What do you do when an opponent "shoots" in on you, with something like a single- or double-leg takedown?
Sprawl and cross face.
WARNING! These techniques could result in serious injury or death if practiced incorrectly or even if performed correctly. They should only be practiced with the supervision of an experienced instructor.
Sprawl and Cross face:
Sprawl:
When your opponent shoots on you, drop your hips down (not back), arch your back and drive your legs back. Try to get underhooks.
Do not lock your hands around your opponent’s waist—you want to maximize the distance between the back of your knees and his shoulders.
Do not stay where you are after sprawling; spin around behind him (see crossface below).
Drop all the way down, insteps to floor (staying on balls of feet provides friction for him to stand you back up by driving you backwards; resting on your insteps lets you slide back as he drives).
Drop to one hip (the leg he’s going for, usually your lead leg, should drive backwards and you should try to get that hip to the floor and get an underhook with that arm).
Cross face:
After sprawling, a cross face can further stop a shot and help you get behind your opponent. Here, assume you have sprawled after your opponent has shot for a single leg takedown on your right leg.
To execute a cross face, your opponent’s head has to be on the outside of your hip / body. If his head is on the inside or between your legs after you stop the shot, push it to the outside.
Now take your right forearm and reach it between his right jaw and right shoulder, scooping his face ("cross face") back to your front and right with your arm— and turning his head away from you to his left.
If you can, grab his left shoulder or bicep with your right hand, and lever his head backwards with your right upper arm.
With his head turned to his left, he won’t be able to effectively drive forward and to his right, and it will also be difficult for him to maintain his grip on your right leg.
Now, circle clockwise on your feet, toward his right foot--the opposite direction that your cross face is pushing his head. Maintain pressure on his face and head.
Grab around his back with your left hand to go toward a rear clinch.
You may also be able to scoop up his right foot with your left hand for an ankle pick, or, when his grip is broken, with your right foot to drive him over his left side.
Comments? Please feel free to point out mistakes, describe tips on the techniques, suggest ways to make the descriptions clearer, etc.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
R.I.P., Pat Morita
Pat Morita, of "Happy Days" and "Karate Kid" fame, passed away on Thanksgiving.
The NYT has an obituary-ish editorial by Lawrence Downes, who makes the perfectly justified complaint that "it's distressing to think that the life's work of one of the best-known, hardest-working Asian-American actors is mostly a loose collection of servile supporting roles."
True, true.
He also claims that "[t]he movie and TV industry has never had many roles for Asian-American men, and it seemed for a while that they all went to Mr. Morita."
Au contraire, Downes!
Obviously, Downes hasn't been paying attention to the pantheon of Asian-American B movie actors-- Victor Wong (of Big Trouble in Little China fame, also starred in Tremors and Joy Luck Club), James Hong (uh, also Big Trouble, among others, and that Seinfeld episode in the Chinese restaurant), and the always, er, identifiably Asian Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa (many movies best forgotten).
Pat Morita may be gone, but the hard-working Asian-American actors whose talents justify the inclusion of "Dragon," "Shadow," and "Emperor" in the titles of our B movies will live forever. Metaphorically.
Does Stress Cause Cancer? NO.
In today's NYT, Gina Kolata asks what seems to be a tough question (" Is There a Link Between Stress and Cancer?").
A lot of people who get cancer think it was caused by stress.
Only thing is, no one else does.
Ms. Kolata gets good quotes from a number of experts in the field:
"I have no idea, and nobody else does, either," said Barbara Andersen, a psychology professor at Ohio State University who studies stress reduction in cancer patients. "If somebody suggested that they know, I would question them."
"If the question is, Have we established it?, the answer is, Absolutely not," said Sheldon Cohen, a psychology professor at Carnegie Mellon University who has studied the role of support groups and stress reduction in cancer.
Barrie Cassileth, chief of the integrative medicine service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: "I tell them they did not cause their cancer. Absolutely not."
Dr. Drew Pardoll, director of the cancer immunology program at Johns Hopkins' Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center: The old idea was that cancers arise every day but the immune system destroys them. Anything that weakens the immune system - stress, for example - could hinder this surveillance. The result would be a cancer that grows large enough to resist the body's effort to heal itself. "Nobody believes that anymore," Dr. Pardoll said.
