One of last weeks posts, Attacking the guard, shows some great submissions. Here’s an article from The Jiu-Jitsu Brotherhood with some tips on how to make those locks better. Click on the snippet below to check it out.
Tags: jujitsu, submissions
Here are some moves for you to boost your dangerousness when you’re in the guard. Be careful, it doesn’t take much to blow out your training partners knee or ankle. These moves ha ve a very small tolerance between pain and injury. Train wisely.
The foot/ankle lock
This is a great submission to try when you’re attempting to break your opponents guard.
Now watch a slightly different variation, from standing position. This video is of Jean-Jacques Machado at ADCC (the toughest no-gi submission tournament in the world) slapping an ankle lock on his opponent within the first few seconds of the match. JJ Machado is awesome!
Sambo Leg Manipulation
The position in this video is a little bit different than the guard, but you can wind up there in several ways. You could have just gone from single/double leg takedown and had difficulty in going to side control or may have just thwarted a sweep attempt from your opponent. You may have also just transitioned into the leg lock position if the guard you’re in is open or loose.
Bruce Foster goes through a bunch of different submissions in a short time – so watch out. Notice how his hips are swiveled all the way to the side. If you aren’t sideways, on hip on the floor the submissions won’t work well, as his leg isn’t trapped very well.
A couple of tips:
Tags: ADCC, ankle locks, attacking the guard, foot locks, guard, leg locks, sambo, submissions
If you’re just getting into MMA, here are a few titles you’ll probably want to put into library.
First and foremost – BJ Penn’s book, The MMA book of knowledge. If you were only going to buy one book, this should be it.
It covers the most basic MMA moves – punches, takedowns, elementary grappling, and some ground and pound. It’s a great book, and if you’ll only buy one book, get this one. It’s not quite a MMA Bible – since it doesn’t have any instruction on MMA kicking – but it’s close. I’ve personally had a lot of fun with this one.
Second, I’d suggest Randy Couture’s, Wrestling for fighting.
This book doesn’t pretend to be everything to everybody – it’s a no-nonsense book about wrestling for fighting.
Third, I’d suggest the Title Boxing instruction series. Boxers know how to punch, and the guys who do the Title videos know their stuff. The first time I watched them, I was blown away at how useful they were. The whole DVD set is pretty big – 25 videos in total. If you can spare to pick up all of them, buy the complete set at a discount. Personally, I’d pick two or three you think would be most useful. For starters check out Fundamentals of boxing, How to hit the heavy bag, and Attacking and punching at angles.
Fourth, you should have a solid Jujitsu book. If you are already grappling at a dojo, buy a book that compliments the style you’re learning, or an encyclopedic type refrence. Unlike striking, where you can get some decent initial proficiency from a book by training by yourself, a jujitsu book can only augment what you’re doing on the mat. With that in mind, here are a few books I have liked -more in the beginner to intermediate range. I have yet to find a book that replaces face-to-face introductory
For a more traditional, beginning introduction to Jujitsu, I think Gene Simco’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Basics is nice. It’s a very inexpensive book DVD combo – cheaper than many stand alone books. Be warned though, this is just Gi Jujitsu.
Brazilian Jujitsu Submission Grappling, by Royler Gracie, is especially great for mma’ers. Great No-Gi stuff.
Karo Parisyan’s Judo for MMA isn’t 100% judo – it’s a little bit like BJ Penn’s book. It’s got great value to help you transition in and out of your judo and jujitsu. Click through the pick and find the table of contents – it’s a packed with awesome stuff. This is one of my personal favorites.
Tags: BJ Penn, Books, guides, Karo Parisyan, mma library, Randy Couture, Resources, Royler Gracie
Learning to pummel, or in other words, learning to break clinches/holds and gain your own dominant position while standing is very important. When you get tied up by an opponent, he’s going to be working his game plan – which probably includes brutally kneeing you to the face dozens of times. Since this isn’t part of your plan, learning to pummel is a good idea.
When you first start into clinching and pummeling with a partner, go easy. If you’ve never sparred with guys who wrestle by tying you up like this, your neck will be very sore the day after. To strengthen your overall clinch and pummeling performance, workout the neck with proper back bridging. NOTE: It’s very important to do this correctly by bridging with your forehead on the ground, pushing your nose to ground instead of bridging on the top of your head – see Matt Furley’s book Combat Conditioning for more detailed instruction.
Here’s a vid with fighter Yves Edwards showing the basic plumb clinch and pummelling.
Here’s a video of Daniel and Jenny working the pummel for several minutes. Watch how they work the head, push off from the hips, and use angles to break out. Copycat what they do to train your pummel and clinch. Flow from one tie up to the next, just grappling. Later you incorporate practicing strikes, but for now, just get the motions down.
Pummeling: Stand-up grappling 3/18/07 Jenny and Daniel
If you want more info on pummeling, consult either Randy “The Natural” Couture’s book Wrestling for Fighting or this devilishly under-priced Amazon.com download, Learn to Fight and Win with Randy Couture . Between the two, they cover all sorts of neat stuff – single collar ties, takedowns, advanced pummeling, ect. I’ve gone through both, and their filled with awesome stuff. Randy is a fighter who knows his stuff and pummels really well.
Tags: clinch, muay thai clinch, plumb clinch, pummel, pummelling, wrestling
Earlier, we discussed how to break the guard and pass. Today, here’s a few videos explaining some guard sweeps. With some practice, you counter many passes with sweeps. For instance, if your opponent pushes down on your hips and starts wedging back to break your closed guard he’ll be slightly sideways to you. As he twists sideways, try to go up with him and sweep him to his back with a hip sweep or kimura sweep. If he posts with an arm to prevent from rolling to his back, grab his arm, roll back down and lock in the kimura. Certain sweeps work against certain people when they pass a certain way – translation: get on the mat, drill and experiment until you find what works for you.
Classic Scissor sweep
Half Butterfly Sweep
Especially useful when people are trying to pass to half guard or side control – you wind up in similar positions frequently.
Kimura sweep
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