Teaching #924
Artemis BJJ (Easton Road), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 16/12/2019
Start by flattening out your opponent, driving your free knee into their hip, then walking your trapped leg across. Apply a heavy cross-face: this is absolutely central to the technique. Without a solid cross face, they will be able to turn towards you, perhaps even getting a reversal. If they manage to get an underhook, you'll still need to be wary of getting rolled over: hooking an arm by their leg should block it.
Once you've got that cross-face firmly locked in, you need to adjust your position so you can twist in towards them, bringing your bottom leg into play. You're trying to get your free knee into their hip (sliding underneath your trapped leg). Shift back slightly, in order to make some space in front of their bottom leg: you could also raise up to get that twist, but that's more risky. Shrimping away tends to be securer. Using either the knee or your shin, wedge that against their lower hip. With your free arm, grasp their trouser leg and yank it towards you, in order to open up enough space to free your leg. Ideally you also want to keep your head low and turned towards their legs, to make it harder for them to push into your throat.
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Teaching Notes: Remember to talk about pulling their leg right across, that helps with the leverage. You only need the point of your knee in their hip. Also, get your hip right to the ground, if you're in midair you may not have the necessary weight.
The little shrimp to make space is the best option for inserting your wedge, but raising up isn't awful, just a secondary option. Then for a third and final resort, push with the foot of your bottom leg. The problem there is the difficulty of maintaining your crossface. So yeah, same pointers as last time, keep doing it.
Worth noting that Xande doesn't have a crossface when he shows it, he brings his arm over to the other side, under their armpit. So there are alternatives, check those vids before teaching it again, would be interesting to play with. Still my favourite pass. Is it worth showing with elbow behind the head too? Again, Xande does an entirely different arm drape thing for control rather than crossface.
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16 December 2019
22 July 2019
22/07/2019 - Teaching | Half Guard | Twisting Pass
Teaching #890
Artemis BJJ (Easton Road), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 22/07/2019
Start by flattening out your opponent, driving your free knee into their hip, then walking your trapped leg across. Apply a heavy cross-face: this is absolutely central to the technique. Without a solid cross face, they will be able to turn towards you, perhaps even getting a reversal. If they manage to get an underhook, you'll still need to be wary of getting rolled over: hooking an arm by their leg should block it.
Once you've got that cross-face firmly locked in, you need to adjust your position so you can twist in towards them, bringing your bottom leg into play. You're trying to get your free knee into their hip (sliding underneath your trapped leg). Shift back slightly, in order to make some space in front of their bottom leg: you could also raise up to get that twist, but that's more risky. Shrimping away tends to be securer. Using either the knee or your shin, wedge that against their lower hip. With your free arm, grasp their trouser leg and yank it towards you, in order to open up enough space to free your leg. Ideally you also want to keep your head low and turned towards their legs, to make it harder for them to push into your throat.
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Teaching Notes: Remember to talk about pulling their leg right across, that helps with the leverage. You only need the point of your knee in their hip. Also, get your hip right to the ground, if you're in midair you may not have the necessary weight.
The little shrimp to make space is the best option for inserting your wedge, but raising up isn't awful, just a secondary option. Then for a third and final resort, push with the foot of your bottom leg. The problem there is the difficulty of maintaining your crossface. So yeah, same pointers as last time, keep doing it.
Worth noting that Xande doesn't have a crossface when he shows it, he brings his arm over to the other side, under their armpit. So there are alternatives, check those vids before teaching it again, would be interesting to play with.
Artemis BJJ (Easton Road), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 22/07/2019
Start by flattening out your opponent, driving your free knee into their hip, then walking your trapped leg across. Apply a heavy cross-face: this is absolutely central to the technique. Without a solid cross face, they will be able to turn towards you, perhaps even getting a reversal. If they manage to get an underhook, you'll still need to be wary of getting rolled over: hooking an arm by their leg should block it.
