Philly Saddle entry from false reap counter

 

Philly Saddle counter to Headquarters or Reverse guard

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Passing chains from Headquarters: competition compilation

 

Passing chains with options - click for YouTube.

 Detailed introduction to the Headquarters available on Patreon. 

Knees folding pass - live on Patreon

Patreon available here: 

The knees folding pass is a competent response to Reverse guard (also works well as a intermediary position from Headquarters & after exposing the heels and forcing your opponent supine). It’s important to have training partners throwing competent passing options/chains/pressure at you to test for deficiencies or bad habits in your Reverse guard:

Wrist lock from Choi bar or omoplata (with competition example)

 

Reverse Guard Competition examples:

 Click HERE for competition examples leading to knee pinch ankle lock, false reap, outside heel hook, and inside heel hook 

Reverse Guard: overview of counters to standing passes

 Quick Summary of Reverse Guard counters to standing passers after entry

Patreon breakdown HERE. 

Reverse Guard - wrestle up counter to knee cut passing

 Below is a piece from the Reverse Guard system going up on Patreon each week: Click Here. 
There are 17 parts in total: covering everything from guard passing responses to the guard itself: knee cut, stepping over the hip, knees folding pass to the various attacks which it creates: heel hook, aoki lock, and straight ankle lock, and the basics of entry to the guard along with the pursuant off balancing mechanics. 

The ending portions will cover when Reverse guard fails and chaining it to single leg x & half butterfly. 

This portion is how to counter when someone knee cuts across the line of your hip as a response to Reverse Guard, competition footage is from the ADCC West Coast trials, Round 2. 

Reverse Guard system has launched on Patreon

Reverse guard has arrived on Patreon: entries, sweeps, off balances, and attacks  

Kneebar and other systems forthcoming: all systems verified in competition 

LegLock PSA: knee shield wrestle up vs half butterfly inversion to shotgun kneebar + defensive reaction

LegLock PSA: Puelles-Guida Kneebar Breakdown

Aoki Lock to Straight Ankle Lock - Naga Adult Expert -149

Reverse Guard 1-1 : wrestle up counter to knee passing across the hip

 

Quick UFC 273 Predictions:

 Korean Zombie by decision 

Burns by submission 

Yan by 5th round stoppage 

Dern by submission 

Pichel by TKO 

Oleinik by submission 

Hernandez by TKO 

UFC 273 Countdown Full Episode: Volkanovski vs Korean Zombie, Sterling vs Yan, & Burns vs Chimaev

ADCC West Coast Trials - 66kg knee pinch straight ankle lock

 

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Counter X guard with a knee pull thru heel hook to back exposure option

Patreon coming soon:

overhook + shotgun armbar + K-Guard entry

 

UFC 272 Picks

Hardy via TKO 

Oliveira via submission 

Did Anjos by submission 

Barboza via TKO 

Masvidal via decision 

UFC 272 Countdown Special: Masvidal vs Covington, Barboza vs Bryce Mitchell

Double barreled Leg Attacks: toe hold + kneebar to force predictable reactions

 Having tools to force predictable and repeatable responses from your opponents is the difference between imposing finishing scenarios and shooting in the dark hoping to catch people periodically. Below, I elaborate on combining your leg attacks to produce desired responses to then anticipate and finish. Patreon coming soon. 

Guard Passing Chain from failed bodylock (Roberto Jimenez Inspired)

 

Patreon coming soon

 I appreciate the short form of a 1 minute or 2 min breakdown, but in efforts to increase the transmission of grappling systems and how to integrate them into training I’ll be launching a Patreon soon. All of the collected free content on here will remain and I’ll continue to post the short breakdowns on here, but for detailed long form explanations of positions and system, and breakdown of positional rounds/training to implement them I’ll be offering a Patreon for $10 a month. 

Guard Passing Chain (Fabricio Andrey Inspired)

UFC 271: Adesanya vs Whittaker - Picks & Prognostications

 Gonna go out on a limb and say Whittaker takes a decision. I'm inclined to agree the burnout theory as to why he lost the fight with Adesanya (as anyone having fought Romero multiple times can really accumulate damage/mileage). I think the Blachowicz fight showed also that takedowns across open space and against the cage are the surest path to victory and I think Whittaker is not nearly as flat on his feet as Blachowicz. What Blachowicz also did was utilize great head movement to not let Adesanya mark that range with the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd punch that ends with the kicking combinations etc. It may also have been that Adesanya was reticent to kick in front of Blachowicz knowing the blast double was coming. I think if Whittaker utilizes a more varied gameplan and can pin Adesanya against the cage or just shoot from range early in the round after mixing it up with feints and leads and headmovement, he can take 3 of the 5 rounds. 

Tuivasa vs Lewis: you can never bet against the Black Beast, it's that simple. I think Lewis hurts and finishes Tuivasa in the 1st or 2nd round. 

Cannonier vs Brunson: Cannonier is the more consistent fighter as Brunson has looked great against some guys and slipped against others lower in the ranking (not that I put that much stock in the "rankings" but against guys with less impressive resumes/bodies of work). I think Cannonier takes this one if it stays upright, and Brunson takes it if he's able to put Cannonier on his back 2 or 3 out of 3 rounds. If I had to bet money, I'd take Brunson with a wrestle heavy top game. 

Moicano vs Hernandez - Moicanao is a guy I've always been impressed by since he returned to the UFC. His striking is dangerous as is his JiuJitsu. Moicano by submission. 

Arlovski by decision over yet another upstart in the HW division. 

Bobby Green vs Haqparast - Green has losses to more notable guys as he's got a much longer UFC resume, with losses to Fiziev, Trinaldo, Moises, Klose et al. Haqparast recently came up short against Dan Hooker which isn't a knock as I think Hooker is literally a spot or 2 removed from winning a belt depending who's holding it. Haqparast has wins over Silva, Diakiese, and Munoz. This is a tough one to call as both guys are in the same range of picking up wins over competent opposition but also have lost when moving up the food chain. I'd go with Haqparast as I think Green's ability to adjust and improve on the areas of the fight pertaining to the current wave of MMA has lost a step. 

UFC 271 Countdown Episode: Adesanya vs Whittaker, & Lewis vs Tuivasa

Guard Passing Chain (Keenan & Canuto Inspired)

Failed arm drag to the back, 10 finger S-Grip backtake

Pandemic JiuJitsu: How to train during a/the Pandemic

Butterfly Guard Framing/Retention basics

Having spent a considerable portion of the last 3 years improving my body lock passing it's been just as important to detail for my students the frames and angles which do the most to thwart my bodylocking efforts, below are 2-3 that immediately take advantage of a lackdaisical body lock passer and will reinforce your butterfly guard.

Cross collar grip feed to Georgian Grip + Osoto/Sumi throw options

Back teaching Judo again, so there will be some more Judo content for those stumbling onto this corner of the grappling interwebs: Frank DeWit (and Khabarelli of course) are the 2 guys I never get tired of watching bury folks with this grip:

Spicy Single Leg X + toe hold + ankle lock