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I'm having trouble doing an armbar.

I can't do it without a cup on, but I see other guys doing armbars (when they're not wearing cups, and they're lifting their hips off the ground). What am I doing wrong? Is there a specific way my body and his arm has to be positioned so it doesn't hurt? I can't do the regular armbar without a cup so I put the arm across my thigh, and they escape because I don't have enough leverage.

So, how do you do this:

http://www.asu.edu/clubs/pankration/ArmBar.jpg

without a cup and without hurting yourself?

Edited by ShotokanKid

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squeeze your knees tight to hold his arm in place, if you dont, the arm will pressue down on your groin.

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So should the knees be what puts pressure on the joint?

Thanks, by the way.

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np, squeezig your knees tight will hold his arm in place so not for it to not put pressure on the groin, but also to help guarantee that he cant just pull his arm out. when his arm is held in place, pulling it where the elbow does not bend and rasing your hips is what is going to cause the pressure.

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Where should the elbow be in relation to my own body?

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the elbow should be facing towards your groin since you are moving up agaisnt it. but if the elbow happens to be facing another way turn the arm that way.

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You can also use your hip bone not you groin as the fulcrum

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Also, be sure not to cross your feet, if you're doing this. It can counter act the effect of squeezing your knees. Be sure your butt is as close to your opponent as possible, the harder it is for the opponent to put his back to the ground, the more effective your arm bar will become.

How are you getting to the arm bar? Are you starting in mount, side control, guard, knee in the belly?

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I'm just practicing the technique... I haven't really used this particular armbar in a match.

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You are probably not pulling the arm across one of your hip bones, just your cup, which is between the two. It needs to be across one of the hip bones, and be sure to squeeze your knees!

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