Training #3

Hi all

Just a reminder that there will be training this week

Same time

Same place

Date: 27th October 2011, Thursday

Time: 6pm-8pm

Venue: Nanyang House, 2nd Floor, Seminar Room 1/2

 

Do get all your friends down

See you guys there!

:)

Recap of Training #2

Recap of Training #2

So what did we do for the 2nd BJJ training?

1) Firstly we did a revision of the ARMBAR

But this time, we added in some variations

Over time, as you practise and hone your BJJ skills

You may find that BJJ is like a chess-game

It's not all about using brute strength

But finding the correct way to break your opponent's defence

Get into the desired and advantageous position

Before controlling and submitting him

So for the ARMBAR we did

It was executed while in a full-mount position

And you first try to execute an AMERICANA on your opponent

Btw AMERICANA is also known as the 

" FIGURE-4 ARMLOCK " or " KEYLOCK "

Wrist control and getting to execute the AMERICANA

As your opponent tries to defend the AMERICANA

You go in for the ARMBAR

Remember to try out both sides!

Even the ladies can do it too!

2) We learn a new technique called the " TRIANGLE CHOKE "

There are a couple of variations of the " TRIANGLE CHOKE "

For the training, we did the most commonly executed one

Which is when you are in full-guard position

Begin in full-guard position

 

Next pull your opponent head towards you by grabbing the neck

 

Convert to high-guard position

Ensure that you are isolating one of his arm

 

Next, extend your hip and "bridge-up"

While remembering to grab your opponent's hand

(the one you wanna isolate)

 

After which, pull his arm across your body

His arm should be in contact with his neck

And at the same time

Shift your body sideways

Get the angle that allows his arm to be positioned against his neck

While you also can manage to shift your leg perpendicular against his head

So that you can prepare to hook your other leg over your own leg

(remember you can use your other hand to aid you!)

 

Once you hook your own leg over each other

Press the leg down 

Using the calf against the ankle

(in this photo case, the right leg)

And there you go

You have succesfully forrmed the "TRIANGLE"

To make your opponent submit

Not only do you have to just press your legs down against his head

You also have to squeeze your hips together

And in the meantime, ensure his own arm is choking himself at the neck area

This is how the " TRIANGLE CHOKE " works

Your legs and hips and body forming the "TRIANGLE"

And then his own arm is choking himself

Cutting off the air supply

So after practising the " TRIANGLE CHOKE "

We also learn how to defend against it

Which is by posturing up

(the typical escape move)

But similar to the ARMBAR

We learn how to variate our move

And transit to the ARMBAR

(yes ARMBAR from TRIANGLE CHOKE!)

As your opponent tries to posture up

Quickly switch your leg that is pressing the calf against the ankle

And hook it over his head

Pushing his head to the side

And executing the ARMBAR on the isolated hand

There you go!

Something new each session!

Remember to come down for training on 

THURSDAY, 27th Oct 2011

6pm-830pm @ Nanyang House Seminar Room 1

It's on the 2nd floor btw

See you guys there!

=)

Training #2

Hi all

Sorry for the lack of updates

Hope you guys are coping well with your studies and training hard!

This is Yong Jun, your new NTU BJJ Publicity Manager!

There will be the 2nd training this week

Here are the information on this week training session

Date: 20th October 2011, Thursday

Time: 6pm-8pm

Venue: Nanyang House, 2nd Floor, Seminar Room 1/2

Do inform all your friends who are interested to come down

Be it of interest, learning a new martial arts skills, self-defense or part of your 

MMA training
Newbies or veterans are all welcome!
Don't worry we don't bite (or choke in our case!)

And keep coming back to this blog for more updates

In addition, do join NTU BJJ Facebook group to get updates from there too!

See you guys on Thursday then!

:)

First BJJ class of sem 2!

Its nice to see some familiar faces. Ok back to business. Here are the things that we have learnt during the class.

1. Mount- It is the most important technique because it provides the most advantageous position. Try to get it if you can! That is the reason why it is taught over and over again for the classes.

2. Side control- Have to have control over the upper body, which will lead to transition.

3. Escape side M

4. Escape open guard- escape from a bad position.

5. Escape from mount- Important too, since the person will try to mount you all the time!!! This technique stresses on the leverage, where you have to find a pivot point and then you can flip, sweep to reverse. Like swinging a door open. You can also grip on his love handle like this guy here =) (Around the 2:20 mark)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoJzRM0DgW8

Thats all for today! Next week there will be more exciting skills to learn!

New BJJ classes

Hi all,

BJJ classes starting again! It is open to everyone, regardless of any past experiences or not. Join us for the learning journey and some fun times too!

Date: Every wednesday 9,16,23 (Feb) ,2,9 (Mar)
Location: SRC Activity Room 3 (same as before)
Time: 7pm-9pm


See you!

