12/10/2018 - Teaching | Mount | Tech mount to the back

Teaching #804
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 12/10/2018

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Technical mount is useful for maintaining your mount, as per the drill we regularly do where you pull the elbow back up. It also enables you to take the back, with Galvao's method. If you have a collar grip, you can pull them up enough to jam your knee under their shoulder. Use that to get them onto their side. You can now drop back from technical mount, rolling them over the knee you've just stuck under the shoulder, near their head. The foot you had by their hip becomes your first hook, so you just need to bring the second hook over. Cut your knee underneath them to help facilitate that back position. There are a bunch of chokes you can do from there too, as per the below vid, but the back take is the most straight forward option.

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The same kind of motion that you use to initially take the back works well as a method of retaking the back too if you lose one hook, so it has some versatility. In the context of retaking the back, the time to use this is before they get their shoulders to the mat. They've managed to clear one of your hooks and started bringing their hips over. Before they can get their shoulders to the mat, press your chest into their shoulder and roll them onto their side, in the direction they were escaping. You'll probably need to balance on your shoulder and head to get into the right position.

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As they have cleared one of your legs, you should be able to then slide that knee behind their head (you might need to post on an arm, but see if you can do it without releasing your seatbelt grip). Sit back and roll them over your knee, then re-establish your second hook. You can keep doing that from side to side as a drill. There's also a handy kimura grip you can use to help secure your technical mount, either to move into the back take or progress to a variety of technical mount attacks.

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Teaching Notes: Small class, ran through the usual stuff on back takes. Cut under with leg, not too low or it will be hard to roll them over it. Getting that seat belt. Also, you don't need to bring your other leg over, it's already in place for the back. A few people were sticking their leg across, which would make sense for a body triangle, but not needed for standard back control.

I also briefly showed recovering the back when you lose it, plus the single hook. Is that too much? I think it's probably ok. I didn't show the back take from super high mount, not entirely sure if it quite fits here. Best to think of typical follow ups, what flows together.

Vids for this one, sorted. No need to update. ;)

10/10/2018 - Teaching | Mount | Technical Mount Maintenance & Simple Back Take

Teaching #803
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 10/10/2018

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If your partner turns underneath your mount, such as when they try to get an elbow into your knee, you can switch to technical mount. Put your weight on your hands, in order to make it easy for your legs to slide into position. When they turn, they will open up some space by their back. Slide your knee up into that space, aiming to get it by their head. With your other leg, bring your heel to their far hip. You're also going to twist your torso, meaning that you are facing in the same direction they are. Bring your chest tight to their shoulder blade, your lower arm going over their shoulder, the top arm under their armpit. Clamp your hands together, in a position much like the back.

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Technical mount is useful for maintaining your mount, as per the drill we regularly do where you pull the elbow back up. It also enables you to take the back, with Galvao's method. If you have a collar grip, you can pull them up enough to jam your knee under their shoulder. Use that to get them onto their side. You can now drop back from technical mount, rolling them over the knee you've just stuck under the shoulder, near their head. The foot you had by their hip becomes your first hook, so you just need to bring the second hook over. Cut your knee underneath them to help facilitate that back position.

The same kind of motion works as a method of retaking the back if you lose one hook, so it has some versatility. In the context of retaking the back, the time to use this is before they get their shoulders to the mat. They've managed to clear one of your hooks and started bringing their hips over. Before they can get their shoulders to the mat, press your chest into their shoulder and roll them onto their side, in the direction they were escaping. You'll probably need to balance on your shoulder and head to get into the right position.

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Alternatively, you can use the technical mount to get into a solid high mount. As they try to turn, you switch to technical mount. Control their elbow to pull them back flat to the mat. In the process, take the opportunity to drive your knee up into the space, resulting in a high mount.

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Teaching Notes: Went a bit more conceptual today, especially as I knew that some of this would have already been covered when I was away. So, I focused on technical mount, creating a window and filling it with the knee. Then how you can grab far elbow, replacing that with your other knee to go straight into a high mount. Good method.

18/05/2018 - Teaching | Mount | Technical Mount Chokes

Teaching #779
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 18/05/2018

If your partner turns underneath your mount, such as when they try to get an elbow into your knee, you can switch to technical mount. Put your weight on your hands, in order to make it easy for your legs to slide into position. When they turn, they will open up some space by their back. Slide your knee up into that space, aiming to get it by their head. With your other leg, bring your heel to their far hip. You're also going to twist your torso, meaning that you are facing in the same direction they are. Bring your chest tight to their shoulder blade, your lower arm going over their shoulder, the top arm under their armpit. Clamp your hands together, in a position much like the back.

