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Nice work, thanks a lot for making that video! I love the cross choke from mount.
The part I don't understand though, is why you have to release the grip to bring your forearm around his head and onto his chest. Isn't it better if you keep the grip and just circle your arm around his head? Otherwise if he feels you let go, bridges and puts his arms back in at that point, you've just lost the choke setup and have to start from square one. I mean at about 5:15, there's a second where you're not controlling the collar with anything and a well timed hip bump by the bottom guy would mess up your choke, wouldn't it?
Ok yeah I realize I'm questioning a Roger Gracie technique which is kinda uppity of me, but is that really how Roger does it? Just curious what you think is the reason for doing it that way.
And it does look better when you do it the second time at 8:30, because you don't let go of the lapel with your left hand that time until you have your right hand grip again.
Also you don't really say this but I think it's important--the guy on bottom's RIGHT arm is the one that he's going to use to try to defend the choke. If he gets it underneath your right arm, there's no choke. That's the reason why you have to "glue" your forearm to his chest as you mentioned.
The part I don't understand though, is why you have to release the grip to bring your forearm around his head and onto his chest. Isn't it better if you keep the grip and just circle your arm around his head? Otherwise if he feels you let go, bridges and puts his arms back in at that point, you've just lost the choke setup and have to start from square one. I mean at about 5:15, there's a second where you're not controlling the collar with anything and a well timed hip bump by the bottom guy would mess up your choke, wouldn't it?
Ok yeah I realize I'm questioning a Roger Gracie technique which is kinda uppity of me, but is that really how Roger does it? Just curious what you think is the reason for doing it that way.
And it does look better when you do it the second time at 8:30, because you don't let go of the lapel with your left hand that time until you have your right hand grip again.
Also you don't really say this but I think it's important--the guy on bottom's RIGHT arm is the one that he's going to use to try to defend the choke. If he gets it underneath your right arm, there's no choke. That's the reason why you have to "glue" your forearm to his chest as you mentioned.