Private Class No.5...

My fifth private class and we went straight into working on the trinity of armbar, triangle and omaplata, plus the cross collar choke. Further notes on these techniques included:

Armbar from guard: leg on opponent's neck drives head out away from body as armbar us applied.


Omaplata from guard: nearest hand grabs nearest wrist, right hand takes cross collar grab, stuff hand away using knuckles.

Triangle from guard: toes up and vertical with leg flaring out to tighten choke.

Cross collar choke from guard: angle off the choke, then the choke tightens as you come back to centre.


We then did some work on two chokes:

Sleeve choke from guard: loose initial cross collar grip, bring body up and push opponent's head under your own armpit, hand slides behind own wrist then flicks up to lock choke in, fall back and squeeze.

Ezekiel choke from mount: arm under neck of opponent, use own head to push opponent's head to opposite side so opponent can't see what is going on, grab sleeve of own gi with hand under opponent's neck, then other hand slides on top of opponent's neck, then turn palms in  to face self and sag weight down to tighten the choke.
 Tip: if opponent does not tap, use own head driving on top of choking hand to apply pressure.

Things to remember: Use the cross collar grip with the nearest hand controlling the nearest hand of the opponent.