Dr. Fred Applebaum, director of the clinical research division at the Fred Hutchinson Center, said that he and most other cancer experts believed the theory. But then they looked at mice that were genetically engineered to have no functioning immune systems. "They really don't show a huge increase in the incidence of cancer," Dr. Applebaum said.
James Allison, chairman of the immunology program at Sloan-Kettering: "I can't rule it out," he said, "but I would be very skeptical."
Several studies reached the same result-- no correlation between stress and cancer.
Gina Kolata is a great reporter, and has a greatest cocktail-rhymed name in the world, but her piece reminds me of papers I've written where I hoped a question would turn out to be interesting but instead had a simple answer that I discovered too close to the deadline to find another topic. Tough break.
BJJ Move #68: Double Shin Sweep vs. Opponent Standing in Open Guard
If your opponent stands up in your open guard, you're in trouble.
Best option is to push him away with your feet and stand up yourself.
If your opponent's standing close to you, however, you might pull off this sweep...
WARNING! These techniques could result in serious injury or death if practiced incorrectly or even if performed correctly. They should only be practiced with the supervision of an experienced instructor.
Double Shin Sweep vs. Opponent Standing in Open Guard:
Your opponent is standing up in your open guard but your feet are hooked inside and behind his knees (to keep him close with your feet as hooks) with your own knees splayed out a little (to hold him off by pressing against the insides of his knees with your shins).
Grab both his ankles with your hands from the outside. Pull in with your arms as you drive your hips off the ground and spread your knees out, knocking him over backward. Take the mount or an Achilles ankle lock.
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Best option is to push him away with your feet and stand up yourself.
If your opponent's standing close to you, however, you might pull off this sweep...
WARNING! These techniques could result in serious injury or death if practiced incorrectly or even if performed correctly. They should only be practiced with the supervision of an experienced instructor.
Double Shin Sweep vs. Opponent Standing in Open Guard:
Your opponent is standing up in your open guard but your feet are hooked inside and behind his knees (to keep him close with your feet as hooks) with your own knees splayed out a little (to hold him off by pressing against the insides of his knees with your shins).
Grab both his ankles with your hands from the outside. Pull in with your arms as you drive your hips off the ground and spread your knees out, knocking him over backward. Take the mount or an Achilles ankle lock.
Comments? Please feel free to point out mistakes, describe tips on the techniques, suggest ways to make the descriptions clearer, etc.
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Monday, November 28, 2005
BJJ Move #67: "One Hook" Guard Sweep to Mount
Hey, a new BJJ Move post!
First, I'll describe a variation on the open guard-- a "one hook" inside version.
Then, a nice sweep from that position.
WARNING! These techniques could result in serious injury or death if practiced incorrectly or even if performed correctly. They should only be practiced with the supervision of an experienced instructor.
"One Hook" Guard, Sweep to Mount:
Open guard variation – one hook in:
You and your opponent are both seated and facing each other. Your right knee is up, right foot worming under his left thigh. Your left leg is folded in front of you, knee pointing out to your left.
Your opponent grabs the back of your head with his left hand. Grab the back of his neck to the outside of his left arm with your right hand. Grab thumb-down on his right wrist with your left hand. This is a good position from which to sweep him to his right side.
“One Hook” Sweep to Mount:
Your opponent is in your open guard on his knees. The opportunity for this sweep is when your opponent is rushing forward. Your right foot is between his legs, left foot folded across in front of you / under your butt.
Get an underhook with your right hand, and an overhook (or grabbing his right wrist) with your left. You want to be sitting up with your head near your opponent’s chest.
Bring your left elbow in tight to your own hip to trap his arm effectively.
With your right hand, punch under your opponent’s left armpit, holding his back.
Sweep by falling to your left while kicking your left leg through, flat on the ground; kicking up with your right foot against his left inner thigh; lifting with your right arm; and trapping his right arm with your left arm, taking him over to the left.