Once you've got that cross-face firmly locked in, you need to adjust your position so you can twist in towards them, bringing your bottom leg into play. You're trying to get your free knee into their hip (sliding underneath your trapped leg). Shift back slightly, in order to make some space in front of their bottom leg: you could also raise up to get that twist, but that's more risky. Shrimping away tends to be securer. Using either the knee or your shin, wedge that against their lower hip. With your free arm, grasp their trouser leg and yank it towards you, in order to open up enough space to free your leg. Ideally you also want to keep your head low and turned towards their legs, to make it harder for them to push into your throat.
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Teaching Notes: Remember to talk about pulling their leg right across, that helps with the leverage. You only need the point of your knee in their hip. Also, get your hip right to the ground, if you're in midair you may not have the necessary weight.
The little shrimp to make space is the best option for inserting your wedge, but raising up isn't awful, just a secondary option. Then for a third and final resort, push with the foot of your bottom leg. The problem there is the difficulty of maintaining your crossface. So yeah, same pointers as last time, keep doing it.
Worth noting that Xande doesn't have a crossface when he shows it, he brings his arm over to the other side, under their armpit. So there are alternatives, check those vids before teaching it again, would be interesting to play with.
21 December 2018
21/12/2018 - Teaching | Half Guard | Twisting Pass
Teaching #827
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 21/12/2018
Start by flattening out your opponent, driving your free knee into their hip, then walking your trapped leg across. Apply a heavy cross-face: this is absolutely central to the technique. Without a solid cross face, they will be able to turn towards you, perhaps even getting a reversal. If they manage to get an underhook, you'll still need to be wary of getting rolled over: hooking an arm by their leg should block it.
Once you've got that cross-face firmly locked in, you need to adjust your position so you can twist in towards them, bringing your bottom leg into play. You're trying to get your free knee into their hip (sliding underneath your trapped leg). Shift back slightly, in order to make some space in front of their bottom leg: you could also raise up to get that twist, but that's more risky. Shrimping away tends to be securer. Using either the knee or your shin, wedge that against their lower hip. With your free arm, grasp their trouser leg and yank it towards you, in order to open up enough space to free your leg. Ideally you also want to keep your head low and turned towards their legs, to make it harder for them to push into your throat.
To finish, a couple of videos of when I taught this injured, so had to do it by proxy, pointing with a stick. ;)
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Teaching Notes: Next time, remember to talk about pulling their leg right across, that helps with the leverage. You only need the point of your knee in their hip. Also, get your hip right to the ground, if you're in midair you may not have the necessary weight.
The little shrimp to make space is the best option for inserting your wedge, but raising up isn't awful, just a secondary option. Then for a third and final resort, push with the foot of your bottom leg. The problem there is the difficulty of maintaining your crossface. So yeah, same pointers as last time, keep doing it.
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 21/12/2018
Start by flattening out your opponent, driving your free knee into their hip, then walking your trapped leg across. Apply a heavy cross-face: this is absolutely central to the technique. Without a solid cross face, they will be able to turn towards you, perhaps even getting a reversal. If they manage to get an underhook, you'll still need to be wary of getting rolled over: hooking an arm by their leg should block it.
Once you've got that cross-face firmly locked in, you need to adjust your position so you can twist in towards them, bringing your bottom leg into play. You're trying to get your free knee into their hip (sliding underneath your trapped leg). Shift back slightly, in order to make some space in front of their bottom leg: you could also raise up to get that twist, but that's more risky. Shrimping away tends to be securer. Using either the knee or your shin, wedge that against their lower hip. With your free arm, grasp their trouser leg and yank it towards you, in order to open up enough space to free your leg. Ideally you also want to keep your head low and turned towards their legs, to make it harder for them to push into your throat.
To finish, a couple of videos of when I taught this injured, so had to do it by proxy, pointing with a stick. ;)
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Teaching Notes: Next time, remember to talk about pulling their leg right across, that helps with the leverage. You only need the point of your knee in their hip. Also, get your hip right to the ground, if you're in midair you may not have the necessary weight.
