Gogo - Plata!

[Mischievousjoe]

So, just to gloat a little, I havn't been able to train officially much lately as all the gyms around here are way over my price range (130-150 a month!! gotta pay the rent y'know..) But I saw a posting for a free mma class in my area. So I figured what the hell, one free mma class is better than no class at all, and packed my stuff up after work and headed out.

now, to be fair I think I was more experienced at grappling than most of the guys there, but we started rolling after a few drills and I was hitting some sick submissions. An armbar from the back, upside down armbar from the guard, a couple of guilotines, and ::gasp:: a gogo-plata! the exotic of exotic submissions which I have never been able to pull off before. So I guess that class got it out of mysystem a little bit, but man.. I need to find a place to train again.

::end rambling::

[ps1]

Ha! Wow! Sounds like you should approach them about being their grappling coach in return for free use of the gym. Afterall, if you're hitting gogo-plata, then they need help! Even though you're better than them, you could coach them up to your level and you would all benifit from it.

[bushido_man96]

It sounds like you got to have some fun, anyway. Perhaps ps1 is right, and you can work something out with training with them.

I was wondering, though; what exactly is the gogo-plata?

[gzk]

The gogoplata is a choke in which the shin presses against the throat, usually from guard, here's a good demo:

and one in no-gi competition

it's not exactly a beginner's technique, nor one for those with as little flexibility as me.

[Mischievousjoe]

yeah, I'm not really that advanced - just more advanced than most of these guys.. its a fairly new club. They have a decent Jiu Jitsu instructor, so I don't think they'd really want my help instructing at all. But might be worth a shot anyway. Its frustrating right now, because now that i'm back in my home town for an extended period of time - and some decent gyms have opened up I can't afford to enroll in any of them. ::sigh:: ah well.

[bushido_man96]

Thanks for the videos. That looks like a crazy kind of choke!

[Jermz]

Looks crazy good job!

[Rainbow_Warrior]

I chocked a new dude with a gogoplata the other day ( from the full mount , not from the guard).... I can not do that with the average training mates yet , but I give them some pain with the technique.

[bushido_man96]

Very nice! It looks like a complex move to make work, though. Good work!

[pittbullJudoka]

Hey man you deserve the right to brag the go goplata is hard enough to set up let alone sub someone with it. Congrats.