Make sure you keep opponent's arm trapped until you land in mount or cross side.
Comments? Please feel free to point out mistakes, describe tips on the techniques, suggest ways to make the descriptions clearer, etc.
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First, I'll describe a variation on the open guard-- a "one hook" inside version.
Then, a nice sweep from that position.
WARNING! These techniques could result in serious injury or death if practiced incorrectly or even if performed correctly. They should only be practiced with the supervision of an experienced instructor.
"One Hook" Guard, Sweep to Mount:
Open guard variation – one hook in:
You and your opponent are both seated and facing each other. Your right knee is up, right foot worming under his left thigh. Your left leg is folded in front of you, knee pointing out to your left.
Your opponent grabs the back of your head with his left hand. Grab the back of his neck to the outside of his left arm with your right hand. Grab thumb-down on his right wrist with your left hand. This is a good position from which to sweep him to his right side.
“One Hook” Sweep to Mount:
Your opponent is in your open guard on his knees. The opportunity for this sweep is when your opponent is rushing forward. Your right foot is between his legs, left foot folded across in front of you / under your butt.
Get an underhook with your right hand, and an overhook (or grabbing his right wrist) with your left. You want to be sitting up with your head near your opponent’s chest.
Bring your left elbow in tight to your own hip to trap his arm effectively.
With your right hand, punch under your opponent’s left armpit, holding his back.
Sweep by falling to your left while kicking your left leg through, flat on the ground; kicking up with your right foot against his left inner thigh; lifting with your right arm; and trapping his right arm with your left arm, taking him over to the left.
Make sure you keep opponent's arm trapped until you land in mount or cross side.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Bush Declines to Pardon Coward Anti-War Turkey
You give aid and comfort to our enemies, Tom.
I am ashamed to call you my fellow American.
May God have mercy on your soul.
Amen, and pass the gravy, heh heh.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Friedman, Quit Gankin' My Philosophizing
Back in July, after the London bombings, I wrote about an "Object Lesson for Irresponsible Ideologues":
Defenders of suicide bombings against Israelis (those who don't support the London bombings) now have to answer the charge that the London bombers have simply taken their perverse reasoning to its logical conclusion, and used the Palestinian terrorists' methods to another group of civilians they believe are "oppressors."
Ditto the Jordan bombings.
Today Thos. Friedman wants to join my novel "suicide bombing is bad" bandwagon.
He has a piece (sorry, it's Select) to the effect of "'Why Us?' Sunni Arabs Should Ask, 'Why Anyone?'"
In fact, that's the title of the piece.
Friedman notes that "it was . . . dispiriting to listen to other Jordanian and Arab voices saying that they believe Israelis were behind the attacks in Amman, or telling the bombers: if you want to bomb someone, bomb the 'occupiers' - code for Americans and Israelis. Why us?"
He also writes that "no one protested recently when Muslim suicide bombers butchered Shiites in Iraq or Ahmedis in Pakistan or Christian tourists in Indonesia or Jews in Israel or Hindus in New Delhi."
Yeah, yeah. "The chickens have come home to roost," "sow the wind, reap the whirlwind," whatever.
Then Thos. makes some unnecessarily flip remarks about a national museum in a country whose national heroes are suicide bombers ("Here's Ahmed - he blew up 52 Muslims at a wedding"), yadda yadda.
The blog posts I write while I eat lunch at my desk are better than that narishkeit, boychik.
Friedman, quit gankin' my philosophizing. Honestly. I totally disapproved of suicide bombing before you did, Johnny-come-lately.
Don't you have marvelling to do at how well Indians get along with computers, or something?
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Bird Is The Word
Puny Humans:
Yeah, yeah, I'm a chicken. I'm tired of the jokes. This is serious. Don't ask me if the sky is falling. Don't associate my species with cowardice. I'll peck your eyes out, fool.
Hey, shut up. Don't say "chopped liver." That's not funny.
Ahem.
Your New York Times reports today that China plans to vaccinate all the chickens (and other poultry) in China.
Despite the fact that (1) "billions of free-range birds will have to be caught" and injected one by one, (2) we all look alike to you people; (3) pigs and migratory birds carry the virus, and (4) many Chinese families live with birds and pigs as their pets, I can't see anything wrong with it.
