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Now showing his favorite submission from mount, Xande first grabs his opponent's wrist and pushes it to the ground like an Americana. When his opponent reacts by turning toward the arm, Xande grabs his cross collar thumb in grip and switches to a technical mount. To finish the choke he drops his elbow to the mat and pulls down on the near collar.
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Now when Gustavo has mount, his opponent turns on his side into survival position, so as he's turning, Gustavo shifts his body to the technical mount position. There are many attacks from here, but this time he pushes the top arm to his other hand to set up a Kimura trap. Now he shifts his weight toward the body and throws his leg over the head to finish the armbar.Add to Favorites 450 Remove From Favorites 1251 days ago
Gustavo goes over in finer detail how he traps and secures the arm for this submission. He can't rely on his arm to keep the arm trapped, so he must make sure his legs are pinching and doing most of the work. Another detail is he makes sure the thumb is pointing up when he pulls to finish.Add to Favorites 547 Remove From Favorites 1252 days ago
Picking up where he left off, Gustavo wraps the arm up with his arm and drops his hip to the mat toward his opponent's head. His other hand reaches out to stop his opponent's hip, and makes a grip on the pants. He can finish the armbar from here, or force his opponent to roll and then finish.Add to Favorites 503 Remove From Favorites 1253 days ago
This lesson will be covering some attacks from the mount, and in the first situation, your opponent will by pushing your chest as he tries to bump you off. Gustavo immediately turns his hips toward his opponent and slides bottom leg under the shoulder and slides his other shin across his opponent's face. For now he stops here with the arm trapped between his legs.Add to Favorites 542 Remove From Favorites 1293 days ago
After mounting his opponent, Nick has his collar grip across his opponent's neck, and he looks to get an underhand grip on the other lapel. As he drops his elbow to the mat, he pulls the other lapel, finishing the choke on both sides of the neck.Add to Favorites 735 Remove From Favorites 1339 days ago
Now Josh shows a common scenario he encounters when attacking his guillotine series, in which his opponent flops onto his back. Keeping his guillotine grip in place, Josh rolls back to mount. From here he breaks down the mistakes many people make, and how to properly finish the guillotine.Add to Favorites 610 Remove From Favorites 1510 days ago
Now Rafael shows another option he sometimes uses to help finish the armbar if his opponent's grip on his lapel is really strong. He leans toward the leg and under hooks it to give himself leverage to keep inching his palm down his thigh until he can break the grip and secure the arm.Add to Favorites 681 Remove From Favorites 1511 days ago
Rafael answers a student's question about finishing an armbar when your opponent is defending by grabbing his own lapel. He first threads his arm near the head through and cups his own thigh. He walks his hand down to his hip, and with his other hand he can push the lapel or the elbow to break the grip and secure the armbar.Add to Favorites 573 Remove From Favorites 1716 days ago
Now going through the position, Sensei Saulo explains and shows how important momentum and timing are to get what you want, not just in this technique, but in Jiu Jitsu as a whole.Add to Favorites 538 Remove From Favorites 1717 days ago
After going over some fundamentals of keeping a solid base while looking to attack the armbar, Sensei Saulo covers how to react if your opponent pulls his arm away from your grasp. He immediately grabs the other arm, and swings his hips to change his attack to the other side.Add to Favorites 628 Remove From Favorites 1720 days ago
Now Saulo breaks down how to keep your body at the right angles to attack your opponent, and not give him the space he needs to escape. Also, he shows what to do if your opponent doesn't react by pushing you away after you mount him.