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Originally Posted by caught_clean
I think I am going to go back and focus on the guard for a bit. I always have felt pretty solid on top, passing etc, and focused the last little while with halfguard stuff and kind of got caught up in that for awhile.
Just got home from a really good no gi class, got to get 4-5 good rolls in until I was just done. I have been working a lot of arm dragging and other back takes from the guard, as I also reaaaaaly want to focus on the entire back game.
imo the butterfly guard is the only way to go if you are not crazy tall and lanky. it's really easy to sweep and attack from butterfly. Also easy to leglock off of it.
also it's really hard for larger guys to smash you because if they drive in to smash, you can use your legs and arms together to not get smashed. You make yourself into a ball which keeps all the weight off.
Another cool advantage to using butterfly hooks is that it's really hard to do traditional passes so people will put their head down when they pass which makes it easy to guillotine people.
overall for no gi esp i think it's the only way to go.
Also if you start playing around on the back, try some chokes with no hooks in. you really dont need any hooks because your arms make the frame so there is no need for hooks.
If you get the hooks in it is pretty intuitive on how to get out. get rid of hook, go to that side, turn in whatever. But if you do not have any hooks there is no real way to get out. Also if they do get out you are never in a bad position. I dont see any vids on youtube that illustrate this so i might have to do one tom morning. It's not a rear naked choke that you will be using. It's kind of like this one. This is not perfect but is kinda what I am talking about.
Also advice to everyone starting out. Concentrate on chokes and leg locks. They are the only real submissions. Everything else is inferior. There are alot of dudes I wouldnt want to fight with a broken arm.
Last edited by Rootabager; 12-20-2011 at 07:38 PM.
Reason: not RNC