Oh, yeah! Except for the fact that we don't need your stupid vaccines!
Vaccines are just a way for humans to encroach on the sovereignty of birds. Do I look sick to you?
Hell, no! Check out this plumage, you hairless apes.
Do I need the side effects of your stupid vaccine? Like a neck-wringing!
You know what? If you poor, scrawny monkeys are so worried you can't survive our nasty flu, maybe you should stop eating us.
You don't see chickens with leprosy and measles, do you?
What? Chicken pox? Very funny.
COUGH! COUGH!!
Two for flinching.
Sucka.
Monday, November 14, 2005
Roth Everlasting
NYT editorial contributor Peter Mehlman asking the tough questions:
Is Philip Roth using writing-enhancing drugs?
Thursday, November 10, 2005
NYT to Bush: Demote Your Boss
Yesterday's NYT's has an editorial saying, in effect:
President Bush, you stink. And, by the way, demote your boss (i.e., Cheney, not God).
Gems:
After President Bush's disastrous visit to Latin America, it's unnerving to realize that his presidency still has more than three years to run. An administration with no agenda and no competence would be hard enough to live with on the domestic front. But the rest of the world simply can't afford an American government this bad for that long.But the central problem is not Karl Rove or Treasury Secretary John Snow or even Donald Rumsfeld, the defense secretary. It is President Bush himself.The place to begin is with Dick Cheney, the dark force behind many of the administration's most disastrous policies, like the Iraq invasion and the stubborn resistance to energy conservation. Right now, the vice president is devoting himself to beating back Congressional legislation that would prohibit the torture of prisoners. This is truly a remarkable set of priorities: his former chief aide was indicted, Mr. Cheney's back is against the wall, and he's declared war on the Geneva Conventions.Mr. Bush cannot fire Mr. Cheney, but he could do what other presidents have done to vice presidents: keep him too busy attending funerals and acting as the chairman of studies to do more harm. Mr. Bush would still have to turn his administration around, but it would at least send a signal to the nation and the world that he was in charge, and the next three years might not be as dreadful as they threaten to be right now.
Dubya! First they fire your pet reporter, now they slam on your veep!
Are you gonna take this lying down like a French police precinct, or are you gonna show your stuff and reveal what we've always suspected: The NYT's boyfriend is an undercover superhero:
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Tortured Reasoning
Sorry about the pun.
The editorial in today's New York Times scolds Bush & Co. for opposing laws and rules that would forbid us from torturing people.
And the Times is right, of course.
Now, I don't want to get into politics-- I want to make a different observation.
The Bush administration reminds me of my earlier post about Sammy Franco's "Contemporary Fighting Arts."
The basic premise of the Bush and Franco approaches seems to be that in the arena of violence, the more extreme something is, the more ruthless, the more unprincipled and abhorrent, the more effective it must be.
Of course, it's nonsense. A minimum level of tolerance for hurting innocent people is necessary to fighting wars (or beating people up), but there's no reason to think we continue to reap advantage as we become more and more desensitized to wickedness.
Superior training, personnel, intelligence and technology are the foundation of our military hegemony, not our enthusiasm for war crimes.
Similar considerations make trained fighters better at brawling than misanthropes who daydream about maiming everyone.
Otherwise, the Sudanese militias would rule the world, and Sammy Franco would knock out Mike Tyson.
Pthhfppht.
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Freedom!
Well, it's ten in the p.m. This is a blog, so I'm encouraged to use old-tyme language as well as indiosyncratic phrases.
I'm excited because I'll be out of work by 10:30 this evening, and I may actually get to do something!
Maybe I'll have a beer!
Perhaps I'll call a friend who's still awake and catch up.
Then again, I may ride the subways home dressed as a whaling captain, fighting the forces of SHPOS-itude with my trusty harpoon.
Good times.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Kiss Me Once and Kiss Me Twice and Kiss Me Once Again...
...it's been a long, long time.
