Archive > January 2011

Ugh, training was tough last night

A week ago Sunday, I ended up hearting my right knee while training. My partner and I had been training for pretty near two straight hours and I was feeling pretty good overall. I had been suffering from dehydration and my heart rate had been pretty jacked up for a couple of weeks. So my [...]

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Inverted triangle from side control

Typically when I am trying to escape from side control, I will bridge into my opponent and then bring my top knee through first and then my bottom leg. My goal is to replace guard as quickly and as efficiently as possible. So, this move requires a little bit of re-training. I still bridge into [...]

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Knees flared armbar from closed guard

So, learned an interesting new move yesterday. It was executed from the closed guard as a counter to the kimura counter of straightening the arm. Basically, when you come up and wrap the arm and grab your wrist, your opponent tries to defend by straightening his arm. When that is done, you simply come back [...]

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