The little shrimp to make space is the best option for inserting your wedge, but raising up isn't awful, just a secondary option. Then for a third and final resort, push with the foot of your bottom leg. The problem there is the difficulty of maintaining your crossface. So yeah, same pointers as last time, keep doing it.
15 June 2018
15/06/2018 - Teaching | Half Guard | Hip Switch
Teaching #786
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 15/06/2018
Start by flattening out your opponent, driving your free knee into their hip, then walking your trapped leg across. Apply a heavy cross-face: this is absolutely central to the technique. Without a solid cross face, they will be able to turn towards you, perhaps even getting a reversal. If they manage to get an underhook, you'll still need to be wary of getting rolled over: hooking an arm by their leg should block it.
Once you've got that cross-face firmly locked in, you need to adjust your position so you can twist in towards them, bringing your bottom leg into play. You're trying to get your free knee into their hip (sliding underneath your trapped leg). Shift back slightly, in order to make some space in front of their bottom leg: you could also raise up to get that twist, but that's more risky. Shrimping away tends to be securer. Using either the knee or your shin, wedge that against their lower hip. With your free arm, grasp their trouser leg and yank it towards you, in order to open up enough space to free your leg. Ideally you also want to keep your head low and turned towards their legs, to make it harder for them to push into your throat.
To finish, a couple of videos of when I taught this injured, so had to do it by proxy, pointing with a stick. ;)
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Teaching Notes: Next time, remember to talk about pulling their leg right across, that helps with the leverage. You only need the point of your knee in their hip. Also, get your hip right to the ground, if you're in midair you may not have the necessary weight.
The little shrimp to make space is the best option for inserting your wedge, but raising up isn't awful, just a secondary option. Then for a third and final resort, push with the foot of your bottom leg. The problem there is the difficulty of maintaining your crossface.
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 15/06/2018
Start by flattening out your opponent, driving your free knee into their hip, then walking your trapped leg across. Apply a heavy cross-face: this is absolutely central to the technique. Without a solid cross face, they will be able to turn towards you, perhaps even getting a reversal. If they manage to get an underhook, you'll still need to be wary of getting rolled over: hooking an arm by their leg should block it.
Once you've got that cross-face firmly locked in, you need to adjust your position so you can twist in towards them, bringing your bottom leg into play. You're trying to get your free knee into their hip (sliding underneath your trapped leg). Shift back slightly, in order to make some space in front of their bottom leg: you could also raise up to get that twist, but that's more risky. Shrimping away tends to be securer. Using either the knee or your shin, wedge that against their lower hip. With your free arm, grasp their trouser leg and yank it towards you, in order to open up enough space to free your leg. Ideally you also want to keep your head low and turned towards their legs, to make it harder for them to push into your throat.
To finish, a couple of videos of when I taught this injured, so had to do it by proxy, pointing with a stick. ;)
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Teaching Notes: Next time, remember to talk about pulling their leg right across, that helps with the leverage. You only need the point of your knee in their hip. Also, get your hip right to the ground, if you're in midair you may not have the necessary weight.
The little shrimp to make space is the best option for inserting your wedge, but raising up isn't awful, just a secondary option. Then for a third and final resort, push with the foot of your bottom leg. The problem there is the difficulty of maintaining your crossface.
22 January 2018
22/01/2018 - Teaching | Half Guard | Twisting Pass
Teaching #747
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 22/01/2018
Start by flattening out your opponent, driving your free knee into their hip, then walking your trapped leg across. Apply a heavy cross-face: this is absolutely central to the technique. Without a solid cross face, they will be able to turn towards you, perhaps even getting a reversal. If they manage to get an underhook, you'll still need to be wary of getting rolled over: hooking an arm by their leg should block it.
