Thursday 2 November 2017

Private Class No.18...

Today something new as I'm toying with the idea of adding a few no-gi classes into my BJJ studies next year. So we started with some basic positional stuff.

Pummelling: In an ideal world, you are looking for double underhooks on a standing opponent. But this rarely happens, so you generally want head control and bicep control with the opponent's head sandwiched between your head and arm. In terms of movement, this means you can drive the opponent to the side and expose a leg for the single leg takedown. You are also looking to deny the opponent inside space.

Attacks: collar chokes are out but armbars, triangles and omoplatas are good to use. Leg locks and wristlocks are also a decent option if you can catch them quickly enough.

Butterfly guard: is a good option for no-gi because it transfers quite easily from gi to no-gi. You can use most of the same attacks from butterfly and also use the overhook guard. You must keep hooks active, though.

Things to remember: Deny opponent inside space when pummelling; keep hooks active in butterfly guard.

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