Techniques we learn tonight were :
Baseball Bat Choke from Guard.
Baseball Bat Choke from Half Guard.
Counter the Half Guard Baseball Bat Choke to Kesa Gatame Side Control.
Counter the Half Guard Baseball Bat Choke to Straight Arm Bar in Side Control.
Counter the Half Guard Baseball Bat Choke to Normal Arm Bar from Side Control.
Baseball Bat Choke from Knee on Belly.
Counter Baseball Bat Choke from Knee on Belly - into Arm Bar.
Holy shit did we really cover that much tonight?! And we still got some good rolling in too. Good time management there.
So first the Baseball Bat Choke from Closed Guard. You got the opponent in your closed guard. You reach up with your right hand and grab his LEFT collar (not cross collar) with a fingers in, thumb out grip. You also reach forward with your left hand and grab deep into his right lapel collar with a thumb in, fingers out grip. Your hands should nearly touch around the back of his neck. As the grip control is not a threatening as a cross collar grip the opponent feels a bit more confident to carry on working. So if you then open your guard and drop your right leg as if working for a sweep, the guy will try to pass right over on that side. As he does you just roll away left keeping the collar grip to close off the choke. Lovely and painful. A real game winner if you land it.
The move basically works the same with half guard.
Ian then went on to show us how to block the Half Guard variant. The guy underneath has you in his half guard and has the grips in place. You need to reach under his left arm with your right and grab his shoulder. You also grab his right arm at the triceps to release all tension. Now work your trapped leg out and kick through to seated kesa gatame side control position.
The second counter to the Half Guard BBB Choke was using the same restraint to ease the pressure but then pulling the leg through into side control with knee hard into his right ribs. You then clamp your head right so as to trap his left arm in between your head and shoulder whilsts holding the your left arm tight to you to keep his other arm in place. Next pass your right arm over the top of his left and make a gable grip with your left to secure it in place. You then tightly pull your forearm down (up) his arm until it find the sweet spot at his elbow to put on the really tight straight arm bar. Really painful if caught right but easy to lose if your technique is slightly wrong.
Fortunately, if you didn't get the first arm bar you still have the right arm there. Ensuring the right knee is still hard in his ribs and that foot is tucked under him, you can step over his head with your left foot and sit back to take the arm bar. The problem with this type of arm bar however is that you have to hit it fast over the opponent can roll out. So make sure you keep those knees tight together and extend the hips quickly or you'll lose the hold.
Next up we ran over the BBB Choke from Knee on Belly which I'm sure we did a few months ago but I can't seem to find the write up. Start from tight knee on belly control, right knee on, copying the grip method from earlier. To finish the choke you just step through forward with your right foot, leaning all your weight on the tightened choke around his throat.
To counter this you (as the guy on the bottom) straight arm out with your right arm into his hips to stop him from stepping through. With your left you grab his extended right arm. You then move your hips out left to make space then bring your right knee up tight in front of you while your left leg pass up and over his head for the lovely arm bar from bottom. Brilliant counter.
Wow. Once again that was a feck load of stuff we covered and we even had time for some situational rolling and some normal rolling. Good effort. Roll on next week for more of the same.
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