This topic is covered in the video above, and in the instruction of one of our fundamentals weeks at PMA. Sub-topic timestamps below.
Any questions about this topic, either from class, or from your failure in making it work later, please come back to this thread, and we can discuss it here, so others can learn from the Q&A that comes up!
TIMESTAMPS:
• 0:02 - Guard Break 1: Stiff-Arm The Knee Down
• 0:14 - Challenging The Cross Of Their Ankles
• 1:40 - Guard Break 2: Reversed-Base Variant of #1
• 1:52 - Reversing The Standard Base
• 2:29 - The Advantage Of Nothing Underneath
• 2:35 - Guard Pass 1: Near Knee Over
• 3:50 - "Put The Luggage In The Trunk"
• 4:33 - Guard Pass 2: Cross Knee Over
• 5:07 - Popping Up To A Racing Stance
• 5:23 - Leading With Your Head
• 6:01 - Guard Pass 3: Both Knees Over
• 6:46 - When They Block The Knee Drive
• 7:27 - Guard Break 3: Kneeling Angle Step
• 8:11 - Guard Break 4: Standing Bounce
• 8:53 - My Advice Following Standing Guard Breaks
• 9:53 - A Good Time To Standing Bounce
• 10:39 - Guard Break 5: The Knee-Split
• 11:38 - Sitting To Combat Base
Love the idea to be able to revisit this thread after class or after trying to implement these in king of the hill or open mat.
I thought the Pedro Sauer knee inversion trick from the guard was helpful as I’m learning how to position my body correctly for the straight arm… Esteban has surprisingly strong legs and that really helped me break him down using much less effort! ?
Also, thank you @greg-st-pierre for teaching today!
One helpful tip for positioning for the straight stiff-arm...
Let's say you want to push down the leg on your R side:
- Lean R first
- While leaned R, wedge your R forearm, near the wrist, into the (now smaller) space between your ribs and their knee
- Lean L quickly and stiff arm
It helps because, when you lean R, you shift their crossed legs down in that direction, so that when you lean L, you're better able to fit a straightened arm in the space you create, and you'll generally beat them on timing.
