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Weird Naked Choke

Sean Flanery demonstrates the “weird naked choke” when you have back control, but don’t be fooled, there’s nothing weird about this move! It is one of my immediate attacks when an opponent defends his neck with his hands making it hard to clinch the choke..and yes, Steve was the “red power ranger” from the hit series!

Mount Choke

You might remember Sean Patrick Flanery from “The Young Indiana Jones”,  “Powder”, or “Boodock Saints” and soon to be “Saw VII” coming to theaters soon. But i know him as the owner and Black Belt of Hollywood Brazilian Jujitsu (HBJJ). He is a phenomenal grappler and a great instructor.

We often talk about martial arts and what’s amazing is that he also believes in the same core concepts as i do, he also practices the “old man’s method” into his grapping skills, which is why we have so much in common.

Today he goes over a choke from the mount position, which is sometimes called a “fist choke”. it’s a great move that can also be used to setup other submissions such as the armbar which he will demonstrate.

De La Riva Guard

De La Riva Guard is a versatile position when on your back. Of course, in a self defense situation you don’t want to ever go to the ground, but things happen and when you do fall on your butt, you want to know an advantages and safe way to get back to your feet without eating kicks and punches along the way.

This is also an excellent guard for Submission Grappling and has many uses. Have fun practicing the De La Riva Guard and the Tripod Sweep. Just make sure to go slow as you perform the sweep to control the takedown of your opponent and keep him safe. This sweep done quickly will completely lift your partner off the ground and he will land violently, so please go slowly and with control.

most of all, have fun training!

Mike’s Tournament

Mike competes at his first submission grappling tournament at the Grappler’s X held in Long Beach, CA this sunday and takes Silver Medal, great job, Mike!

song is “Wake Up” by Arcade Fire

Controlling Side Mount

Side Mount, Side Control, Side Position, Keep that Mofo on his Back, whatever you want to call it, is a very dominant position in grappling. what i wanted to convey is how i use many wing chun concepts and apply them to my grappling. to me, this is “chi sau” or sensitivity drills using the “body” rather than with the “third stick” of the arm, which is more familiar to a wing chun practitioner.

regardless whether you only do chi sau or grappling or both, the main concepts are exactly the same. such as “position before submission” or “position before striking”. but so many of us are impatient and want to get to the “hitting” or “submission” as early in our training as possible. but it’s pointless without the knowledge of the “positional concepts”.

So i’ve decided to change my approach of how i continue the Grappling Tutorial to focus more on the concepts and why and how each movement in submission grappling works. and guess what? it happens to be the exact concepts and principles of wing chun…yay! hopefully you understand why i do both and you understand now what i mean by “one method” regardless of what range you are in when it comes to “fighting in the ring”.

I also want to encourage you to learn and practice submission grappling as a form of “understanding your body changes” that will enhance your “chi sau changes” and vice versa. not to mention the great workout!

the more you practice the “concepts” of wing chun, the more you embed them deep into your being. they say that “repetition” is the mother of skill. and i agree. so this is just another way for me to practice those “concepts”.

finally, i want everyone to understand that this is only me sharing what works for me, there are many ways to control side mount, but due to my size and strengths and weaknesses, this is what works for me. other grapplers have different strengths and weaknesses than my own and their method will be different, such as “squaring up more”, keeping the far side knee down and using it to “block the opponents hip” or using their far side arm to “block the opponents hip. you as a martial artist should constantly research and find what works for you.

take care and peace!

Jin

How to Shrimp

Knowing how to shrimp is a very important movement, because it is used in many different situations. The concepts of how to shrimp are very similar to the wing chun structure, especially, how the elbows are used to maintain proper body structure.

you can practice this by doing the shrimp movement down the length of a floor alternating from the right to the left in a nonstop manner. this is also a good way to warmup.

Single Leg Takedown

Double Leg Takedown