Once you've got that cross-face firmly locked in, you need to adjust your position so you can twist in towards them, bringing your bottom leg into play. You're trying to get your free knee into their hip (sliding underneath your trapped leg). Shift back slightly, in order to make some space in front of their bottom leg: you could also raise up to get that twist, but that's more risky. Shrimping away tends to be securer. Using either the knee or your shin, wedge that against their lower hip. With your free arm, grasp their trouser leg and yank it towards you, in order to open up enough space to free your leg. Ideally you also want to keep your head low and turned towards their legs, to make it harder for them to push into your throat.
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Teaching Notes: I'm not sure people are getting the detail of the turn enough. Having the leg underneath, I can still be clearer. For next time, I think it would be useful to show it solo, making sure everybody can see how that leg is used as a wedge underneath. Shrimping away feels better than lifting the hips up, having the knee into their hip makes that a little easier I think, avoids leaving that potential gap for them to escape into.
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 22/01/2018
Start by flattening out your opponent, driving your free knee into their hip, then walking your trapped leg across. Apply a heavy cross-face: this is absolutely central to the technique. Without a solid cross face, they will be able to turn towards you, perhaps even getting a reversal. If they manage to get an underhook, you'll still need to be wary of getting rolled over: hooking an arm by their leg should block it.
Once you've got that cross-face firmly locked in, you need to adjust your position so you can twist in towards them, bringing your bottom leg into play. You're trying to get your free knee into their hip (sliding underneath your trapped leg). Shift back slightly, in order to make some space in front of their bottom leg: you could also raise up to get that twist, but that's more risky. Shrimping away tends to be securer. Using either the knee or your shin, wedge that against their lower hip. With your free arm, grasp their trouser leg and yank it towards you, in order to open up enough space to free your leg. Ideally you also want to keep your head low and turned towards their legs, to make it harder for them to push into your throat.
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Teaching Notes: I'm not sure people are getting the detail of the turn enough. Having the leg underneath, I can still be clearer. For next time, I think it would be useful to show it solo, making sure everybody can see how that leg is used as a wedge underneath. Shrimping away feels better than lifting the hips up, having the knee into their hip makes that a little easier I think, avoids leaving that potential gap for them to escape into.
16 August 2017
16/08/2017 - Teaching | Half Guard | Twisting Pass
Teaching #697
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 16/08/2017
Start by flattening out your opponent, driving your free knee into their hip, then walking your trapped leg across. Apply a heavy cross-face: this is absolutely central to the technique. Without a solid cross face, they will be able to turn towards you, perhaps even getting a reversal. If they manage to get an underhook, you'll still need to be wary of getting rolled over: hooking an arm by their leg should block it.
Once you've got that cross-face firmly locked in, raise your hips slightly. This is in order to switch your hips, bringing your free knee up by their hip (sliding underneath your trapped leg). Shift back slightly, in order to make some space in front of their bottom leg. Using either the knee or your shin, wedge that against their lower hip. With your free arm, grasp their trouser leg and yank it towards you, in order to open up enough space to free your leg. Ideally you also want to keep your head low and turned towards their legs, to make it harder for them to push into your throat.
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Teaching Notes: I think this all went ok, but I should have emphasised the turn of the hips more, some people were staying too flat. I did talk about putting the point of the knee into the hip, which helps stop them turning towards you (a handy Fran Vanderstukken tip: previously I'd use the shin, which is harder to get). If you're finding it really hard to get your foot free, you can switch from point of the hip to instead retracting the leg and pushing your foot into their bottom leg.
Separate question, angle of the video wasn't great, so next time I'll adjust that. Social media! ;p
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 16/08/2017
Start by flattening out your opponent, driving your free knee into their hip, then walking your trapped leg across. Apply a heavy cross-face: this is absolutely central to the technique. Without a solid cross face, they will be able to turn towards you, perhaps even getting a reversal. If they manage to get an underhook, you'll still need to be wary of getting rolled over: hooking an arm by their leg should block it.
