Class #1220
Artemis BJJ (Easton Road), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 17/01/2020
Playing with reverse de la Riva some more, as I want to teach a lot of it next week. My plan is the Lilo sequence, which I combine with a few other options, depending if there's time. Main question is what to trim, especially for the Monday beginners class.
Showing posts with label reverse de la riva sweep. Show all posts
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17 January 2020
07 February 2017
07/02/2017 - Episode Seven of The Artemis BJJ Podcast | Open Mat (Tuesday)
Class #801
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - -07/02/2017
Episode Seven of The Artemis BJJ Podcast is now up, here. This was a great interview I did with Carlos, Roger and Jean Machado a while back, which gave me a lot of ideas I would incorporate into my teaching (e.g., the review I do at the end of every class). We also chatted at length about the history of BJJ and the Machados specifically, such as the important role of their student Chuck Norris.
At open mat today, I went through a bunch of techniques with two of the newer students, as well as getting in some drilling myself with Matt. I'm continuing to play with those reverse de la Riva techniques, as I'm still attached to the idea of a knee shield type open guard option. With what I've been calling the tilt sweep, I think that will get blocked quite often, but the position lends itself to a switch into the butterfly sweep. Having that hook at the ready is useful generally, as long as I can get some kind of arm control and their body position is low.
The pull to back from reverse de la Riva, which is also a defence to the over under pass, can be tough on your fingers. I therefore tried out just pushing their head down, which works, but it feels sloppy and scrambly at the moment. The grips could potentially lead into a loop choke, though that's not a choke I go for all that much. Something I should perhaps try more, but as it's another grip heavy one, I don't want to rely on stuff that will continue to bash up my fingers.
I also had a good drill with Matt J in Paul's class on Wednesday, which I'll add in here as it fits (more reverse de la Riva). I was trying the reverse de la Riva tripod sweep, as I think that could be a good introduction for people to reverse de la Riva in general. There are a few different ways of doing it, with or without grabbing the leg, which also combine with attempts to block the knee cut, so I like that. I want to prepare an 'intro to de la Riva lesson', so I will test that out on Monday. Hopefully the knee cut block part is simple enough that I can throw in a tripod sweep follow up too.
A useful point to note from the way Lachlan Giles teaches it (he has a good vid up of RVDLR 101) is blocking their cross-face. If they cross face you, the reverse de la Riva is squashed. You therefore want to be ready to block their arm. If you can block their arm, then you can also grab the wrist/sleeve and stuff it under your leg. That blocks the knee cut, though it would make the tripod sweep a bit trickier, I guess? Depends if you could still somehow hook their knee from there. Recovering closed guard is another option Giles shows, lifting the hips up to grab the closed guard. That could be another handy follow-up, but I don't think it would fit in the sequence I've been showing this month.
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - -07/02/2017
Episode Seven of The Artemis BJJ Podcast is now up, here. This was a great interview I did with Carlos, Roger and Jean Machado a while back, which gave me a lot of ideas I would incorporate into my teaching (e.g., the review I do at the end of every class). We also chatted at length about the history of BJJ and the Machados specifically, such as the important role of their student Chuck Norris.
At open mat today, I went through a bunch of techniques with two of the newer students, as well as getting in some drilling myself with Matt. I'm continuing to play with those reverse de la Riva techniques, as I'm still attached to the idea of a knee shield type open guard option. With what I've been calling the tilt sweep, I think that will get blocked quite often, but the position lends itself to a switch into the butterfly sweep. Having that hook at the ready is useful generally, as long as I can get some kind of arm control and their body position is low.
The pull to back from reverse de la Riva, which is also a defence to the over under pass, can be tough on your fingers. I therefore tried out just pushing their head down, which works, but it feels sloppy and scrambly at the moment. The grips could potentially lead into a loop choke, though that's not a choke I go for all that much. Something I should perhaps try more, but as it's another grip heavy one, I don't want to rely on stuff that will continue to bash up my fingers.
I also had a good drill with Matt J in Paul's class on Wednesday, which I'll add in here as it fits (more reverse de la Riva). I was trying the reverse de la Riva tripod sweep, as I think that could be a good introduction for people to reverse de la Riva in general. There are a few different ways of doing it, with or without grabbing the leg, which also combine with attempts to block the knee cut, so I like that. I want to prepare an 'intro to de la Riva lesson', so I will test that out on Monday. Hopefully the knee cut block part is simple enough that I can throw in a tripod sweep follow up too.
A useful point to note from the way Lachlan Giles teaches it (he has a good vid up of RVDLR 101) is blocking their cross-face. If they cross face you, the reverse de la Riva is squashed. You therefore want to be ready to block their arm. If you can block their arm, then you can also grab the wrist/sleeve and stuff it under your leg. That blocks the knee cut, though it would make the tripod sweep a bit trickier, I guess? Depends if you could still somehow hook their knee from there. Recovering closed guard is another option Giles shows, lifting the hips up to grab the closed guard. That could be another handy follow-up, but I don't think it would fit in the sequence I've been showing this month.
