Mixed Martial Arts & Submission Wrestling in South Dublin
>As I say in the video, there are three pressures you can exert on your opponent from guard:
The threat of a submission
The threat of a sweep
The threat of standing up
The last one – just standing up – is the least used of the three. Maybe it’s because it’s just not considered as much, but it’s [...]
Okay, before you read the video, here’s why footlocks aren’t that popular amongst most submission wrestlers/BJJers
The first one is the cultural reason: In Brasil, the guard is considered the pinnacle of zhoo zhitsu. Good guard (or gward) is the essence of BJJ. Normally, to submit someone from top, you need to pass gward. Except with [...]
Here’s a video on how to stay safe in closed guard for jitz.
Anyone else miss Matthew?
Pulling off an omoplata from a single leg attempt is one of the coolest ways you can submit your opponent. Owen Roddy almost caught Tim Murphy with this back in the early Ring of Truth days. The video is not perfect but you should get the gist of it.
Here, Anto shows a reversal
The MMA League is on tomorrow. For those competing
Here’s the Google Map of the area
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The best way to get their is the 46a bus, get off at Booterstown Avenue and it’s a 10-15 minute walk down the road. Or get the DART to Booterstown station and it’s a 5-10 minute walk up the [...]
Here’s a unique submission that doesn’t over rotate the shoulder. In fact, you are actually pulling the joint out of the shoulder socket in this one.
From Side control…
Kevin tries for an underhook with his right arm.
Underhooks are the mecca of wrestling, and anyone who gets proficient at using them and controlling their partner by their use, theirs in the clinch game and everything in it.
The underhook needs to be worked on a lot to get proficient at it, and so many people give up on it because they don’t have [...]
The seatbelt is a hold from behind your opponent where you place one hand over their shoulder and the other under their armpit, so your hands grasp diagonally across his chest (much like a seatbelt!)
When your opponent has his feet underneath your hips in guard, he has butterfly guard on you. There are two passes here. The first one is more technical, and may be harder to pull off. It may even be a bit dated at this stage. But it does show you patience, and a complete way [...]
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