Anyways, as for what we learned tonight. It started off with escaping from an armbar using a move called "the hitchhiker." Gets it names from how you point your thumb when you bridge and roll. Sort of hard to explain the whole technique, so I found a video instead! haha
Here him mention the thumb? That's "the hitchhiker" part of it! Then we moved to a whizzer from guard, and branched off into a few submissions from this position.
- Collar Choke - If you have their right arm in a whizzer (using your left), reach through to grab their left lapel. Then use your right hand to grab the fabric on their right shoulder. Put your right forearm across the neck while pulling down on the left lapel.
- Triangle - If they block the collar choke, throw your right leg up over their head and put them into a triangle. You already have control of their right arm...
- Omoplata - If they wrap that right arm back around your thigh to protect against the triangle, then roll them right into an omoplata.
Rolling overall was a blast. As I said before, rolling with Rhet is a lot of fun. Lately I've been watching a lot of Eddie Bravo (videos) stuff, so I've been messing around with some rubber guard. It's been a lot of fun to experiment with. I'm really excited to work it into my game as I get more experience. One thing I tried to work on last night was half guard. For some reason, I cannot seem to get that leg locked. It's so easy for my opponents to slip their leg out. I tried Eddie's Lockdown, but couldn't seem to get it to work either. Oh well, I'll play around with it more at the next practice.
Until next time... :-)
4 comments:
Careful with the Bravo stuff: its fun, but easy to get caught up in cool funky stuff as a beginner, and forget about the less funky but way more important fundamentals.
Generally I'd advise working on the basics (especially bridging and shrimping, essential for escapes): Eddie Bravo is something you should leave until much later, IMO.
Thanks for the advice. I've actually put that stuff on hold for awhile as you suggested starting earlier this week. As I said in my other post, I've been getting frustrated, and it's because I don't have the absolute basics down yet.
If you're looking for a 'safer' (if that's the right word) source of supplemental instructional material, then I'd say Roy Dean's Blue Belt Requirements (my full review here) is a much better route to go down.
Covers the basics in detail (although I personally wouldn't have included leglocks, he does give due warning that they should not be used in sparring until later on).
I've come across that DVD set a few times now. Great review BTW. I just might have to get it here soon...
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