05 February 2017
05/02/2017 - Open Mat (Sunday) | Reverse de la Riva sweeps, passing drill
Class #800
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - -05/02/2017
More reverse de la Riva today, where I drilled those two sweeps again, like on Wednesday. I think based on that, I will teach the pull to back, as that seemed to most resilient testing it with Sam. The tilt sweep is still useful, but it isn't too difficult for them to free their hand. However, when they do, you may be able to quickly switch into a butterfly sweep. You still have the other hand, meaning if you immediately grab their collar, you are in the right place to go for that variation I taught on Monday. The titling motion puts your feet in the right place too, handily. I'll test that a bit more before teaching though, hopefully getting some good drilling on Tuesday.
On the pull to back, the grip appears to be the best thing about it, plus the situation where they are going for an underhook pass is more likely (at least until more people get comfortable with leg weave passes, as that would set up the tilt sweep). Grabbing the back of the gi is strong, but I think it would still work if you just grabbed the head and pulled it down. It is reminiscent of the shoulder clamp sweep set up, now that I think about it, as again you're trying to push their head down. I found when drilling it with resistance on Sam, just having that grip can be enough to bowl them over. Scrambly, but it worked a couple of times (whether it would work in full on sparring is another question, but it's got potential).
I got in a good spar too, yet again looking for kimuras repeatedly, switching into armbars if possible. I went for my favourite gi tail choke, finishing it off by putting a knee by their head for extra leverage. I wasn't sure if the tap was from chin pressure or something, but he said it was a proper choke, so that's good. Finally, I had some more good advice from Tad (he's an excellent teacher), this time for a drill. I've done the side control drill where you spin round after they underhook. Tad's version is similar, if far more applicable. He does it off a pass. They are starting to block. Your nearside hand goes by their near hip. Putting your weight on them, kick into a backstep and spin around behind. I'll start adding that into warm-ups I think, important motion for passing.
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - -05/02/2017
More reverse de la Riva today, where I drilled those two sweeps again, like on Wednesday. I think based on that, I will teach the pull to back, as that seemed to most resilient testing it with Sam. The tilt sweep is still useful, but it isn't too difficult for them to free their hand. However, when they do, you may be able to quickly switch into a butterfly sweep. You still have the other hand, meaning if you immediately grab their collar, you are in the right place to go for that variation I taught on Monday. The titling motion puts your feet in the right place too, handily. I'll test that a bit more before teaching though, hopefully getting some good drilling on Tuesday.
On the pull to back, the grip appears to be the best thing about it, plus the situation where they are going for an underhook pass is more likely (at least until more people get comfortable with leg weave passes, as that would set up the tilt sweep). Grabbing the back of the gi is strong, but I think it would still work if you just grabbed the head and pulled it down. It is reminiscent of the shoulder clamp sweep set up, now that I think about it, as again you're trying to push their head down. I found when drilling it with resistance on Sam, just having that grip can be enough to bowl them over. Scrambly, but it worked a couple of times (whether it would work in full on sparring is another question, but it's got potential).
I got in a good spar too, yet again looking for kimuras repeatedly, switching into armbars if possible. I went for my favourite gi tail choke, finishing it off by putting a knee by their head for extra leverage. I wasn't sure if the tap was from chin pressure or something, but he said it was a proper choke, so that's good. Finally, I had some more good advice from Tad (he's an excellent teacher), this time for a drill. I've done the side control drill where you spin round after they underhook. Tad's version is similar, if far more applicable. He does it off a pass. They are starting to block. Your nearside hand goes by their near hip. Putting your weight on them, kick into a backstep and spin around behind. I'll start adding that into warm-ups I think, important motion for passing.
01 February 2017
01/02/2017 - Drilling (Wednesday) | Reverse de la Riva sweeps (JJS)
Class #799
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - -01/02/2017
Technically, this is Paul's Intermediate BJJ class. He's been running that for a few months, but I haven't been able to attend because I usually teach the women's class. However, as of this week, Lisa is taking over the women's class, with other female grapplers that train here covering when she's away. That means I can now take part in the class downstairs. Not to take anything away from Paul's teaching (he does a great job), but I wanted to use that opportunity to get in some focused drilling. It can be hard as an instructor to get that drilling in, so I wasn't going to pass up this chance.
I drilled Paul's technique with my training partner on their turn, but when it was my go, I ran through a few of the reverse de la Riva sweeps I want to develop. They're all from Jiu Jitsu Style #036, with a bunch of them in a related sequence (e.g., if they grip like this, here's a sweep, if they do this instead, go for a choke, when they do this, another sweep, etc). The two I'm focusing on to start with are what I'm calling the tilt sweep and the pull to the back (I try to come up with descriptive names, rather than the random terminology BJJ often uses).
