BJJ STREET: Street Ezekiel / Poppa-zekiel :)

[DonkeyKong]

this is -genius-, this is fucking genius, BJJ needs more of this

[5050buttflopper**]

@ Poppa

Thanks for the clarification, I would assume you just need to play with the position for awhile to get the feeling of controlling the posture while allowing your hand to set up the choke. Pinching the elbow in would definitely help. I might even try playing with it once i got a higher guard so i could use my legs with even more leverage on the person's back putting greater pressure on their posture.

A year or so ago I use to wear a rubber bracelet (i was supporting cure for lymphoma) like the "live strong" bracelets and i even thought of using that as a grip to do a "street ezekiel"

your idea is way more clever though!

[curb1850]

Awesome idea! Good video.

[Throwing Dummy]

Nice Stuff Colby!

I've done a similar choke in the past, bunch up the shirt like that, but I'm a little wary of passing my other arm through the neck hole of the shirt. Instead, I pass the arm just behind the grip of the shirt and under my own arm only. Seems to work pretty well.

thanks again, nice technique.

[POPPA ROTZEE]

Originally Posted by 5050buttflopper

@ Poppa

Thanks for the clarification, I would assume you just need to play with the position for awhile to get the feeling of controlling the posture while allowing your hand to set up the choke. Pinching the elbow in would definitely help. I might even try playing with it once i got a higher guard so i could use my legs with even more leverage on the person's back putting greater pressure on their posture.

A year or so ago I use to wear a rubber bracelet (i was supporting cure for lymphoma) like the "live strong" bracelets and i even thought of using that as a grip to do a "street ezekiel"

your idea is way more clever though!

Man....they have this already lol. Wolverine bought me one for christmas.

DefenseBand

[5050buttflopper**]

Originally Posted by POPPA ROTZEE

Man....they have this already lol. Wolverine bought me one for christmas.

DefenseBand

lol, He stole my idea!!

on another note, i really think your BJJ Street series is a great idea. I'd actually like to request a topic for a future article...

I think the biggest threat against the guard from an untrained opponent is the headbutt. Perhaps you guys could do a vid or write up that details neutralizing headbutts. Thanks!

[POPPA ROTZEE]

Originally Posted by 5050buttflopper

lol, He stole my idea!!

on another note, i really think your BJJ Street series is a great idea. I'd actually like to request a topic for a future article...

I think the biggest threat against the guard from an untrained opponent is the headbutt. Perhaps you guys could do a vid or write up that details neutralizing headbutts. Thanks!

Thanks...In this technique you are protected...it does a fairy good job of adressing it. This was all shot loose for instructional purposes.

I control the head with right arm and keep my head firmly pressed against his. There is no way for him to gain momentum to head butt you.

When u apply the choke the combined muscular strength of two arms is strong enough to stop a head butt until the structural stength of two arms being straight takes over.

So with my technique u should be safe. The key with dealing with head butts is just like when dealing with punches...make sure u are too close or too far.

We will discuss it on future videos, thanks

[akdms]

Cool. Really innovative. Seems like bunching the shirt up would work well for cross chokes as well.

I think I'd still use the classic no-gi ezekiel though -- I don't think I'd want to have my arm tangled up. I assume your version is an air choke? Or are you able to hit the carotid with it?

[POPPA ROTZEE]

Originally Posted by akdms

Cool. Really innovative. Seems like bunching the shirt up would work well for cross chokes as well.

I think I'd still use the classic no-gi ezekiel though -- I don't think I'd want to have my arm tangled up. I assume your version is an air choke? Or are you able to hit the carotid with it?

Its not as "tangled" as you think. Try it out and you will see what I mean. It starts off as an airchoke/carotid choke that is really really tight as you are slidding it in position. Its so tight that most people tap from that before you can get it into position to attack both carotids. But yeah, if you fully extend your arms...he is going to sleep.

Yes a version of a cross collar choke is another one that I came up with and it works in combination with another one technique...they are interchangeable wich is pretty cool.