I keep thinking I have to have something gr-r-r-eat to re-start my blogging. In fact, at home I have a huge description of my trip to the Yucatan (I got back a month ago), but I've been so busy at my new job for the Law Firm, and I have only occasional The Internet there, so...
Well, now Playa del Carmen's been beat up by the umpteenth hurricane this year. If I would have felt bad leaving for Mexico right after New Orleans got hit, I now feel just silly blogging about natural disasters.
This isn't a Blog of Import. It's just where I write down stuff I'm too busy to tell everyone I know and too self-absorbed to keep to myself.
So.
Think I'm going to knuckle under and join NYT select.
NYT, you know I tease you a lot, but we have something, this connection.
Anyway, more blogging on the way! Stay tuned!
Friday, September 02, 2005
Krugman's Mad. Me, Too.
What he said!
I predict President Bush's approval rating will drop below 25% nationwide, and below zero in Brooklyn.
I also want to point out that the frequency with which Krugman writes about something other than economics is directly correlated with how screwed up things are in our country.
BJJ Move #66: Some Omo Plata "Thwart" Moves
Here are a few moves to try on someone who's defending against your omo plata.
WARNING! These techniques could result in serious injury or death if practiced incorrectly or even if performed correctly. They should only be practiced with the supervision of an experienced instructor.
Omo Plata - 5 "Thwart" Moves:
-submission
Omo Plata (Thwart) Roll Against a Roller:
If your opponent somersaults over as your attempting an omo plata on his right arm, somersault over over with him, get up on top of his back and put your hips on his hips. Now you can finish the lock.
Omo Plata (Thwart) - Reverse Armlock:
You attempt an omo plata on your opponent’s right arm, but he’s grabbing his own left hand or belt tightly with his right hand so you can’t pull it out to turn the shoulder joint.
Your left leg is entangling his right arm; slide your left knee underneath his body a bit, so your left shin lies across his right upper arm and the back of his right shoulder.
Now put your right foot in between his right arm and body from the direction of his back, and you have an armlock with your legs crossed—-just pull on his hand. If he rolls over, you’ll still have it, even tighter.
Omo Plata to Wristlock:
From an omo plata on your opponent’s right arm, his right arm is bent in your lap with your legs figure-foured over his right arm.
Now using both hands on his trapped right hand, apply a “downward” wristlock (forcing his palm into the underside of his forearm by pressing downward on his knuckles).
Omo Plata (Thwart) - “The Rack” Shoulderlock:
You have managed to get your left shin underneath your opponent’s chin, but he won’t let you move to an omo plata on his right arm.
With your right knee bent, kick your right foot, bent up at the ankle, into the back of his left armpit.
Reach under your own right knee with your right hand from the outside, and grab your own left instep, drawing your left instep underneath your bent right knee-crook.
Pull your right foot through from under your opponent’s left armpit (your legs are still figure-foured around his right arm) but keep it under his chin.
Pivot clockwise on your hips so your head goes toward his right foot, and apply the shoulderlock by straightening your legs.
Omo Plata to Toehold:
From an omo plata on your opponent’s right arm, before sitting up, his right foot may be nearby.
Your left arm comes under his right shin from the outside, your elbow is bent so your hand is back near his foot, and your left hand then grabs the outside, pinky-toe edge of his right foot (your palm faces the ceiling, your elbow is pointing out to your left side).
Your right hand comes over the Achilles’ tendon of his right ankle and grabs the top of your own left wrist (“t-stack”). Now lever and turn your hands to apply the toehold.
Comments? Please feel free to point out mistakes, describe tips on the techniques, suggest ways to make the descriptions clearer, etc.
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WARNING! These techniques could result in serious injury or death if practiced incorrectly or even if performed correctly. They should only be practiced with the supervision of an experienced instructor.
Omo Plata - 5 "Thwart" Moves:
-submission
Omo Plata (Thwart) Roll Against a Roller:
If your opponent somersaults over as your attempting an omo plata on his right arm, somersault over over with him, get up on top of his back and put your hips on his hips. Now you can finish the lock.
