the triangle
so its been a while since I've posted. What can i say? I have a friggin torn ACL so yeah, there are things to do. I realize that I've never shown a triangle on yet so, here is one from the guard.. fairly basic. The staple of gracie jiujitsu and I mean, just a great way to setup so much shit.
THe Triangle
Step 1: The situation
So, skinny zack is in Jb's guard. Zack has both his arms in and is based fairly far forward.. its ok.. cuz justin is gonna try and isolate an arm.
Step 2: The isolation
Justin begins to Isolate the arm by feeding his right knee through zack's shoulder and holding his right wrist back to prevent zack from pushing the knee back down.. there are other ways to create more effective leverage from here, i.e. pushing both legs on Zack's hips and then pulling a leg over his neck, but we wont' get into other gi stuffs right now.
Step 3: Hip it up
JB then throws his hips up, pulls zack's right arm towards JB, and gets his right knee behind zack's head.. ideally you want to get the knee as close to the back of zack's head as possible.
Step 4: get the arm across
Ok, this step just shows justin trying to push zack's arm across his body... important to note.. the reason this step is important is because the choke doesn't really work unless zack's arm is across his body.. his arm is what blocks the front of his neck and chokes...keep that in mind.
Step 5: Get some head
Ok, JB now locks the legs and pushes Zack's head down.this is pretty tight.
Step 6: Apply triangle, make him see stars
This is the final product, notice in the second picture the position of jb's legs, if he triangled the other side, the legs would be switched. in order to apply the choke, three motions have to be simultaneous: JB must push his hips up, pull down on zack's head, and squeeze his knees together.. this applies massive pressure to Zack's neck and will make him pass out or tap. a little hint: if you have trouble locking the legs behind his head, shift your hips out to create more leverage.. EG: if you triangle your opponent and have his right arm trapped (like the pictures) then you shift your hips out to your right. this allows you to get your left leg over your right leg much easier.
So that's the triangle. pretty basic, but very effective. Practice and have fun..
Next time: flow drill -------> kimura--->armbar--->triangle--->armbar
THe Triangle
Step 1: The situation
So, skinny zack is in Jb's guard. Zack has both his arms in and is based fairly far forward.. its ok.. cuz justin is gonna try and isolate an arm.
Step 2: The isolation
Justin begins to Isolate the arm by feeding his right knee through zack's shoulder and holding his right wrist back to prevent zack from pushing the knee back down.. there are other ways to create more effective leverage from here, i.e. pushing both legs on Zack's hips and then pulling a leg over his neck, but we wont' get into other gi stuffs right now.
Step 3: Hip it up
JB then throws his hips up, pulls zack's right arm towards JB, and gets his right knee behind zack's head.. ideally you want to get the knee as close to the back of zack's head as possible.
Step 4: get the arm across
Ok, this step just shows justin trying to push zack's arm across his body... important to note.. the reason this step is important is because the choke doesn't really work unless zack's arm is across his body.. his arm is what blocks the front of his neck and chokes...keep that in mind.
Step 5: Get some head
Ok, JB now locks the legs and pushes Zack's head down.this is pretty tight.
Step 6: Apply triangle, make him see stars
This is the final product, notice in the second picture the position of jb's legs, if he triangled the other side, the legs would be switched. in order to apply the choke, three motions have to be simultaneous: JB must push his hips up, pull down on zack's head, and squeeze his knees together.. this applies massive pressure to Zack's neck and will make him pass out or tap. a little hint: if you have trouble locking the legs behind his head, shift your hips out to create more leverage.. EG: if you triangle your opponent and have his right arm trapped (like the pictures) then you shift your hips out to your right. this allows you to get your left leg over your right leg much easier.
So that's the triangle. pretty basic, but very effective. Practice and have fun..
Next time: flow drill -------> kimura--->armbar--->triangle--->armbar