Swiss/Balance/Stability Ball Drills
As we have been working so much on our top game it only seemed right to experiment with some supplementary drills. The Swiss, Balance or Stability Ball is a an excellent tool for improving one's coordination, balance, dexterity and flexibility. There were a few heavy falls in during the session, me thinks some of us need some practise!
Jeff Glover has some excellent drills on his 'Deep Half Guard' DVD
One of my favourite clips, "C'est Magnifique!"
Thursday, 24 June 2010
14th-17thJune, 2010
Technique
The mount position
After working on transitioning to the mount position we have now looked at establishing the mount. We looked at this from two perspectives:
1. Securing the mount
After successfully transitioning is is imperative that you keep what you have worked so hard to gain., we therefore worked through the following steps:
a) Secure. Ensure you secure the position. you may well find that you are slightly low on your opponents body or even slightly off to one side. Securing your base by applying downwards hip pressure, ensure that at this early stage you have four points of balance on the floor and centre yourself along your opponent.
b) Lock. Again at this early stage you are more susceptible to be thrown/bridged off, reversed or put back into half/full/open guard. Again you may well find yourself lower down on your opponents body, locking the feet behind or under your opponents body can give you that stability. As can grape-vining your opponents legs.
2. Maintaining the mount
After successfully securing the position you will of course face resistance from your opponent, at this stage you must:
a) Ride your opponent vs bucking and bridging.
b) Break his grips vs knee pushes to replace guard.
c) Under-hook and pummel vs attempts to stop you moving higher up your opponents body.
3. Establishing the optimum position
a) Position. This should be high up your opponents body, knees ideally thrust into your opponents armpits.
b) Pressure
i) Downwards - Hip pressure to give you control and to inhibit your opponents attempts to escape.
ii) Inwards - Squeeze your knees together to tighten your base and further restrict your opponents escape attempts. Ensure your feet your tucked as close as possible to your opponents ribs, should the opportunity arise to lock your feet under your opponents body, then take it.
c) Anchors. Your legs will give you two anchors, you may switch between two and four anchors, i..e. your hands, arms on the floor depending on your opponents attempts to escape and your own submission attempts. However, many anchors you are utilising, you should remain in balance and in control.
The mount position
After working on transitioning to the mount position we have now looked at establishing the mount. We looked at this from two perspectives:
1. Securing the mount
After successfully transitioning is is imperative that you keep what you have worked so hard to gain., we therefore worked through the following steps:
a) Secure. Ensure you secure the position. you may well find that you are slightly low on your opponents body or even slightly off to one side. Securing your base by applying downwards hip pressure, ensure that at this early stage you have four points of balance on the floor and centre yourself along your opponent.
b) Lock. Again at this early stage you are more susceptible to be thrown/bridged off, reversed or put back into half/full/open guard. Again you may well find yourself lower down on your opponents body, locking the feet behind or under your opponents body can give you that stability. As can grape-vining your opponents legs.
2. Maintaining the mount
After successfully securing the position you will of course face resistance from your opponent, at this stage you must:
a) Ride your opponent vs bucking and bridging.
b) Break his grips vs knee pushes to replace guard.
c) Under-hook and pummel vs attempts to stop you moving higher up your opponents body.
3. Establishing the optimum position
a) Position. This should be high up your opponents body, knees ideally thrust into your opponents armpits.
b) Pressure
i) Downwards - Hip pressure to give you control and to inhibit your opponents attempts to escape.
ii) Inwards - Squeeze your knees together to tighten your base and further restrict your opponents escape attempts. Ensure your feet your tucked as close as possible to your opponents ribs, should the opportunity arise to lock your feet under your opponents body, then take it.
c) Anchors. Your legs will give you two anchors, you may switch between two and four anchors, i..e. your hands, arms on the floor depending on your opponents attempts to escape and your own submission attempts. However, many anchors you are utilising, you should remain in balance and in control.
