbow tightly clamped, gripping near their armpit. If you grip nearer their elbow, they will have an easier time wriggling it free.
Step over their head, using your remaining grip on their gi tail (or collar, or indeed shoulder, depending what you have) for balance. Drop back, bringing up your knee as you slide your arm up towards their wrist. You want to replace the pressure of your elbow with the pressure of your knees, not giving them any space to escape. Aim to fall towards their legs, so you can grab a leg to prevent them turning. Kenny likes to grip right under their leg, securing their thigh.
Keep in mind you can always try and bring your second leg over if there's space, which makes for a stronger armbar. However, if you have their leg, that should make it very hard for them to turn through and escape, whether it's the hitchhiker or some other standard defence.
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Teaching & Sparring Notes: I was uncertain how often you'd be in a situation with them reaching their arm up like that, but I wanted to try teaching the technique. It's a useful principle, especially as I will probably be showing the similar armbar from a breadcutter choke later. Emphasise grabbing low by the armpit, otherwise it is too easy to escape, as well as keeping that other grip for balance. Beginners tend to drop back too soon and without control, again making it too easy to escape.
I also want to emphasise bringing up that knee: squeezing the knees is another really important element of this working. There are the usual armbar issues to mention too, like having your hips too far away from their shoulder, losing the leverage on the elbow as a result. It is possible to get this while you have the arm trapped under your armpit, but frequently their arm will get twisted. That's resolved by switching to grab their wrist, as then you can turn their arm (use their thumb as a guide) in the direction you need for the best leverage.
In sparring, I was looking to practice Chiu's escapes some more. People are getting wary of that and hiding their arm, which opens up space to either go for a triangle or back into guard. I'm also using the pressing armbar a lot more, which is fun. I have been better at not putting my neck in silly position, getting into the habit of having a hand near my neck at all times. I also tried for Chiu's lapel guard, where you pull their gi under their leg, grab a collar with the other hand, pushing their leg inwards with your foot to knock them over. It worked, but that's one of the position where I need to watch out for my neck, as my hands are occupied.
18 September 2015
18/09/2015 - Teaching | Side Control | Near Side Armbar from Breadcutter Choke
Teaching #391
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 18/09/2015
You're going for the breadcutter choke, but they manage to block your choking arm. No problem, you can switch to an armbar (near side, this time). Adjust your grip so you can press their blocking arm to the mat. Clamp your collar gripping arm to your side, in order to trap their arm. Scoot in close to them, putting your shin against their side. That means the foot of your leg curls in by their shoulder, your knee pointing towards their hips.
Your other leg goes over their head. As you drop back for the armbar, swivel the leg you have against their side so the knee points up, pinching against their arm. You will also need to let go of your grip on their collar as you slide up their arm. From here, keep their arm secured under your armpit. You can get the tap by leaning backwards. If you need more control, bring both legs over into an orthodox armbar position. There is the option of switching to grip their wrist with your hands too, transitioning to an orthodox armbar finish.
Xande has an excellent video where he covers not only the breadcutter, but switching into both the far side and near armbars. You can check it out over on BJJ Library: lots of useful details on the whole sequence.
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Teaching Notes: The two things to emphasise next time would be getting that knee up, to make sure you've got your knees clamping their arm, then secondly staying in close enough. That second one is more difficult. It's also the main problem I have with armbars generally, as I tend to find it's hard to completely close off any space to prevent their escape. You've also got the problem with this variation that you don't have both legs over initially. Then again, that armpit clamp on their arm feels pretty strong if you can lock it up properly. :)
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 18/09/2015
You're going for the breadcutter choke, but they manage to block your choking arm. No problem, you can switch to an armbar (near side, this time). Adjust your grip so you can press their blocking arm to the mat. Clamp your collar gripping arm to your side, in order to trap their arm. Scoot in close to them, putting your shin against their side. That means the foot of your leg curls in by their shoulder, your knee pointing towards their hips.
Your other leg goes over their head. As you drop back for the armbar, swivel the leg you have against their side so the knee points up, pinching against their arm. You will also need to let go of your grip on their collar as you slide up their arm. From here, keep their arm secured under your armpit. You can get the tap by leaning backwards. If you need more control, bring both legs over into an orthodox armbar position. There is the option of switching to grip their wrist with your hands too, transitioning to an orthodox armbar finish.
Xande has an excellent video where he covers not only the breadcutter, but switching into both the far side and near armbars. You can check it out over on BJJ Library: lots of useful details on the whole sequence.