The starting position is reverse de la Riva, specifically the configuration where you are essentially doing long range knee shield half guard (Sam's favourite). You're grabbing their collar with your knee shield hand, while also gripping their same side wrist on your bottom leg side, shoving that hand underneath your bottom leg. The tilt sweep relies on them looking to go for a leg weave, reaching through your knee-in-stomach/chest leg to grab the thigh of the bottom leg. That enables you to switch your collar to grip to instead grasp their reaching wrist. From there, you just tilt to your knee shield side, rolling them over into mount.
For the pull to the back, they are going for a different passing attempt. This time, they are reaching under your leg looking to grab your belt or gi. Kick your underhooked leg, with the aim of driving your knee inwards and into them. Pull them down with your collar grip, also extending to shove their head away at an awkward angle. Once you've got their head stuffed towards the mat, move your bottom hand from their wrist to grab the back of their gi. Pull down, so that the tension from your collar grip gets replaced by the back grip. You are now free to bring your collar grip hand to their belt. From here, it is probably easiest to go to their back and attack the turtle, but you can also try and drive through into side control.
I need to be careful of my foot and/or leg getting stuck with these sweeps. Interestingly, on the pull to back I still had my arm stuck somehow and it turned into more of a butterfly sweep. Still worked, but I'll keep playing with that.
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - -01/02/2017
Technically, this is Paul's Intermediate BJJ class. He's been running that for a few months, but I haven't been able to attend because I usually teach the women's class. However, as of this week, Lisa is taking over the women's class, with other female grapplers that train here covering when she's away. That means I can now take part in the class downstairs. Not to take anything away from Paul's teaching (he does a great job), but I wanted to use that opportunity to get in some focused drilling. It can be hard as an instructor to get that drilling in, so I wasn't going to pass up this chance.
I drilled Paul's technique with my training partner on their turn, but when it was my go, I ran through a few of the reverse de la Riva sweeps I want to develop. They're all from Jiu Jitsu Style #036, with a bunch of them in a related sequence (e.g., if they grip like this, here's a sweep, if they do this instead, go for a choke, when they do this, another sweep, etc). The two I'm focusing on to start with are what I'm calling the tilt sweep and the pull to the back (I try to come up with descriptive names, rather than the random terminology BJJ often uses).
The starting position is reverse de la Riva, specifically the configuration where you are essentially doing long range knee shield half guard (Sam's favourite). You're grabbing their collar with your knee shield hand, while also gripping their same side wrist on your bottom leg side, shoving that hand underneath your bottom leg. The tilt sweep relies on them looking to go for a leg weave, reaching through your knee-in-stomach/chest leg to grab the thigh of the bottom leg. That enables you to switch your collar to grip to instead grasp their reaching wrist. From there, you just tilt to your knee shield side, rolling them over into mount.
For the pull to the back, they are going for a different passing attempt. This time, they are reaching under your leg looking to grab your belt or gi. Kick your underhooked leg, with the aim of driving your knee inwards and into them. Pull them down with your collar grip, also extending to shove their head away at an awkward angle. Once you've got their head stuffed towards the mat, move your bottom hand from their wrist to grab the back of their gi. Pull down, so that the tension from your collar grip gets replaced by the back grip. You are now free to bring your collar grip hand to their belt. From here, it is probably easiest to go to their back and attack the turtle, but you can also try and drive through into side control.
I need to be careful of my foot and/or leg getting stuck with these sweeps. Interestingly, on the pull to back I still had my arm stuck somehow and it turned into more of a butterfly sweep. Still worked, but I'll keep playing with that.
29 January 2017
29/01/2017 - Open Mat (Sunday) | Reverse de la Riva sweeps
Class #797
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - -29/01/2017
Awesome open mat today. I drilled the reverse de la Riva sweeps from JJS #036, starting with the first two, the tilt and the pull to back. On the pull to the back, it's important to remember to extend your arm to maintain the collar grip for control. Your other hand then grabs gi material by their upper back, yanking down. That keeps the control, meaning your collar grip hand can then switch to their belt or wherever, finishing by driving forwards into side control or spinning to the back. I also had a good spar with Tad, staying defensive, trying to off-balance, frame, not let them get the collar. Again, I need to off-balance more (Tom said this too, after our spar at the seminar yesterday: I'll get the write-up done shortly, another great seminar from Chelsea! :D) going from the arm to the hip.
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - -29/01/2017
Awesome open mat today. I drilled the reverse de la Riva sweeps from JJS #036, starting with the first two, the tilt and the pull to back. On the pull to the back, it's important to remember to extend your arm to maintain the collar grip for control. Your other hand then grabs gi material by their upper back, yanking down. That keeps the control, meaning your collar grip hand can then switch to their belt or wherever, finishing by driving forwards into side control or spinning to the back. I also had a good spar with Tad, staying defensive, trying to off-balance, frame, not let them get the collar. Again, I need to off-balance more (Tom said this too, after our spar at the seminar yesterday: I'll get the write-up done shortly, another great seminar from Chelsea! :D) going from the arm to the hip.
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