colinm
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i am by no means a grappling authority, but its been crazy slow around this forum so here's a little tip you might wanna try when rolling tonight. its basically just a really cool grip you can use from knee on belly, or halfguard also, that really immobilizes your opponent and leaves you with your typical knee on belly submissions - cross choke, near and far armbars, baseball bat choke, etc.
when you are on your opponent's right side, pop up to knee on belly in the usual way. usually, when you are able to gain control from here, many people will switch grips so that their lower hand (the one that is towards your opponent's feet when in side mount) is holding the near collar, and your upper hand (left in this instance) is pulling up on your opponent's near (right) sleeve. here's the variation:
instead of going for your opponent's near-side collar with your right hand, grab the lower part of his left lapel and pass it underneath his left arm (looks like there is a strong breeze blowing his lapel under his arm and behind him). once passed underneath, you need to lower yourself down a little bit and pass the lapel to your left hand, which should be behind your opponent's head - so you are now holding the lower part of your opponent's left lapel with your left hand, and it is going under his left armpit, across his upper back, and behind his head, coming out on the right side of his head. now pass the lapel to your right hand, and get control of his near sleeve - it should now look like the typical knee on belly control position although you have the funky grip on the lower part of the lapel and its all tied around your opponent.
this grip is nasty for a couple reason's. the most important one is that, by pulling in with the funky-bottom lapel grip, you make it impossible for your opponent to turn towards you as it is holding him down by pinning his far shoulder to the mat, making escape very very difficult. also, you have all the standard collar chokes, but you must use the bottom part of the lapel - which you will find is much much much easier to grab than the collar when someone is defending. i.e. if you are going for a cross collar choke, both your hands will be holding onto your opponent's lapel and using that as a substitute for the collar. its easier to grab because its on your opponent's back, where establishing a grip is hard to defend. this is also a sick grip to use when passing the half guard for many of the same reasons. once you have this grip in half guard, try the "knee rudder" half guard pass (this grip will prevent him from taking your back, so no worries about that) and switch to a cross collar choke from half guard - i catch a lot of people with this submission and its easier to finish if you have freed your leg at least past your knee from his half guard.
i hope this explaination is clear enough. let me know if you need more detail. also, see haylik's thread on tips from knee on belly - its got lots of submissions to work fro k.o.b.
cheers
when you are on your opponent's right side, pop up to knee on belly in the usual way. usually, when you are able to gain control from here, many people will switch grips so that their lower hand (the one that is towards your opponent's feet when in side mount) is holding the near collar, and your upper hand (left in this instance) is pulling up on your opponent's near (right) sleeve. here's the variation:
instead of going for your opponent's near-side collar with your right hand, grab the lower part of his left lapel and pass it underneath his left arm (looks like there is a strong breeze blowing his lapel under his arm and behind him). once passed underneath, you need to lower yourself down a little bit and pass the lapel to your left hand, which should be behind your opponent's head - so you are now holding the lower part of your opponent's left lapel with your left hand, and it is going under his left armpit, across his upper back, and behind his head, coming out on the right side of his head. now pass the lapel to your right hand, and get control of his near sleeve - it should now look like the typical knee on belly control position although you have the funky grip on the lower part of the lapel and its all tied around your opponent.
this grip is nasty for a couple reason's. the most important one is that, by pulling in with the funky-bottom lapel grip, you make it impossible for your opponent to turn towards you as it is holding him down by pinning his far shoulder to the mat, making escape very very difficult. also, you have all the standard collar chokes, but you must use the bottom part of the lapel - which you will find is much much much easier to grab than the collar when someone is defending. i.e. if you are going for a cross collar choke, both your hands will be holding onto your opponent's lapel and using that as a substitute for the collar. its easier to grab because its on your opponent's back, where establishing a grip is hard to defend. this is also a sick grip to use when passing the half guard for many of the same reasons. once you have this grip in half guard, try the "knee rudder" half guard pass (this grip will prevent him from taking your back, so no worries about that) and switch to a cross collar choke from half guard - i catch a lot of people with this submission and its easier to finish if you have freed your leg at least past your knee from his half guard.
i hope this explaination is clear enough. let me know if you need more detail. also, see haylik's thread on tips from knee on belly - its got lots of submissions to work fro k.o.b.
cheers