7th-10th June, 2010
Technique
Transition to Mount
Concepts
Pinning
Pressure
Over the last few weeks we have been examining ways to move to an even more dominant 'top' position. Other than the guard, the mount is perhaps the most recognisable position in Jiu Jitsu. However, before taking a closer look at the intricacies of this position, we have have looked at various ways of the transition to mount. This is an very important aspect on your top game as a poorly attempted mount transition can often result in your opponent escaping.
We looked at several mount transitions, a couple of which are illustrated in the clips below. But what we tried to emphasise is the mechanics behind each transition rather then just the transitions themselves. The most salient points are:
1. Control. A successful mount transition is executed because you have control over your opponent. This is where you will need to utilise your side control positions to exert this control.
2. Pressure. No surprises here, applying pressure to your opponent, is fundamental to gaining and more importantly keeping control.
3. Timing. One of the transitions we trained was from reverse scarf hold, this transition is somewhat more opportunistic and the correct timing is one factor in determining the success of the transition. That said, it should still be clear that you need to have a degree of control of over your opponent, in this case given by the reverse scarf hold position.
4. Patience. Another key reason for the failure of a mount transition is patience, it is so common to see the person on top gain side control then immediately attempt a mount transition only to be be thwarted - they give up the mount and side control, end up in half, full or open guard and have to start passing all over again. The reason why we spent such a long time drilling side control positions is to give you that confidence to maintain the top position, set up the mount transition properly, then successfully execute.
Transition to Mount
Concepts
Pinning
Pressure
Over the last few weeks we have been examining ways to move to an even more dominant 'top' position. Other than the guard, the mount is perhaps the most recognisable position in Jiu Jitsu. However, before taking a closer look at the intricacies of this position, we have have looked at various ways of the transition to mount. This is an very important aspect on your top game as a poorly attempted mount transition can often result in your opponent escaping.
We looked at several mount transitions, a couple of which are illustrated in the clips below. But what we tried to emphasise is the mechanics behind each transition rather then just the transitions themselves. The most salient points are:
1. Control. A successful mount transition is executed because you have control over your opponent. This is where you will need to utilise your side control positions to exert this control.
2. Pressure. No surprises here, applying pressure to your opponent, is fundamental to gaining and more importantly keeping control.
3. Timing. One of the transitions we trained was from reverse scarf hold, this transition is somewhat more opportunistic and the correct timing is one factor in determining the success of the transition. That said, it should still be clear that you need to have a degree of control of over your opponent, in this case given by the reverse scarf hold position.
4. Patience. Another key reason for the failure of a mount transition is patience, it is so common to see the person on top gain side control then immediately attempt a mount transition only to be be thwarted - they give up the mount and side control, end up in half, full or open guard and have to start passing all over again. The reason why we spent such a long time drilling side control positions is to give you that confidence to maintain the top position, set up the mount transition properly, then successfully execute.
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
3rd June, 2010
Technique
Americana set up
After drilling both the Americana and Kimura submissions we had a further think about creating an opportunity to apply the submission. One of the problems with applying submissions from side control is losing control of your opponent. We always stress position before submission attempts so the below set up, which is actually an 'old school' move, very useful.
We also looked at a couple more set up, a couple of variations are illustrated by JJ Machado:
We ended the session with multiple rounds of positional sparring from side control, the person in the top position attempting to maintain side control and submit, whilst the person on the bottom attempting to escape. We followed this with three five minute rounds of sparring.
Americana set up
After drilling both the Americana and Kimura submissions we had a further think about creating an opportunity to apply the submission. One of the problems with applying submissions from side control is losing control of your opponent. We always stress position before submission attempts so the below set up, which is actually an 'old school' move, very useful.
We also looked at a couple more set up, a couple of variations are illustrated by JJ Machado:
We ended the session with multiple rounds of positional sparring from side control, the person in the top position attempting to maintain side control and submit, whilst the person on the bottom attempting to escape. We followed this with three five minute rounds of sparring.
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