Monday, April 1, 2013

Pre-Technique Tuesday: Brabo from Closed Guard by Braulio Estima


In case this post didn't make it clear, the Brabo/lapel choke from wherever is what I've been working on as my preferred submission as of late.

That being said, I've also been transitioning to mount and finished it in a way comparable to a mounted collar choke without switching my grip.


Before I had my ACL reconstructed, I played much more closed guard, and after seeing Otavio Souza in the Pans from 20-something, hit it from closed guard, I didn't realize it's basically a brabo choke grip: That being said, here's Braulio Estima showing some set ups for the Brabo choke from closed guard by feeding the lapel with a couple common reactions from your opponent -

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