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Thanks Alex, that is a true complement coming from someone of your skill level. I try to teach a position to my guys then come up while a flow to work on to put it to use and I feel it let's them see where it can be applied during live rolling.

Excellent.

Brian I find doing flow drills help me put things together and addressing problems and trying new ideas.

On hitch hiking go toward your thumb. Run it as a flow. Have your partner start in mount go for the arm bar and hitch hike out to side control, they hip escape and recover guard, you pass to mount, arm bar them, and so on. You get to work multiple positions and moves. The speed can be slow as you need it to at first then pick it up as both of you improve.

Brian you do under hook the near leg with the near arm. Here is were you have to be careful, when you under hook the leg you must trap it between your shoulder and head to prevent them from stepping over to counter. As for feeding the arm to set up the hitch hike. You can but you have to have superb timing. This is actually an escape to the arm bar. It's one of those moves that's all or nothing. As I look back at this video was shot some what showing a flow through different moves that are connected. I wish I would have shown shrimping and recovering guard to put you back in for another round of the flow drill.

As requested by Bushidoman the omoplata sweep. This is an old video and not the best reps on my behalf. But you can get the basic idea. You will actually want them to posture up high and whip you legs to the ground straighter than I did in the video to help with your barrel roll.

Congrats sir

Like Bob said another great tutorial, Alex. The leg drag is my go to move from the mount. I'm sure you'll agree but I'm moving to that one before they settle fully into their mount. I have a high success rate with this one. Also as you pointed out the turning of your hips to make the space under their knee is a very important key that a lot of people leave out and I've been guilty of it in the past. On the escape from modified mount I don't understand why most people want to try to bring the bottom knee through when the top knee moves easier. I can usually work both knees through and go for the double shin sweep. But it's all good stuff. Thanks again for posting.

Very insightful as always. I was thinking the same thing when he posed the question. So I'm working along the right lines. Sometimes the best lessons are simple q&a sessions. Thanks for sharing.

I have to agree with everything everyone's said so far. I'm the little guy I'm there with you trying to figure out how move the big guy. As stated about trust in your technique. The devil's in the details. I find I like it better to train with the heavier opponents you have to hit the moves with the precision in order for them to work less room for error. Also when rolling with someone near the same weight they've got nothing you haven't encountered before weight or strength wise. Good luck in your new adventure enjoy and learn.

Brian for the setting up fist you have to secure their body as Tallgeese mentions to stop them from stepping over or rolling out. Then you scoot away to break them down while sitting up. you have to get up on your hand furthest away from you opponent and keep scooting until they are broken down which is the hardest thing. And the speed and downward force of your legs going into the omoplate from guard will help your sitting up. Also Brian I use the omoplata sweep a lot I was referring to the short legs with the spider guard.

Again nice video. Very basic yet very informative. I like your transition to the omoplata from there. You thought you'd mention the omoplata sweep as an option, which is a personal favorite from that position. Also going to the triangle is much easier from the spider guard. I just had some problems sweeping from the spider guard since I tend to run out of leg being on the shorter side. But I look forward to your videos I'm always learning little tricks to put in my bag. Thanks again for sharing.

The hip of the grapeving leg can also be driven down to lock your opponent's hips down. Also I really like that you teach the bent arm and straight arm lock together. This combo you can go back and forth between untill you catch them. And on checking the shoulder I prefer to check at my shin as I like to go for the Omoplata from there. You also do an excellent job of explaining the the "S" mount. Another solid video. Thank you sir.

Again another great lesson. I like that you use the windshield wiper motion to transition from mount to knee on belly and you give the detail of why to do so. I see a lot of people miss this and always get caught in half guard and wonder why. Also the weave you do with the leg under the shoulder, again a lot of folks think you have to have both legs over to finish the arm bar. I personally prefer the foot under the shoulder to block the up due to being able to wedge them up onto their side. Again thanks for sharing, you're school is getting quite the little archive to refer to.

Bushido_man you have several options. As stated above. you have to learn to float on your opponent. Let them move under you giving you a position you can work from. Let the turn up to one side and tae modified mount one knee down and one foot on the floor. I train with a lady that is very good at what my coach calls monkey mount. She uses this for this situation. she puts her feet on your thighs and uses the pressure from that to ride on top. That is one of those things you have to see to understand fully and even be in the position to appreciate it.

I'm always open to suggestions like I said above I'll give it a try. I'm always on the look out for new tips and tricks. I can always learn something from everyone one I encounter.

This is my question. Are you trying to make a given weight class for a completion, fight, or something else? I'm 5'7" and walk around in the mid to high 150's with a lot of body fat but when I get ready to complete I'll drop to under 140 to be in the top end of a lighter weight class. But that's just me I don't worry about weight or body fat typically just my cardio.

Not a problem TJ. As far as turning the hand down I'm teaching the technique as it was taught to me. I don't remember if I stated in the video I'm gripping the back of the collar to lock my partners upper body. And that grip gives me a fast transition back to top half guard if I have to bail on the move. But I'll try the hand placement you have suggested.

TJ-Jitsu that title is correct as I'm a co-of owner of said school and the holder of dan ranking in the main system taught by the school. That being said you will notice I am wearing a blue belt which is the rank I've earned in Brazilian Jui Jitsu. I wear that belt when teaching BJJ so that I show respect to the given art I'm teaching for the night. And these videos are mostly for my students to review. Tallgeese thanks for the kind words. I didn't always show the technique in action or from different angles as I found a small detail can be away from the camera's given angle. I came up with the idea of showing the technique from beginning to end without the breaks and talking to show the flow. I've recently liked the idea of showing it at speed or faster the showing in slow motion, this has come from seeing some high level guys do this on video and I just really like the concept. The emphasis I place on this technique is the same things Luiz Palhares placed on it went he taught it to us last month at my BJJ gym. He was critical on the under hook as well as the knee pinch. And I take everything Master Palhares says to the bank since he on comes to the gym where I train a couple times a year.

This is one of the half guard passes we've been working on at our dojo for the past few weeks. I'm sure tallgeese can pick it apart with details I've left out. Please excuse the hillbilly.

Another great video. I really like the details you give during you videos.

Great video again. I liked the fact you teach to trap the arm, most I've seen don't add that detail until well after the fact. I like what Sensei8 is suggesting with a full speed version before or after the video. Personally what I like to do it when filming is putting a clip of the full technique up either full speed ramped up to 2 times normal speed before hand and then after the teaching put it in slow motion or visa versa.

Great story Sensei8. Mine was nothing that exciting. I once trained as a teenager and had to quit due the job I got after graduating high school. My mind often wondered back to those times and longed to have the knowledge of black belt like my brother. Eight years later he pressured me in to attending the club he was taking part in. At first I struggled getting back in the grove. But after getting knocked around by senior students I began to feel complete. I soon found realized that martial arts was my drug of choice. And there I've been ever since. I never thought I'd reach shodan let alone nidan and be running a dojo.

Yes. I was thinking of recording this week for the half guard stuff. And maybe building on Racoon Valley. Tallgeese thanks for the inspiration to start filming again.

I understand exactly what you are saying here. There are several others that I recently learned from Master Luiz Palhares that would also take a video for you to understand since I neither know were to start in describing them in a way that you could begin to picture what I'm describing.