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For the standard technical mount choke, use the hand you have under their top arm to grasp their nearest collar, then open it up. Your other hand curls around their neck, whereupon you can feed the collar for a tight grip. Your first hand is now going to push through past the crook of their elbow, catching their arm in the process. Bring that hand behind their head, then pull your collar gripping hand back towards you, snaking around their neck. This should result in a tight choke: close it off by pushing the fingertips of the hand behind their head to the mat. That drives their head into the collar, which you're also tightening up at the same time.

If they manage to block your choking hand, you can instead switch to an armbar. Your top arm will reach through and grab your own gi, while your other arm will post directly in front of their face. This help prevent them escaping the attack. Lean towards their feet, step your leg around their head, then drop back for the armbar, squeezing your knees as usual. You can also roll through for chokes, along with the bow and arrow (as per the vids below).

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Teaching Notes: I went for three different chokes today, as I wanted to build a sequence. That may have been too many, I could just stick with the arm thread and the bow and arrow. Still, I think that third choke provides a handy option, as it is possible they will turn away and block the first two chokes. However, to delve into that technique properly, I'll need to drill and practice it a load more, with a fully working knee.

17/03/2017 - Teaching | Mount | Technical Mount Maintenance & Arm Thread Choke

Teaching #646
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 17/03/2017

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If your partner turns underneath your mount, such as when they try to get an elbow into your knee, you can switch to technical mount. Put your weight on your hands, in order to make it easy for your legs to slide into position. When they turn, they will open up some space by their back. Slide your knee up into that space, aiming to get it by their head. With your other leg, bring your heel to their far hip. You're also going to twist your torso, meaning that you are facing in the same direction they are. Bring your chest tight to their shoulder blade, your lower arm going over their shoulder, the top arm under their armpit. Clamp your hands together, in a position much like the back.

For the standard technical mount choke, use the hand you have under their top arm to grasp their nearest collar, then open it up. Your other hand curls around their neck, whereupon you can feed the collar for a tight grip. Your first hand is now going to push through past the crook of their elbow, catching their arm in the process. Bring that hand behind their head, then pull your collar gripping hand back towards you, snaking around their neck. This should result in a tight choke: close it off by pushing the fingertips of the hand behind their head to the mat. That drives their head into the collar, which you're also tightening up at the same time.

If they manage to block your choking hand, you can instead switch to an armbar. Your top arm will reach through and grab your own gi, while your other arm will post directly in front of their face. This help prevent them escaping the attack. Lean towards their feet, step your leg around their head, then drop back for the armbar, squeezing your knees as usual.
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Teaching Notes: I focused on explaining technical mount and the arm thread choke today, mentioning the armbar without going through it in detail. I think that works ok, especially as there were a few new people who hadn't seen the basics of going to technical mount and taking the back. I included them both as drills too, which hopefully helped familiarise people with them before getting into the main technique. Positioning the chest on the shoulder blade is something to emphasise whenever I teach technical mount, especially the move to the back.

08/04/2016 - Teaching | Mount | Technical Mount Choke

Teaching #491
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 08/04/2016

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For the standard technical mount choke, use your hand nearest their chest to scoop up their arms, also preventing them from digging an elbow under your leg. You need to get a hand under their top arm to grasp their nearest collar, then open it up. Your other hand curls around their neck, whereupon you can feed the collar for a tight grip.

Your first hand is now going to push through past the crook of their elbow, catching their arm in the process. Bring that hand behind their head, then pull your collar gripping hand back towards you, snaking around their neck. This should result in a tight choke: your first hand is mainly blocking their arm, rather than playing a major role in the choke. Simply keep driving that arm through as far as you can.

If they manage to block your choking hand, you can instead switch to an armbar. Your top arm will reach through and grab your own gi, while your other arm will post directly in front of their face. This help prevent them escaping the attack: if you want to be mean, you can also dig the elbow of your first arm into their side. Lean towards their feet, step your leg around their head, then drop back for the armbar, squeezing your knees as usual.

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Teaching Notes: There is a Saulo choke version of this, where you grip differently, but I'll save that for later: it's harder to land, as you have to get the pressure right. Main thing I want to emphasise on this next time is what your pushing arm does. You keep extending it past their head, sliding behind. A few people seemed to get confused with the motion, so I'll spend a bit more time demonstrating that next time. All in all worked ok though, as it isn't a difficult choke. :)

I didn't go into detail on the armbar, but I'll leave that in the notes for next time. I did mention it, as that's a good follow up which is right then when you're going for the choke.