Grappling musings
HighlightI was in a guy's guard and he tried to armbar me, so I stacked him (aka, I pushed his legs until his knees touched his nose) and moved into side control. Then I followed BJ Penn's side control to mount advice; I was super surprised by how well it worked. In mount, I kept working for an americana, but couldn't get it. There were some armbar opportunities, but I fear I would miss getting my leg on his head and thus screwing up the armbar.
I established a good base, so the other guy wasn't able to bridge me off. Eventually, I slowly worked my knee up to his head and I went for the armbar. However, he crossed his arms and I couldn't/didn't know how to finish him.
A spectator told me I did a good job of swinging my leg over and next time, I should pin his wrist to my chest before falling backwards for the armbar.
In mma fights, in the mount, I notice that Nogueira usually isolates an arm and goes for a figure four hold before going for the armbar. I should try that next time.
Lowlight
I have a bad habit of leading with my head or letting my head get pushed down, thus leaving me vulnerable for guillotines. Anyhow, I get caught in a guillotine and the guy pulls guard. I ended up in half guard, but I started panicking instead of staying calm. So I ended up tapping. Shameful.
posted by Edward @ 11:04 PM
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