Technique: Arm-drag Offense

1/10/2011 ~ 1/14/2011
        Anytime you can cross your partner's body over and expose their back to you, you are definitely in the advantageous position. This week at El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, we focused on mastering the Arm-drag and seeing how it can be executed from different positions. The Arm-drag is a simple yet effective way of getting your partner to expose their back. 


Standing:
Arm-drag to the body lock (middle/high attack)
Arm-drag to the double leg trip (low/middle attack). Inside leg trips, both hands must post on the mat
Arm-drag to the re-drag. Hips must turn and cut an angle. Finish with the body lock


Butterfly Guard:

Arm-drag to a rollover sweep when they push in. Hand must reach over to far back pocket. 

Arm-drag to take the back (seat belt grip): 

 note: hand thats over the neck attacks the neck, hand thats under the arm attacks the arm

 - rear naked choke while blocking one of their arms (deep arm around neck, hand behind the back)

 - rear naked choke while blocking both of their arms (use the leg to block the other arm)

 - arm bar. hip escape to get the leg over the head. 

Arm-drag to re-drag and get the back (post arm to stop 1st drag, turn hips and pull him through)


Closed Guard:
Arm-drag to take the back (must get far outside leg between their legs):

 note: hand thats over the neck attacks the neck, hand thats under the arm attacks the arm

 - rear naked choke while blocking one of their arms (deep arm around neck, hand behind the back)

 - rear naked choke while blocking both of their arms (use the leg to block the other arm)

 - arm bar. hip escape to get the leg over the head. 

Arm-drag to the arm bar. Trap their arm in your armpit. 

Eliot Kelly

www.edhbjj.com

El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

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Technique: The Over-Under Clinch

Happy New Year everyone! In continuation with last year, I will be posting a summary highlighting the technique we covered during the week on Thursday or Friday. Use this as a tool to help you reflect on the technique we have covered, and put at least one "new" thing into your toolbox of jiu-jitsu technique.

This week at El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, we focused on different possibilities from the over-under clinch. We practiced the Over-Under Clinch from three different positions: the feet, the knees, and the butterfly guard.

Over-Under Clinch from Standing:
(Head is on over-hook side, lead leg is under-hook side, pushing in with shoulder buried)
- Pummeling for positioning
- Pummeling for DOUBLE UNDER-HOOKS
- DOUBLE UNDER HOOKS to BEAR HUG takedown (high, middle, low)
- DOUBLE UNDER HOOKS to SHUCK-BY take-the-back takedown
- ARM-DRAG:Create space to push down his under-hook. Transition into an arm-drag for a take-the-back takedown

Over-Under Clinch from Butterfly Guard:
(Important not to have the back flat on the mat. Should be sitting up on the butt or on either shoulder)
- Pummeling for positioning
- ELEVATOR SWEEP: Elevate foot hook, push off mat with other leg, go towards over hook
- KICK OUT SWEEP: they step out, kick the block out
- DOUBLE UNDER HOOK SWEEP: Same as ELEVATOR SWEEP but with double under hooks
- OVER HOOK GI CHOKE: Over hook hand grips far lapel, sweep toward under hook side, they post, grab shoulder of the gi for a choke. -or- sweep to either side with no post
- ELBOW PUSH SWEEP: Push elbow in, they push back, sweep toward the side they push back
- ARM DRAG to the BACK: Arm drag to take the back, seatbelt grip, hand around neck goes to deep lapel, side bend for other hand to grab pants, hip-escapes to get perpendicular for effective choke

Eliot Kelly 

www.edhbjj.com

El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 

"Garra, Força,Respeito e Persistência"