Post by andrewyao on Sept 22, 2005 21:39:03 GMT -5
This class was on knee on stomach.
First we warmed up by doing MMA open guard to standing up.
Even though we don't fight with strikes, doing that move has some fundamental movements that are good for grappling.
Number one, being able to move your hips and turn to follow a standing opponent running around.
Number two, being able to stand up in base effectively.
Next we did the bullfighting guard pass.
We also did the similar looser no-gi move where you grab his legs, swing them back and forth, and run around to the knee on stomach.
Next, from knee on stomach, we did the elbow press. There are pics for this on our site at www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/rcjones/elbowpress.html
To escape the knee on stomach, grab his ankle palm up and hold his ankle in place as you move your hips away. His knee will have to come off your stomach. Either pull him to your guard or get the underhook and get up and take the single leg takedown.
Next, Kimura from knee on stomach. The most common response from a beginner on the bottom is to incorrectly try to push your knee off with his hand. If he pushes on your right knee, grab his wrist with your right hand, grab your own wrist with your left hand. You can either finish the kimura from north south like we did on Tuesday, or you can step over his head and fall back.
One important point for doing the kimura is to pull his elbow up really high, like he's pulling the ripcord on a lawnmower. We demonstrated that his arm will have much lower range of motion when his elbow is high.
At the end, a few of us went over the baseball bat choke using the skirt of the gi. Two main points:
First we warmed up by doing MMA open guard to standing up.
Even though we don't fight with strikes, doing that move has some fundamental movements that are good for grappling.
Number one, being able to move your hips and turn to follow a standing opponent running around.
Number two, being able to stand up in base effectively.
Next we did the bullfighting guard pass.
- You're standing and you grab the gi inside his knees. You move back and pin his legs down with your weight.
- Pin his knees to one side and run around to knee on stomach.
We also did the similar looser no-gi move where you grab his legs, swing them back and forth, and run around to the knee on stomach.
Next, from knee on stomach, we did the elbow press. There are pics for this on our site at www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/rcjones/elbowpress.html
To escape the knee on stomach, grab his ankle palm up and hold his ankle in place as you move your hips away. His knee will have to come off your stomach. Either pull him to your guard or get the underhook and get up and take the single leg takedown.
Next, Kimura from knee on stomach. The most common response from a beginner on the bottom is to incorrectly try to push your knee off with his hand. If he pushes on your right knee, grab his wrist with your right hand, grab your own wrist with your left hand. You can either finish the kimura from north south like we did on Tuesday, or you can step over his head and fall back.
One important point for doing the kimura is to pull his elbow up really high, like he's pulling the ripcord on a lawnmower. We demonstrated that his arm will have much lower range of motion when his elbow is high.
At the end, a few of us went over the baseball bat choke using the skirt of the gi. Two main points:
- The position is good because you can have the cross face and the underhook using only one arm, leaving the other arm free.
- Stay low, because you can use your crossface effectively and because you can sneak your choking hand in and he can't see it.