Omo Plata (Thwart) - Reverse Armlock:
You attempt an omo plata on your opponent’s right arm, but he’s grabbing his own left hand or belt tightly with his right hand so you can’t pull it out to turn the shoulder joint.
Your left leg is entangling his right arm; slide your left knee underneath his body a bit, so your left shin lies across his right upper arm and the back of his right shoulder.
Now put your right foot in between his right arm and body from the direction of his back, and you have an armlock with your legs crossed—-just pull on his hand. If he rolls over, you’ll still have it, even tighter.
Omo Plata to Wristlock:
From an omo plata on your opponent’s right arm, his right arm is bent in your lap with your legs figure-foured over his right arm.
Now using both hands on his trapped right hand, apply a “downward” wristlock (forcing his palm into the underside of his forearm by pressing downward on his knuckles).
Omo Plata (Thwart) - “The Rack” Shoulderlock:
You have managed to get your left shin underneath your opponent’s chin, but he won’t let you move to an omo plata on his right arm.
With your right knee bent, kick your right foot, bent up at the ankle, into the back of his left armpit.
Reach under your own right knee with your right hand from the outside, and grab your own left instep, drawing your left instep underneath your bent right knee-crook.
Pull your right foot through from under your opponent’s left armpit (your legs are still figure-foured around his right arm) but keep it under his chin.
Pivot clockwise on your hips so your head goes toward his right foot, and apply the shoulderlock by straightening your legs.
Omo Plata to Toehold:
From an omo plata on your opponent’s right arm, before sitting up, his right foot may be nearby.
Your left arm comes under his right shin from the outside, your elbow is bent so your hand is back near his foot, and your left hand then grabs the outside, pinky-toe edge of his right foot (your palm faces the ceiling, your elbow is pointing out to your left side).
Your right hand comes over the Achilles’ tendon of his right ankle and grabs the top of your own left wrist (“t-stack”). Now lever and turn your hands to apply the toehold.
Comments? Please feel free to point out mistakes, describe tips on the techniques, suggest ways to make the descriptions clearer, etc.
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Thursday, September 01, 2005
One Short Katrina Post
Briefly, I don't want to blog much about Hurrican Katrina and the ongoing tragedy in New Orleans.
The news and blogs already all over it.
I hope my friends, their families, and everyone else in the region is okay, although I know that's not the case for everyone.
There'll be plenty of time to be angry about all opportunities we missed to do things that would have saved lives and property.
I hope it gets the attention it deserves.
Civil engineering, disaster relief, and helping poor people aren't nearly as exciting to argue about as international struggles against extremism or spreading freedom or whatever, but they do seem a lot more practical today.
The news and blogs already all over it.
I hope my friends, their families, and everyone else in the region is okay, although I know that's not the case for everyone.
There'll be plenty of time to be angry about all opportunities we missed to do things that would have saved lives and property.
I hope it gets the attention it deserves.
Civil engineering, disaster relief, and helping poor people aren't nearly as exciting to argue about as international struggles against extremism or spreading freedom or whatever, but they do seem a lot more practical today.
BJJ Move #65: 3 Triangle Choke "Thwart" Moves
Here are a few moves to try on someone who's defending against your triangle choke.
WARNING! These techniques could result in serious injury or death if practiced incorrectly or even if performed correctly. They should only be practiced with the supervision of an experienced instructor.
Triangle Choke - 3 "Thwart" Moves:
-submission
Triangle Choke (Thwart) - Armlock:
You are performing a triangle choke with your opponent’s right arm inside, and he postures up (as in earlier post) so you can’t pull down on his head or your shin.
Hook his right triceps with your right hand and grab his right wrist with your left hand, securing his right arm.
Thrust your hips upwards.
Circle your left leg over opponent's head and place your left shin in his throat.
Lock a figure four in front of his chest, placing your right leg over your left shin.
Thrust hips upwards to finish the armlock.
Triangle Choke (Thwart) - Biceps Slicer:
You attempt the triangle choke (with your opponent’s right arm inside); he pulls his head, but not his arm, free, and steps up to the outside of your right foot, standing up onto his left foot.
Put your left foot on the ground and hip out to the left while firmly holding his right arm into your right knee-crook to keep him from taking cross side.
