Category Archives: grappling

It’s easy to jump steps when you get excited.  It’s easy to combine steps and fumble them when you get excited.  It’s easy to forget steps when you get excited. Take, for example, going to school.  First, you get out … Continue reading →

Often, when grappling with someone who’s skilled, you might notice that they don’t just tie you up with their hands, their arms and their legs… they use their feet.  The really impressive (and somewhat disturbing) effect of this is that … Continue reading →

You’d think with this week’s theme being “up in the air” that for grappling class we’d do a flying armbar… but uhm, no – we didn’t.  Instead we worked on three basic chokes: a guillotine, an arm triangle and a … Continue reading →

Last week we worked getting out of the half guard when we were on top.  This week we worked getting out of the half guard when we’re on bottom. We worked on getting an underhook and using that control to … Continue reading →

Half guard is like getting half a sandwich when you’re really hungry – it’s kinda a bummer but at least it’s something to eat.  If you’re on bottom, you’re kinda hanging on and hoping your partner doesn’t pass.  If you’re … Continue reading →