Monday:
Now this week I was a bit of a slacker in the pre-preparing techniques department, falling back on Marcus' foresight in gathering a few moves for us.
First up he'd been watching a lot of Kurt Osiander stuff recently on YouTube and wanted to try some of his moves. We started off with a failed Armbar from Guard - Transition to back. Thanks to the beauty of YouTube, I can actually show the technique so I don't have to go into too much description. The key thing is to ensure his secured arm is pulled through and to your nearside so when you open the arm bar position you can easily swing around to his back. I was very impressed with the simplicity of this transition and can easily envision me using it a lot as I often take the chance on an Arm Bar from Guard so the move gives me a good option after the opponents stacked me.
The second move we drilled was another Kurt Osiander. This time a North South Kimura Escape to Arm Lock. The technique came from the last 40 seconds of the next video that Kurt refers to as his "bonus move". Basically the opponents got you set up for the North South Kimura, you block by grabbing your gi lapel (Kurt believes this to be the best way to block a North South Kimura) and grab his outside leg gi pant with your free hand (on that side). Using that grip you can push on his leg and pop your head out of the hole. Now push yourself up toward him so your head is in his lap and pull your feet in tight to your ass for the bridge. Now bridge up (bulldoze as Kurt puts it) and turn toward him so he flips over on his back and you have his arm perfectly set up for the arm bar. Lovely technique this one.
For the next move we were doing the kimura from closed guard, but with this it was demonstrating how it can still be hit without the opponent having to put the hand to the ground. The opponent has his hand on your leg, you just sit right up for the wrap over hook and form the figure four with your other hand grabbing his wrist and pushing his arm out a bit and turning so you're perpendicular to him for the easy kimura. For so long I'd laboured under the idea that the Kimura was unobtainable unless the hand is on the floor or at least away from your bodies. This was a great way of catching an opponent unaware and could also be backed up by an omoplata if it fails.
No vid for this one though. Sorry.
Neither Marcus nor I could remember any of the other techniques we did on the Monday (if indeed there were any, pretty sure there was though).
We finished the session off with a healthy dose of rolling. Very hard, intense back and forth round and a good 25 minutes too. Glad to say my grappling cardio is picking up really well.
Tuesday:
Marcus got his brand spanking new Koral Gi delivered Tuesday morning so we gave No Gi a miss this week in favour of letting him try out his new Gi. Pretty cool gi, very light weight and nice fit. Bastard.
We started off the day with a Robson Moura Arm Bar from Side Control. Featured in the first 2 minutes 45 of the below YouTube video, the move is pretty awesome and offers a great deal of control through the crucifix position you attain. I didn't realise there was more to the instruction until I found the video tonight but we had theorised that there was loads of options from the set up position.
The next technique we tried our hands at was the Helicopter Arm Bar. This move is awesome, we both loved it and if one day I actually get to pull it off in live training or (total pipe dream) in competition it would be a feckin dream come true. Start with opponent in your guard, then secure hand holds on his gi cuffs and get your feet to his hips. Then, wait for the moment when he stands up and pull him toward you while push up your legs so you have his whole weight up in the air balanced on your two feet. From there you just remove one leg so he drops down on one side whilst steering him with his arms into the arm bar position. I could not love this move more. We are talking Disco Inferno!! Love it.
This clip of Rosendo Dias demonstrating the Helicopter Arm Bar comes courtesy of 3GJiujitsu
Next up was a little move I saw in a copy of Jiu Jitsu Style magazine. Braulio Estima demonstrates a flashy escape from Side Control which I've always found a pretty cool and amazing little trick. I mean, if your gonna escape from Side Control, why not chuck an Arm Bar in there too :oD. You start with the guy having a good side control position on you but you've got your forearms in place to start a traditional escape. With this though, you push the guy down and away a little to create space and bring your legs up. You bring the near side leg up and tuck it in so the knee is tight against his ribs. With the offside leg (the one furthest from his torso) you bring that up on the outside of his arm and then under and around his head being sure to trap the arm in place. Whilst bringing that leg up you should be securing the guys trapped arm with your off side arm. Once all this is in place you can apply pressure to it for the Arm Bar. I could not find a Gi demo of this move but a No Gi one will suffice.
Video comes courtesy of NewcastleJudo.
We finished of the sesh with another exceptionally high tempo roll that lasted about half and hour. By the end we were both totalled. An absolutely fantastic couple of days of training though leaving me waiting for Thursday's class with a near rabid fervour.
Keep on rolling guys. \m/
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