Hey guys,
I have been doing bjj for about four monhts, absolutely loving it! We were recently learning how to combine two pass transitions together. So, the first was grabbing legs of the bloke who was on his back while I am standing and simply moving them out of the way and stepping around to get inside guard and if/when that failed you would shoot back to the middle in between his legs and kneel down and do a double under pass.
I had been doing it all night and it was workign great. However, I used a bit too much power when I went for one of the double under passes by grabbing the back of this guys heels and I sort of pulled him up a bit. His hips actually came off the ground and it stacked him and I was easily able to then pass. However, I didn't mean to stack this guy like that as it wasn't like a pressure stacking where the guy stays on the ground and i simply lifted his hips up. He sort of got slightly airborne for a brief second (though his neck stayed on teh ground and didn't come off so he techincally wasn't airborne but he easily could have gone if I'd used a bit more power). However, if I had been more overzealous (I usually train very gently and have no idea how I accidently yoinked this guy up as I simply meant to grab his legs and go down to my knees and then gently stack him) or if someone else was, you could easily pull their hips up by grabbing their feet or gi pants near their hips or thights and pull them airborne and then they would land on the neck and possibly break it (there is a video of this circulating on youtube of it happening to a poor young chap during comp).
My question is how can I avoid this happening to me? If someone goes under my legs or grabs my gi pants near my thighs and pulls me up so thamyselfl my self actually getting airbornish/stacked but he has control of my legs so that I can't pull them down, should I try and cut an angle so that I would roll over my shoulder more, etc.? What is the best way to mitigate the potential of landing badly on your neck.
Again, just want to make clear that I am a very gentle and respectful roller and it was accidental that I yoinked this guy up (he didn't seem to care at all) but I was quite shocked that I had managed to stack him in that manner and want to avoid A) doing it again and B) having it happen to me. I'm obviously going to be very careful about this pass style again when I do it.
Thanks for advice,
Lachlan
I have been doing bjj for about four monhts, absolutely loving it! We were recently learning how to combine two pass transitions together. So, the first was grabbing legs of the bloke who was on his back while I am standing and simply moving them out of the way and stepping around to get inside guard and if/when that failed you would shoot back to the middle in between his legs and kneel down and do a double under pass.
I had been doing it all night and it was workign great. However, I used a bit too much power when I went for one of the double under passes by grabbing the back of this guys heels and I sort of pulled him up a bit. His hips actually came off the ground and it stacked him and I was easily able to then pass. However, I didn't mean to stack this guy like that as it wasn't like a pressure stacking where the guy stays on the ground and i simply lifted his hips up. He sort of got slightly airborne for a brief second (though his neck stayed on teh ground and didn't come off so he techincally wasn't airborne but he easily could have gone if I'd used a bit more power). However, if I had been more overzealous (I usually train very gently and have no idea how I accidently yoinked this guy up as I simply meant to grab his legs and go down to my knees and then gently stack him) or if someone else was, you could easily pull their hips up by grabbing their feet or gi pants near their hips or thights and pull them airborne and then they would land on the neck and possibly break it (there is a video of this circulating on youtube of it happening to a poor young chap during comp).
My question is how can I avoid this happening to me? If someone goes under my legs or grabs my gi pants near my thighs and pulls me up so thamyselfl my self actually getting airbornish/stacked but he has control of my legs so that I can't pull them down, should I try and cut an angle so that I would roll over my shoulder more, etc.? What is the best way to mitigate the potential of landing badly on your neck.
Again, just want to make clear that I am a very gentle and respectful roller and it was accidental that I yoinked this guy up (he didn't seem to care at all) but I was quite shocked that I had managed to stack him in that manner and want to avoid A) doing it again and B) having it happen to me. I'm obviously going to be very careful about this pass style again when I do it.
Thanks for advice,
Lachlan
