Teaching #530
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 13/07/2016
Another option for countering the knee cut is to establish some grips. Grab their same side knee, gripping their collar with your opposite hand. Shrimp in towards the far knee, stiff arming with your grips to knock them over. Nathan Adamson has a variation on this, as instead of the far knee he grasps their same side wrist and shoves it in towards them. That has the advantage of giving you powerful passing grips when you come up on top.
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Teaching Notes: Sparring with Milka, I'd tried more reverse de la Riva stuff. Could that be the answer? There isn't a magic bullet to open guard, of course, but I should try this more. Simon has been looking into it a good bit, time I picked it back up again. I particularly like what he mentioned at the open mat on Tuesday, where you can do an easy tripod sweep off it (you're grabbing the heel with the opposite hand, but otherwise, much the same position).
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13 July 2016
11 July 2016
11/07/2016 - Teaching | Open Guard | Knee Cut Counter (Bump)
Teaching #528
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 11/07/2016
The knee cut is among the most common passes in jiu jitsu, so it's useful to have some ways to counter. A simple approach is to knock them off balance. They want their balance centered, you want to disrupt that. Bump them with your knee, with the intention of swivelling up behind them. It could be either knee, depending on the position.
Pulling on the collar can help you with that too. You will end up in a scramble, meaning that a wrestling approach will pay dividends. You're spinning through behind the leg, looking for the back or possibly moving into a single leg off that position.
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Teaching Notes: It's very simple, but a good habit to get people into. I could potentially add in a second knee cut counter to this lesson, but for the moment, I think it warrants it's own class. Once people are more used to the concept I'll try combining them. :)
Artemis BJJ (MYGYM Bristol), Can Sönmez, Bristol, UK - 11/07/2016
The knee cut is among the most common passes in jiu jitsu, so it's useful to have some ways to counter. A simple approach is to knock them off balance. They want their balance centered, you want to disrupt that. Bump them with your knee, with the intention of swivelling up behind them. It could be either knee, depending on the position.
Pulling on the collar can help you with that too. You will end up in a scramble, meaning that a wrestling approach will pay dividends. You're spinning through behind the leg, looking for the back or possibly moving into a single leg off that position.
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Teaching Notes: It's very simple, but a good habit to get people into. I could potentially add in a second knee cut counter to this lesson, but for the moment, I think it warrants it's own class. Once people are more used to the concept I'll try combining them. :)
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