Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Guard Passing: Reacting after the Pass and Clock Choke Attack

We drilled a reaction off passing guard. A common reaction done by the bottom person is to shrimp out and face the top passer. We simulated this position by doing an X pass off the Reverse De La Riva hook. Pretend I am passing to my left side. Once I get around the legs, B shrimps out and is facing me. My right hand goes to B's top shoulder (their left) as my left foot steps toward the head. This creates an angle where my hips are facing B's head. From this position I take a big backstep with my right leg and drop my left elbow into the space under B's left armpit. My left hand grabs the cross lapel and my right hand grabs the back of the lapel with 4 fingers in. My left knee is bent with my foot flat on the floor and my right leg is extended.

I want to transition so that my right shin come across B's back with my left leg out or in. From here I can attack the back.

A transition we worked on is after backstepping, B would turn away to their knees. We are looking for this reaction as it opens a clear path to shoot my right leg in and take the back.

An attack off this position is to attack kimura on B's top (left) arm. A reaction for them is to grab their own lapel or belt. From here I release the kimura grip and grab my own lapel with my left arm to trap B's arm. My right hand untucks B's lapel and once I have the lapel loose I pass the lapel from my right hand to the left keeping B's arm trapped. I then switch back to my position behind their back and use my right hand to get a collar grip and attack the clock choke.

Clock choke variation: Instead of going with my head down on the mat I can bring my hip in behind B's head in a movement similar to kesa gatame. From here I just walk towards the head like a traditional clock choke. This idea behind this variation is to address the possibility of being rolled which is something that sometimes happens when doing the traditional clock choke.

I assume that the back can still be taken with these grips.

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