i'm not sure exactly how general you are looking for. but still just doing the every day stuff. i have taken a lot of emphasis off training jits and kick boxing and have been spending way more time on conditioning.

I've been grappling alot with my buddies, I'm trying out a bunch of stuff from bottom and I've learned a few sweeps off of youtube, right now I'm mostly focusing on sweeps because I don't feel comfortable on bottom and if I end up there I want some passages of escape.

I want to train with a jiu jitsu guy for that but eh... I only have wrestlers guess I have to make the best of my resources available though.

This post was edited by wanteddead2 on Mar 24 2012 08:28pm

Most recently I've been working on the north-south choke. I am not great at setting up submissions from the top, so I picked a submission and have been working it.

In the last 3 or 4 sessions I think I've hit 6 or 7 of them. I've found the hardest part of the attack is getting your opponents face, facing out so that you can sink in the choke and drive your shoulder. However, it's been working out really well for me. I seem to be able to get it consistently and it's forced me to work on maintaining top control which has been one of the weaker points of my game for a while.

Also been working on the flower or pendulum sweep from closed guard. Thing is fucking tricky.



wrestling is great. keep working hard at it and you won't have to worry about being on the bottom very often.



i mean within the context of grappling.

be as general or specific as you like: is there a specific technique, position, sequence or defense that you're working on?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDf3X6V-Vac
Do you know if the knuckle choke is allowed in MMA/Submission Grappling Competitions? I've been using it when I get into mount usually but I can always go for a mounted triangle and get used to it if it isn't.

This post was edited by wanteddead2 on Mar 24 2012 10:19pm

not sure but you can do a no-gi ezekiel like that.

Alright, thank you, I can give the ezekiel a try it's simplistic like the knuckle choke.

Honestly, I wouldn't bother with either of those submissions.

I'm no expert but I think you're better served sticking to basics like the armbar or key-lock from mount. This is especially true if you don't have any kind of proper instruction.

I'd also forget about sweeps and submissions for now and just focus on basic hip movement as a means of escaping the bottom.

This post was edited by PRBJJ on Mar 25 2012 10:43am

Anybody trying new stuff lately?

I got introduced to the butterfly and x-guard this week. I've seen both of them plenty while rolling at my gym and I use a couple techniques that I kinda learned on my own from butterfly. But we've just started actually drilling techniques from these positions.

x-guard is some CRAZY shit. so many sweeps!

This post was edited by PRBJJ on Mar 30 2012 11:56am

come compete in grapplers quest with me, its in boise idaho in june, im doing the absolute no gi division, it'll be fun.

haha, i'm doing the British Columbia Provincials in a month. my weight and open weight if I win my division.

i don't think i'd be able to afford a trip to idaho, but I'll tell you what.. if there is a big tournament somewhere in oregon sometime soon I might go do that!

This post was edited by PRBJJ on Mar 30 2012 12:18pm