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Teaching Notes: The two things to emphasise next time would be getting that knee up, to make sure you've got your knees clamping their arm, then secondly staying in close enough. That second one is more difficult. It's also the main problem I have with armbars generally, as I tend to find it's hard to completely close off any space to prevent their escape. You've also got the problem with this variation that you don't have both legs over initially. Then again, that armpit clamp on their arm feels pretty strong if you can lock it up properly. :)
16 September 2015
16/09/2015 - Teaching | Side Control | Far Side Armbar from Breadcutter Choke
Teaching #390
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 16/09/2015
You've gone for the breadcutter choke, but you aren't able to secure the second grip. Reach around their far arm instead, anchoring your hand with their gi. If they reach up past your head, you can clamp their arm in place. If not, then that north south transition should hopefully mean you can drive your shoulder into the crook of their elbow, as they will often have their arm bent due to framing against your earlier side control.
Either way, once you've secured that arm, you can now pull them up onto their side and move into the north-south kimura. Alternatively, you can go for a slightly more acrobatic far side armbar. Keeping that far arm immobilised in the same way, walk your legs around to their head.Lean forwards into them, in order to help control their mobility. Hop up into a crouch, bringing your feet far enough forward that you can easily cut your knee around the outside of their trapped arm.
Swivel around their trapped arm, cutting your knee tightly next to the arm. Drop back, squeezing your knees, ready to secure the armbar. If you need to, you can adjust into a more orthodox armbar position, such as bringing both legs over for additional leverage.
To do that hop, crouch and swivel takes some confidence. You need to be careful you aren't giving them space, in that gap between the crouch and the swivel. You could try maintaining some control by pressing your head into their stomach, using your weight to slow down their ability to capitalise on any gap you might leave.
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Teaching & Sparring Notes: The main problem people were having is leaving too much space, I think due to the amount they hopped towards them. If you aren't hopping in closely enough, when you turn and drop, there will be loads of room between your hips and their shoulder. That gives them space to work their escape. So, it would appear the further you hop the better, though naturally you don't want to hop so far that you end up losing their arm underneath you.
From a sparring perspective, I feel fairly confident on top in side control (although as ever, I am sparring less experienced people), but I'm not always able to get that arm. I've been trying to switch to wrapping the gi over their top of their arm when they're defending, but can't always get enough gi. Another submission I've tried out is the step over triangle, though I continue to find it normally works better as a controlling position than a submission (I occasionally land it on people, but not often, though the position itself is easy enough to get when they reach through your legs).
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 16/09/2015
You've gone for the breadcutter choke, but you aren't able to secure the second grip. Reach around their far arm instead, anchoring your hand with their gi. If they reach up past your head, you can clamp their arm in place. If not, then that north south transition should hopefully mean you can drive your shoulder into the crook of their elbow, as they will often have their arm bent due to framing against your earlier side control.Either way, once you've secured that arm, you can now pull them up onto their side and move into the north-south kimura. Alternatively, you can go for a slightly more acrobatic far side armbar. Keeping that far arm immobilised in the same way, walk your legs around to their head.Lean forwards into them, in order to help control their mobility. Hop up into a crouch, bringing your feet far enough forward that you can easily cut your knee around the outside of their trapped arm.
Swivel around their trapped arm, cutting your knee tightly next to the arm. Drop back, squeezing your knees, ready to secure the armbar. If you need to, you can adjust into a more orthodox armbar position, such as bringing both legs over for additional leverage.
To do that hop, crouch and swivel takes some confidence. You need to be careful you aren't giving them space, in that gap between the crouch and the swivel. You could try maintaining some control by pressing your head into their stomach, using your weight to slow down their ability to capitalise on any gap you might leave.
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Teaching & Sparring Notes: The main problem people were having is leaving too much space, I think due to the amount they hopped towards them. If you aren't hopping in closely enough, when you turn and drop, there will be loads of room between your hips and their shoulder. That gives them space to work their escape. So, it would appear the further you hop the better, though naturally you don't want to hop so far that you end up losing their arm underneath you.
From a sparring perspective, I feel fairly confident on top in side control (although as ever, I am sparring less experienced people), but I'm not always able to get that arm. I've been trying to switch to wrapping the gi over their top of their arm when they're defending, but can't always get enough gi. Another submission I've tried out is the step over triangle, though I continue to find it normally works better as a controlling position than a submission (I occasionally land it on people, but not often, though the position itself is easy enough to get when they reach through your legs).
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