Once you've got that cross-face firmly locked in, raise your hips slightly. This is in order to switch your hips, bringing your free knee up by their hip (sliding underneath your trapped leg). Shift back slightly, in order to make some space in front of their bottom leg. Using either the knee or your shin, wedge that against their lower hip. With your free arm, grasp their trouser leg and yank it towards you, in order to open up enough space to free your leg. Ideally you also want to keep your head low and turned towards their legs, to make it harder for them to push into your throat.
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Teaching Notes: I think this all went ok, but I should have emphasised the turn of the hips more, some people were staying too flat. I did talk about putting the point of the knee into the hip, which helps stop them turning towards you (a handy Fran Vanderstukken tip: previously I'd use the shin, which is harder to get). If you're finding it really hard to get your foot free, you can switch from point of the hip to instead retracting the leg and pushing your foot into their bottom leg.
Separate question, angle of the video wasn't great, so next time I'll adjust that. Social media! ;p
19 December 2016
19/12/2016 - Teaching | Half Guard | Twisting Pass
Teaching #612
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 19/12/2016
Start by flattening out your opponent, driving your free knee into their hip, then walking your trapped leg across. Apply a heavy cross-face: this is absolutely central to the technique. Without a solid cross face, they will be able to turn towards you, perhaps even getting a reversal. If they manage to get an underhook, you'll still need to be wary of getting rolled over: hooking an arm by their leg should block it.
Once you've got that cross-face firmly locked in, raise your hips slightly. This is in order to switch your hips, bringing your free knee up by their hip (sliding underneath your trapped leg). Shift back slightly, in order to make some space in front of their bottom leg. Using either the knee or your shin, wedge that against their lower leg leg. With your free arm, grasp their trouser leg and yank it towards you, in order to open up enough space to free your leg. Ideally you also want to keep your head low and turned towards their legs, to make it harder for them to push into your throat.
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Teaching Notes: Not much to add, this is a good standard one I use quite often now. I could perhaps add in more about freeing the leg. At the moment, I talk about using your free shin as a wedge to provide leverage, along with heavily emphasising the importance of the cross face. I didn't talk about that last bit so much, though I was going with the Paul Schreiner version, which is a bit different to the Xande option I normally teach.
Also, we did more xmas fun tonight, hooray! I played the reindeer game again, as it was xmas. This is the same thing I did last year, where we split into two teams. One group wearing a sock on their hand, the other a sock on their foot. There was also a designated reindeer, with a reindeer hat. One team was defending the reindeer, the other team was trying to capture it (by pulling off the reindeer hat). If you are able to pull the sock from somebody, they become part of your team. The other rule is that you can't stand up.
I think next time, I should emphasise the sock thing, as I don't think people fully got it. Also, your bum can't leave the ground, too many people were doing a sort of running crouch. Still fun though, which is the main thing, get people laughing. :)
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 19/12/2016
Start by flattening out your opponent, driving your free knee into their hip, then walking your trapped leg across. Apply a heavy cross-face: this is absolutely central to the technique. Without a solid cross face, they will be able to turn towards you, perhaps even getting a reversal. If they manage to get an underhook, you'll still need to be wary of getting rolled over: hooking an arm by their leg should block it.
Once you've got that cross-face firmly locked in, raise your hips slightly. This is in order to switch your hips, bringing your free knee up by their hip (sliding underneath your trapped leg). Shift back slightly, in order to make some space in front of their bottom leg. Using either the knee or your shin, wedge that against their lower leg leg. With your free arm, grasp their trouser leg and yank it towards you, in order to open up enough space to free your leg. Ideally you also want to keep your head low and turned towards their legs, to make it harder for them to push into your throat.
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Teaching Notes: Not much to add, this is a good standard one I use quite often now. I could perhaps add in more about freeing the leg. At the moment, I talk about using your free shin as a wedge to provide leverage, along with heavily emphasising the importance of the cross face. I didn't talk about that last bit so much, though I was going with the Paul Schreiner version, which is a bit different to the Xande option I normally teach.
