14.04.2023 This morning brought my teacher client from USKO Cotswolds onto hour three of his submission grappling/ground fighting course. After our normal warm-up of sport specific mobility and muscle activation exercises we revised the pin flow sequence, linking both directions, before focusing back on the side control position. Picking up from our previous lesson, we looked at the Americana arm-lock. This was taught in a four-part muscle memory sequence before the full technique was performed for a set of 10. The first part involved gaining the initial first grip with a pronated hand over a supinated arm. After this was repped for 10, the client continued to the next stage by repping the threaded arm position 10 times with his other arm. This sets the arm up for the submission. The third part puts both these parts together as single sequence and repped again for 10. Finally, this was repeated again with client's eyes closed. We could break this down into reps of five to drill down even tighter mechanics. However, I felt it was important that we move onto an overall tactic. After the full technique was performed, we looked at dealing with counters. It's important to reposition as soon as you feel strong resistance. This might range from better weight distribution in side control to transitioning into another pin or changing techniques. Here we looked at switching to the arm-triangle choke (strangle) and I went through the details of its correct execution. We then moved onto all the escapes from side control that had been covered in the previous lesson. This included escapes from the head-lock variation. In essence, the basic escapes are dependent on whether the opponent's weight is forward or back. With the former, the hips are pushed into the opponent's hips; with the latter, the hips are pushed away. In all instances the fighter bridges and snakes being careful not to over-rotate and to maintain the structural tension throughout the movement. Conventional side control escapes both usually involve moving to guard although escape from a weight forward pin can result in a dog-fight position. Although I demonstrated this position and half-guard, it is too early to begin training anything beyond the full closed guard at the moment. We will move onto other guard concepts when we cover fighting from underneath. Escaping the headlock version varies more on a basic level. A weight forward pin can be reversed whereas a weight back pin is best countered with an escape to guard. https://clubbchimera.com/services/
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