Friday, October 15, 2010

AG passing

1. from failed butterfly sweep- weave arm and grab bottom knee. heavy pressure with shoulder. grab collar and walk around and then towards hips. head position is critical- in jaw is optimal.

2. mendes 2 on 1 pin- pin ankle with palm facing opponent (anti-arm drag) and knee with other hand. enter off crouch (stay mobile- not on knees). only need to be slightly off-center. grab collar and drive head in shoulder. head position is key! if they try to stay up on elbow, collapse elbow and suck in. walk back into hips and finish the pass. stay off knees, but keep low. drive through them to flatten. "pancake."

3. same as #2 but grips change to the pants. start with ankle/knee, but they resist. use knee to pin down leg and switch grip to pants. much more secure.

4. didn't fully teach it, but terere pass. hit off of half guard. for some reason he had grabbed the nearside leg instead of the far leg.


tidbits-

-windshield wiper theory. always weave legs out of half guard. especially vs. z-guard- you can always take your leg out with a precise windshield wiper move. lots of variations and trickery switching back and forth, using instep, etc. ridiculous galvao stuff.

-guard theory- inside of legs=guard. outside of legs=almost passed. need to illustrate in person to have the full effect, but this was an excellent demonstration.

-passing- pinning the bottom leg is the key. limit movement.

-all the toreando passes- head positioning is critical. always spear with the head, never drive with chest. you start to lose the pass once you go chest to chest if you don't fully have the pass.

-hip walk details- don't drop hips to floor. always walk back into hips to prevent them from recovering guard. insert knee below thigh. stay as low to the mat as possible when walking back into hips.

-extra hip walk detail- grab pant leg (leg weave) and yank up and use to set up the hip walk.

-head push to ground/hop over detail- not a huge cartwheel, just a small hop. too big of a hop will create space. always lock the hips down.

drills-
-start from 2 on 1 leg
-start from hand on knee, hand on collar

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