Also, we did more xmas fun tonight, hooray! I played the reindeer game again, as it was xmas. This is the same thing I did last year, where we split into two teams. One group wearing a sock on their hand, the other a sock on their foot. There was also a designated reindeer, with a reindeer hat. One team was defending the reindeer, the other team was trying to capture it (by pulling off the reindeer hat). If you are able to pull the sock from somebody, they become part of your team. The other rule is that you can't stand up.
I think next time, I should emphasise the sock thing, as I don't think people fully got it. Also, your bum can't leave the ground, too many people were doing a sort of running crouch. Still fun though, which is the main thing, get people laughing. :)
17 February 2016
17/02/2016 - Teaching | Half Guard | Hip Switch Pass
Teaching #464
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 17/02/2016
Start by flattening out your opponent, driving your free knee into their hip, then walking your trapped leg across. Apply a heavy cross-face: this is absolutely central to the technique. Without a solid cross face, they will be able to turn towards you, perhaps even getting a reversal. If they manage to get an underhook, you'll still need to be wary of getting rolled over: hooking an arm by their leg should block it.
Once you've got that cross-face firmly locked in, raise your hips slightly. This is in order to switch your hips, bringing your free knee up by their hip (sliding underneath your trapped leg). Shift back slightly, in order to make some space in front of their bottom leg. Using either the knee or your shin, wedge that against their lower leg leg. With your free arm, grasp their trouser leg and yank it towards you, in order to open up enough space to free your leg. Ideally you also want to keep your head low and turned towards their legs, to make it harder for them to push into your throat.
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Teaching Notes: I think this all went ok, though again I'm writing this a while after the class. I have been trying to avoid looking at my phone after 9pm, as I think that messes up my sleep, but that also means there is too much of a delay when I write some of these classes up (especially Wednesday sessions, as I'm at my office job on Thursdays and Fridays). I think I'll start getting into the habit of quickly scribbling something on my phone before I cycle home, to jog my memory. :)
Anyway, I do remember that next time the thing to emphasise is getting that bottom knee in front of their knee, without raising it off the ground and disrupting your base. Keeping the cross face solid is important too. I think this is definitely an easier pass than the opposite side option I'm teaching tomorrow, so next time half guard month comes around, I'll focus the passing on the lower Saulo pressure pass and this one. The opposite side pass is still decent, but perhaps not as useful for beginners, because it can go very wrong if you mess it up. ;)
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 17/02/2016
Start by flattening out your opponent, driving your free knee into their hip, then walking your trapped leg across. Apply a heavy cross-face: this is absolutely central to the technique. Without a solid cross face, they will be able to turn towards you, perhaps even getting a reversal. If they manage to get an underhook, you'll still need to be wary of getting rolled over: hooking an arm by their leg should block it. Once you've got that cross-face firmly locked in, raise your hips slightly. This is in order to switch your hips, bringing your free knee up by their hip (sliding underneath your trapped leg). Shift back slightly, in order to make some space in front of their bottom leg. Using either the knee or your shin, wedge that against their lower leg leg. With your free arm, grasp their trouser leg and yank it towards you, in order to open up enough space to free your leg. Ideally you also want to keep your head low and turned towards their legs, to make it harder for them to push into your throat.
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Teaching Notes: I think this all went ok, though again I'm writing this a while after the class. I have been trying to avoid looking at my phone after 9pm, as I think that messes up my sleep, but that also means there is too much of a delay when I write some of these classes up (especially Wednesday sessions, as I'm at my office job on Thursdays and Fridays). I think I'll start getting into the habit of quickly scribbling something on my phone before I cycle home, to jog my memory. :)
Anyway, I do remember that next time the thing to emphasise is getting that bottom knee in front of their knee, without raising it off the ground and disrupting your base. Keeping the cross face solid is important too. I think this is definitely an easier pass than the opposite side option I'm teaching tomorrow, so next time half guard month comes around, I'll focus the passing on the lower Saulo pressure pass and this one. The opposite side pass is still decent, but perhaps not as useful for beginners, because it can go very wrong if you mess it up. ;)
19 August 2015
19/08/2015 - Teaching | Half Guard | Hip Switch Pass
Teaching #375
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 19/08/2015
Start by flattening out your opponent, driving your free knee into their hip, then walking your trapped leg across. Apply a heavy cross-face: this is absolutely central to the technique. Without a solid cross face, they will be able to turn towards you, perhaps even getting a reversal.
