Mounted Attack: Arm-Lock
September 22, 2009
This month on TeamRKS.com we are again featuring a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu technique excerpted from our featured book, Gracie Submission Essentials, which can be purchased in our Pro Shop. Buy a copy today!
From the book: “Good things happen when you achieve the mounted position and begin to attack. By incorporating more than one option in your attack combinations, you add difficulty to your opponent’s recognition and increase his reaction time. In this technique, Royler stars with a choke and switches to the arm-lock when David correctly counters the choke.”
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Back Attacks: Collar Choke to Arm-lock
June 24, 2009
This month on TeamRKS.com we are again featuring a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu technique excerpted from our featured book, Gracie Submission Essentials, which can be purchased in our Pro Shop. Buy a copy today!
From the book: “Your opponent is not a static dummy and will try to defend most attacks that you attempt. Although you have a timing advantage when you have back control, he will still try to defend and counter your choke attempts. When faced with with a good defense (to the choke), Royler switches to the arm-lock to catch David.”
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Attack from Side Control: Parallel Choke
May 4, 2009
Again this month on TeamRKS.com, we are featuring a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu technique excerpted from the great book, Gracie Submission Essentials, which can be purchased in our Pro Shop. Buy one this week to help you review between classes!
From the book: “The parallel choke from the knee on the stomach position is a very powerful choke that will surprise many an opponent. Normally the choking hand comes in grabbing the opposite collar in a crossing pattern. In this case, the first hand does not change position from the normal control (behind the neck) so it doesn’t alert the opponent to the impending submission.”
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Grandmaster’s Favorites: Choke from the Mount
March 23, 2009
This month we have selected another of Grandmaster Helio Gracie’s Favorite Jiu-Jitsu techniques from the book, Gracie Submission Essentials, available for purchase in the Pro Shop at RKS and LKS.
From the book, p. 40: “Grandmaster believed very strongly that the basic position are the keys to everything…we go and try more advanced and complicated options…but at the end…we come back to the simple basic position.”
“In a street fight or a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu match, the mount is one of the best positions to be in…the keys to successfully applying the choke from the mount are, first, to maintain the position, and second, to apply and maintain the proper choking pressure.”
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Grandmaster Helio’s Favorites: Choke from Standing
February 6, 2009
Out of respect for Grand Master Helio Gracie’s recent death, but in honor of his life, and in memory of his art, we have chosen this month’s Gracie Jiu-Jitsu technique from the book, Gracie Submission Essentials, which, as you know, can be purchased in the Pro Shop at RKS and LKS.
From the book: “Grandmaster Helio Gracie believes in having solid grips for his submissions, especially the chokes. As the Grandmaster says, “If your hands grip properly, the submission is almost complete.” Many times, when fighting for grip control your opponent will concentrate so much on the battle for control that he leaves himself open for a choke… Whenever he is able to use his right hand to control the inside of his opponent’s collar, Grandmaster Helio likes to use this choke as a quick fight-ender.”
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Side Control Attack: Shoulder Lock
January 14, 2009
This month on TeamRKS.com, we are featuring a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu technique excerpted from the great book, Gracie Submission Essentials, which can be purchased in our Pro Shop. We recommend it!
From the book: “This is one of Royler’s favorite and most lethal submissions. The shoulder-lock from side control is both sneaky and effective. Your opponent will not be expecting the arm lock, and won’t be aware fo what is really coming until it is too late. The key to this attack is the pressure on the chest and the arm wrap.”
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Timing is Everything
September 23, 2008
“Everything in life is about timing. Buy the ticket with the six winning lotto numbers on the wrong day, and you end up with nothing but a piece of paper, instead of becoming an instant millionaire. Jiu-Jitsu is much like life – if your timing is wrong, then even the best and most perfectly executed technique will fail.”
(excerpted with permission from Gracie Submission Essentials, page 10)
Karate Begins with Defense
May 2, 2008
Protect yourself! For starters, protect your face! Proper glove position is the first step to proper defense in sparring class. Of course, in the real world, defending yourself without gloves would be similar.
Hold your right hand close to your right cheek. I like to hold my left hand slight higher and slightly forward. Both hands should be turned inward, with palms facing each other. This enables you to punch with strength by rotating your hands inward when you throw your punches.
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