Showing posts with label closed guard set up for brabo choke Braulio Estima. Show all posts
Showing posts with label closed guard set up for brabo choke Braulio Estima. Show all posts

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 -