Thursday, April 28, 2016

Armbar from the Closed Guard

Yesterday I learned a few new techniques and some improvements to one I already knew. This is the armbar from the closed guard. I knew this one already, but I got it cleaned up during the noon class. I definitely have been doing this wrong, since I was never able to pull it off when rolling. Hopefully I'll have a better chance of working it now.

Here are the points I remember

  1. Pull the arm you want up until the elbow is above your navel
  2. Reach around to monkey grip the bicep then anchor your arm to your body
  3. With your free hand, grab your opponents gi above his shoulder and pull him down
  4. Use your leg, from the side of the arm you captured, to turn your body
  5. Bite down on your opponents back with your opposite leg to drive him down
  6. Release the gi and push his head down
  7. Throw your other leg over the head and bite down
  8. squeeze the knees together as you thrust up with the hips

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