Drive your right shin into his right elbow-crook, triangle your left knee-crook over your right ankle and pull with clasped hands on the back of his right arm to add pressure to the biceps slicer.
Triangle Choke (Thwart) - Omo Plata:
You attempt the triangle choke with your opponent’s right arm trapped inside, but before you can figure four your legs he overhooks your left thigh with his right arm to keep you from tightening it.
Control his right elbow with your left hand, open your legs and pivot 180 degrees clockwise.
Kick your left leg through over his right shoulder and figure four your legs (right knee over left shin).
Sit up to drive your opponent to the floor and lean forward toward his head to finish the omo plata.
Comments? Please feel free to point out mistakes, describe tips on the techniques, suggest ways to make the descriptions clearer, etc.
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WARNING! These techniques could result in serious injury or death if practiced incorrectly or even if performed correctly. They should only be practiced with the supervision of an experienced instructor.
Triangle Choke - 3 "Thwart" Moves:
-submission
Triangle Choke (Thwart) - Armlock:
You are performing a triangle choke with your opponent’s right arm inside, and he postures up (as in earlier post) so you can’t pull down on his head or your shin.
Hook his right triceps with your right hand and grab his right wrist with your left hand, securing his right arm.
Thrust your hips upwards.
Circle your left leg over opponent's head and place your left shin in his throat.
Lock a figure four in front of his chest, placing your right leg over your left shin.
Thrust hips upwards to finish the armlock.
Triangle Choke (Thwart) - Biceps Slicer:
You attempt the triangle choke (with your opponent’s right arm inside); he pulls his head, but not his arm, free, and steps up to the outside of your right foot, standing up onto his left foot.
Put your left foot on the ground and hip out to the left while firmly holding his right arm into your right knee-crook to keep him from taking cross side.
Drive your right shin into his right elbow-crook, triangle your left knee-crook over your right ankle and pull with clasped hands on the back of his right arm to add pressure to the biceps slicer.
Triangle Choke (Thwart) - Omo Plata:
You attempt the triangle choke with your opponent’s right arm trapped inside, but before you can figure four your legs he overhooks your left thigh with his right arm to keep you from tightening it.
Control his right elbow with your left hand, open your legs and pivot 180 degrees clockwise.
Kick your left leg through over his right shoulder and figure four your legs (right knee over left shin).
Sit up to drive your opponent to the floor and lean forward toward his head to finish the omo plata.
Comments? Please feel free to point out mistakes, describe tips on the techniques, suggest ways to make the descriptions clearer, etc.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2005
BJJ Move #64: Head and Arm Choke from Mount
Hey, you can do that last move from the mount, too, and with even more leverage!
WARNING! These techniques could result in serious injury or death if practiced incorrectly or even if performed correctly. They should only be practiced with the supervision of an experienced instructor.
Head and Arm Choke / Neck Crank from Mount (a/k/a shoulder choke, arm triangle):
-submission
Setups:
1) From the mount, get head control: swim your arms inside his and get one (here, the left) around his head. Lean your weight onto his neck, turning his head to his left. Get him to put his left arm near or across his face.
2) Another opportunity is when you are sitting up in his guard and he posts his hand (here, let’s say his left hand) on your chest, or when you have him in cross side and he pushes up with his hand to escape.
Now shove his left arm across his face with your right hand and slide your face down the back of his left arm. Pin his left arm under his jaw with your left chest/shoulder, holding him around the back of his neck with your left arm.
Now bring your right arm up by his left ear and grab your right biceps.
Bend your right arm and place the palm of your right hand on his forehead. This is basically the same grip as a rear naked choke.
Bring your elbows toward each other, squeeze, and push your head forward and down to tighten the choke. Your left biceps cuts off his right carotid while his own left shoulder against his throat cuts off his left carotid.
If the choke isn’t working well, turn your left palm up to bring pressure from the ridge of your forearm against his neck for a painful neck crank. You can also tighten it by stepping your left leg over to his right side, so you no longer have the mount, and leaning your weight onto his head / neck.