Last BJJ Lesson and Mini Tourny (king of hill)‏

Hi all,

The last lesson of the semester is also a mini tournament for all. Glad that it had been fun! Enjoy!












We will be having lessons as well next semester. Be sure to look out for our booth! See you guys next semester!

Photos from Fight G

Enjoy!

sorry i had to take the topless pic away... so unglam
kenneth

Tournament

Hi all!


Here are the results for the last tournament. Congratulations to Darwn!





Score
1 2 3 4 5
Hafiz 0 1 1 1 1 2nd
Thomas 1 0 0 0 1
David 1 0 1 0 1 3rd
Charly Lo 0 0 0 0 0
Darwn 1 1 1 1 1 1st
Jonas Lindberg 0 1 0 0 0
2v4 4v5 1v6 1v4 5v6
1v5 1v2 2v3 2v5 3v4
3v6 4v6 1v3 2v6
3v5

Keep up the good work!

Continuation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Lessons

Dear all


13 October 2010 marks the end of the sessions and we would like to thank all of you for coming down and putting in effort to learn the techniques taught during the lessons. We hope you have enjoyed yourselves during lessons.


For those who are keen on learning more to broaden your knowledge of BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu), you are most welcome to continue; those who did not manage to join us for the first 5 lessons (newbies) are also included as we will be holding 2 different classes this time. Fees remain the same at $30 for 5 lessons.


The venue of our classes are as follows:
Location: Nanyang House (see attached file: location map)
Room: Seminar Room '1'
Time: 6pm to 8pm
Start date: 27-10-2010 Wednesday (non-newbies), 28-10-2010 Thursdays (newbies)
End date: 24-11-2010, 25-11-2010


To mark the beginning of the new classes, we would be holding a mini tournament (FRIENDLY) tentatively on 27 Oct 2010 (Wednesday), after which there will be a gathering for prize presentation and dinner. Those keen on joining the tournament, please send us your weight so we can group you guys accordingly. Even if you are not intending to join the tournament, you are also welcome to come down and take a look, as well as stay for the gathering.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact Hansel at 93387166 or Yong Hwee at 81128082.

The Practice on 6 October 2010

Hello everyone! Last practice had been quite informative and hope that you guys learned a lot from it. We had learned:

1) Rear Naked Choke

To apply this attack, start in Rear Mount, controlling your opponent with the over-under grip. It's important that your bottom hand grabs your top wrist, and not the other way around.

Then grip his opposite (right) shoulder with your top (left) hand. This step is called the “tiger claw,” because your fingers are in a claw shape as they grip the back of his right shoulder.

Now pull your bottom (right) arm out from under his armpit and clasp your hands together, palm-to-palm. Note how your right forearm is pointing downwards. This makes for a very strong position because your arm is braced against his back. Your opponent is still blocking the choke with his hands, which is why we go to Step number four.

With your left hand, regrip the shoulder (just like in step two). At the same time, shoot your right hand forward to knock his right hand off of my forearm, limiting his ability to block your choke. This is a quick motion, almost like a palm strike to his wrist. You won't want to push his hand slowly, or leave your hand dangling out there for him to grab.

Now return to the palm-to-palm grip from step three. Now the noose around his neck is much tighter, and his primary defense – his right hand – has been removed from your forearm. Note how your elbow is positioned directly in front of his nose. Ideally your forearm comes UNDER his jaw and not across his face or chin.

Shoot your right hand deep behind his neck and lock it into place using pressure from your own head. Your left hand is on your right bicep. Squeeze down, in and up in a hooking motion under his jaw. You also stretch him out by extending your legs and arching your back to make the choke even more powerful. Carefully monitor your training partner in case he passes out before he gets a chance to tap out. Following these six steps will turbo charge your Rear Naked Choke attack when you're training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and/or submission wrestling.

2) Break Dance

This is an exercise for you to train your agility. From the position of doing a push-up , try to go to his side in the fastest possible way and while stretching the leg closest to his body out. You can add some variations like stretching your hand out or do it with a smile. =)

3) Side Mount

Side control (often also called side mount or sometimes cross mount) is a dominant ground grappling position where the top combatant is lying perpendicularly over the face-up bottom combatant in such a way that the legs are free and he or she exerts considerable control over the combatant on the bottom. The top combatant is referred to as having side control, and is in a stable position, with the other combatant pinned beneath him or her. From there the top combatant can proceed with elbows, knees, various armlocks, or transition into a mounted position. It is high priority for the bottom combatant to sweep the top combatant or otherwise escape the position, for instance by entangling the opponent's free legs and trying to obtain the half guard or guard.

4) Grappling Session

This is the time where you can apply all of the skills that you have learned! Learning is by doing, so enjoy!

Till next week!