Jujitsu flow drills are a great way to get good at grappling moves by linking techniques in a smooth sequence and repeating them over and over a bazillion times. For this particular drill -similar to mount escape to scissor sweep, one partner starts by taking mount. From there, the bottom partner escapes the mount via the bridge and roll technique and transitions into guard. Utilizing the guard position, the guy on the bottom performs the hip sweep (kimura sweep) and re-gains the mount. Each moves flows to the next, allowing the cycle to be performed for dozens of fluid repetitions.
Bridge and roll mount escape
Hip sweep/ Kimura sweep
For beginners, just focus on the hip sweep – sit up, control the arm, elevate the hips, and “bump” him over. The technicalities of the kimura shoulder lock can be added later when you’ve got a good handle on the moves.
Again, easy does it. Start slow and stay technical for the first 10-20 cycles. Only go faster when you’ve really got the finer points down pat.
Jujitsu flow drills are a great way to get good at grappling moves by linking techniques in a smooth sequence and repeating them over and over a bazillion times. For this particular drill, one partner starts by taking mount on top of the other partner. From there, the bottom guy now escapes via the bridge and push (“shrimping”) escape, and pulls guard. Immediately after escaping, he commences the scissor sweep and transitions into the mount – the guy on bottom now ready to start the chain over again with the shrimping escape.
Here’s two video’s giving the breakdown of the separate moves.
Just put them together and you’ve got a fine looking flow drill. Perform each technique slowly at first, taking your time to be technical with the details of the moves. Use only 10% of your power and intensity to make sure you get it right, and slowly work up to normal speed.
“If you want the skills, do the drills.”
- Major Mark Cunningham
In the stand-up game, fighters string together punches in combinations – if the first one doesn’t connect the second third or fourth will probably slip through. On the ground, you want to do the same thing. Fire off one submission and if it doesn’t go through, instead of trying to muscle it through, immediately move to a new one. A lot of guys have the problem of just throwing one submission attack by itself instead of chaining moves that flow one to the next. The great part is that just like striking, certain moves naturally set up other moves so that if your guard sweep got stuffed by a guy posting out – your kimura attack is primed and ready to go. Getting good at chaining attacks makes your ground game far more dangerous – eventually one of your attacks will sink in and make your opponent submit, all without draining you in a battle of strength. The following videos will give you some ideas to work with.
From the guard position
From side mount/ cross body position
From top mount position
Take the time to learn the technical aspects of a submission and then make sure to drill it in the context of a series of other moves.
P.S. One of my favorite attack chains is very traditional Gracie Jujitsu and goes like this: go for the armbar from the guard, your opponent tries to pull the barred arm out by pushing with the other hand on my hips, I counter by letting go and pull the pushing arm across my body and get my legs going for a triangle choke, to avoid getting choked out my opponents chin tucks down and pulls on the leg with the free hand to get some space to pull the head out … and finally this attempted escape leaves the arm in the triangle weak to my omoplata attack.