AwesomeSquad
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It's invisible jiujistu
Sounds like you are sitting upright on him and trying to attack. That right there is a big part of the problem, it lacks control and pressure on your opponent.
Get high on him, and get low. You want head & arm control most of the time. So one arm around the head, keep it off the mat and puts pressure on his head keeping his head turned the other way. Fight for control of his other arm, get the wrist and push it outwards (not push it into the floor)
The other option I teach early is getting one of his arms across his body and wrapping it around his own neck (you're not going to choke him just like that, but will have a lot of options.
If he's just defending tight you once again control the head, then hook his elbow with the inside of yours. Drive with your legs forward and put his arm to his ear. Push it across his face and pin it there with your body weight. Secure it with the other hand, once again leaving you with head and arm control, just in a different form.
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The other option I teach early is getting one of his arms across his body and wrapping it around his own neck (you're not going to choke him just like that, but will have a lot of options.
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Actually if you plan ahead a bit you can choke him.
Suppose you're mounted on him and you use your left hand to grab his right wrist (on your left side) and can shove it around his neck. Before you do so take a deep cross collar grip with your right hand and make a fist. This will be unpleasant or even hurt the other guy.
Now when you do the gift wrap you pull up hard after the arm is around the neck. This will start to close both his carotid arteries. One with the fist in his collar the other with his own forearm. Pull him up using the giftwrap and hold his torso in place. He will go out or tap (or you can pull him onto you to take his back)
BTW what is this choke called anyone?
Didn't say you couldn't use it to lead to a choke, just that its not a choke itself. Seen a feel people try and yank the hell out of the arm thinking they might get something so I make a point to state it's not one
We do the same basic choke, except grabbing the forearm instead of the collar (no-gis)
You also can go to a arm triangle, regular triangle, take the back and choke, etc. Lots of chokes available, just not a choke in itself.
Fair enough. Do you know the name of that choke?
My old gym we started from the knees. My new gym we start standing and I love it! Its feels good to be able to work on takedowns every class.
Seriously, I'm not bad at transitioning to the mount but once I get there, the guy always has super tight defense and I'm just sort of sitting there trying to pry the arm open with my shoulder for the arm triangle.
I feel much much safer when I'm on my back.
Am I BJJ Tarded? Any pointers for how to be more dominant from the mount?
My old gym we started from the knees. My new gym we start standing and I love it! Its feels good to be able to work on takedowns every class.
this is what I wanted to say, but worded better. So...do thisSounds like you are sitting upright on him and trying to attack. That right there is a big part of the problem, it lacks control and pressure on your opponent.
Get high on him, and get low. You want head & arm control most of the time. So one arm around the head, keep it off the mat and puts pressure on his head keeping his head turned the other way. Fight for control of his other arm, get the wrist and push it outwards (not push it into the floor)
The other option I teach early is getting one of his arms across his body and wrapping it around his own neck (you're not going to choke him just like that, but will have a lot of options.
If he's just defending tight you once again control the head, then hook his elbow with the inside of yours. Drive with your legs forward and put his arm to his ear. Push it across his face and pin it there with your body weight. Secure it with the other hand, once again leaving you with head and arm control, just in a different form.