Once you've got that cross-face firmly locked in, raise your hips slightly. This is in order to switch your hips, bringing your free knee up by their hip (sliding underneath your trapped leg). Using either the knee or your shin, wedge that against their lower leg leg. With your free arm, grasp their trouser leg and yank it towards you, in order to open up enough space to free your leg. Ideally you also want to keep your head low and turned towards their legs, to make it harder for them to push into your throat.
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Teaching & Sparring Notes: This is something I first saw in Jiu Jitsu University years ago, but I hadn't considered it until I watched Xande's video of the same technique on BJJ Library. It's a simple technique that doesn't need much beyond a cross face. It's probably easier than the opposite side pass I teach (and use) more often, especially judging by how students did with it tonight. I think I'll be teaching this more frequently from now on, fitting well with the basic pressure pass.
In sparring I got in more specifics with Kirsty, both on top and on bottom, as well as a few others. This time when I went for that rolling back take I got stuck by her leg, lacking momentum and leverage. I could perhaps have switched to the banana split or calf slicer, but that would be somewhat unfair on a white belt (though I think the split is technically legal for white belts at most competitions? I should check that, particularly given one of the white belts at Artemis BJJ is quite fond of it).
I managed to get the lapel trap in place this time, first putting it over the arm. I didn't have that locked in as tightly as I wanted, so waited for her to slip her arm free, then switched to the cross choke option instead. Seemed to work well: I think I'll teach those two next week, to finish off half guard month.
I'm also continuing to play with deep half guard underneath, but it's still rather sloppy at this point. Immediately doing Braulio's 'facepalm' defence to the cross-face works pretty well: I must remember to include that when I show the basic half guard posture.
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 19/08/2015
Start by flattening out your opponent, driving your free knee into their hip, then walking your trapped leg across. Apply a heavy cross-face: this is absolutely central to the technique. Without a solid cross face, they will be able to turn towards you, perhaps even getting a reversal.
Once you've got that cross-face firmly locked in, raise your hips slightly. This is in order to switch your hips, bringing your free knee up by their hip (sliding underneath your trapped leg). Using either the knee or your shin, wedge that against their lower leg leg. With your free arm, grasp their trouser leg and yank it towards you, in order to open up enough space to free your leg. Ideally you also want to keep your head low and turned towards their legs, to make it harder for them to push into your throat.
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Teaching & Sparring Notes: This is something I first saw in Jiu Jitsu University years ago, but I hadn't considered it until I watched Xande's video of the same technique on BJJ Library. It's a simple technique that doesn't need much beyond a cross face. It's probably easier than the opposite side pass I teach (and use) more often, especially judging by how students did with it tonight. I think I'll be teaching this more frequently from now on, fitting well with the basic pressure pass.
In sparring I got in more specifics with Kirsty, both on top and on bottom, as well as a few others. This time when I went for that rolling back take I got stuck by her leg, lacking momentum and leverage. I could perhaps have switched to the banana split or calf slicer, but that would be somewhat unfair on a white belt (though I think the split is technically legal for white belts at most competitions? I should check that, particularly given one of the white belts at Artemis BJJ is quite fond of it).
I managed to get the lapel trap in place this time, first putting it over the arm. I didn't have that locked in as tightly as I wanted, so waited for her to slip her arm free, then switched to the cross choke option instead. Seemed to work well: I think I'll teach those two next week, to finish off half guard month.
I'm also continuing to play with deep half guard underneath, but it's still rather sloppy at this point. Immediately doing Braulio's 'facepalm' defence to the cross-face works pretty well: I must remember to include that when I show the basic half guard posture.
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