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WARNING! These techniques could result in serious injury or death if practiced incorrectly or even if performed correctly. They should only be practiced with the supervision of an experienced instructor.
Head and Arm Choke / Neck Crank from Mount (a/k/a shoulder choke, arm triangle):
-submission
Setups:
1) From the mount, get head control: swim your arms inside his and get one (here, the left) around his head. Lean your weight onto his neck, turning his head to his left. Get him to put his left arm near or across his face.
2) Another opportunity is when you are sitting up in his guard and he posts his hand (here, let’s say his left hand) on your chest, or when you have him in cross side and he pushes up with his hand to escape.
Now shove his left arm across his face with your right hand and slide your face down the back of his left arm. Pin his left arm under his jaw with your left chest/shoulder, holding him around the back of his neck with your left arm.
Now bring your right arm up by his left ear and grab your right biceps.
Bend your right arm and place the palm of your right hand on his forehead. This is basically the same grip as a rear naked choke.
Bring your elbows toward each other, squeeze, and push your head forward and down to tighten the choke. Your left biceps cuts off his right carotid while his own left shoulder against his throat cuts off his left carotid.
If the choke isn’t working well, turn your left palm up to bring pressure from the ridge of your forearm against his neck for a painful neck crank. You can also tighten it by stepping your left leg over to his right side, so you no longer have the mount, and leaning your weight onto his head / neck.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Light Posting
Hey, loyal readers!
Sorry about the light posting recently...
I've been wrapping up my clerkship: Drafting opinions, training my replacement, etc.
And this coming Saturday I'm off to the Yucatan Peninsula for a few weeks.
Alas, all four of you will have to find something else to do with thirty seconds of your week, 'cause I don't plan to blog while I'm gone.
Just beer, beach, books, and Mayan ruins.
I'll post pics.
Tu heel k'iin!
Sorry about the light posting recently...
I've been wrapping up my clerkship: Drafting opinions, training my replacement, etc.
And this coming Saturday I'm off to the Yucatan Peninsula for a few weeks.
Alas, all four of you will have to find something else to do with thirty seconds of your week, 'cause I don't plan to blog while I'm gone.
Just beer, beach, books, and Mayan ruins.
I'll post pics.
Tu heel k'iin!
BJJ Move #63: Head and Arm Choke from Guard
Guys in your guard often let you get one of their arms across their body with an arm drag. You can use it to take his back or sweep him, as in the last move, or...
WARNING! These techniques could result in serious injury or death if practiced incorrectly or even if performed correctly. They should only be practiced with the supervision of an experienced instructor.
Head and Arm Choke from Guard:
-submission
Your opponent is inside your closed guard leaning against your throat with his right forearm.
With your legs clasped around his body, press him backwards a bit and use your left hand to push his right arm to your right.
Now relax your legs to let him lean forward again and collapse his right arm across his centerline between his body and yours.
Your right arm goes under his right arm and around his neck (past his left ear from the front of his body).
Press your head against the outside of his right shoulder, preventing him from bringing his right arm back out.
Now grab your left biceps with your right hand, place your left palm against your opponent’s forehead, and squeeze your elbows together, press your head into his arm, and push him backward again with your legs for a tight choke.
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WARNING! These techniques could result in serious injury or death if practiced incorrectly or even if performed correctly. They should only be practiced with the supervision of an experienced instructor.
Head and Arm Choke from Guard:
-submission
Your opponent is inside your closed guard leaning against your throat with his right forearm.
With your legs clasped around his body, press him backwards a bit and use your left hand to push his right arm to your right.
Now relax your legs to let him lean forward again and collapse his right arm across his centerline between his body and yours.
Your right arm goes under his right arm and around his neck (past his left ear from the front of his body).
Press your head against the outside of his right shoulder, preventing him from bringing his right arm back out.
Now grab your left biceps with your right hand, place your left palm against your opponent’s forehead, and squeeze your elbows together, press your head into his arm, and push him backward again with your legs for a tight choke.
Comments? Please feel free to point out mistakes, describe tips on the techniques, suggest ways to make the descriptions clearer, etc.
Click here to go to the list of my BJJ move posts.
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