A friend asked em to discuss this very common topic.
I apologise for the low energy – I’m getting over being sick

Recently, BJJScout posted a video of a person getting submitted by a forearm choke in an MMA fight (picture in the thumbnail).

They asked if this was a dirty move in training. To be specific, the move is simply where someone who is mounted on you presses down on your neck with their forearm.

What is mind-boggling to me is that anyone in BJJ would think this was a dirty move and wouldn’t allow it in training. There are of course moves I don’t allow during rolling but I still teach how to defend those moves.
Because it would be irresponsible for me not to. But, I’ve met a lot of students who didn’t learn how because their coach just said “don’t do that because it’s dirty.”

I find this instinct amazing for a few reasons:

* First, and foremost, this is absolutely one of the most common attacks an untrained person will do to you. And, if you’re not training how to defend it then you’re basically unprepared to deal with a common real-world attack.
So, if you are not training to defend this, then you really are unprepared for real self defense. This is what I mean when when I say BJJ schools are teaching people how to defend BJJ but not to defend against the real world.
But, this might be why I submit a lot of bjj people (who know how to defend all kinds of esoteric BJJ techniques) with this choke.

* It’s amazing and embarrassing that this guy didn’t know this very basic defense. It’s actually taught in the original Rorion & Royce tapes that many BJJ people say is too basic and outdated. And, yet, I’ve met very few BJJ people who know it.
A lot of much more dangerous techniques are allowed at many academies and are not considered dick moves. A forearm choke is certainly far less dangerous than an inverted heel hook.

* Many BJJ practitioners and schools portray themselves as Spartan/Gorilla/Viking/Sharks but having to deal with someone pressing their arm on your neck is a step too far?

So, here I show how to defend this submission. Again, I’m not teaching an escape (obviously an Upa is an option here). I’m teaching the Defense. First, you have to learn how to defend a move for when you can’t immediately escape.

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It can be especially difficult to escape side control when your opponent switches their arm position. You’re also in constant danger of a kimura attack.

This effectively stops the re-guard – and if they’re keeping weight on you, you may not be able to turn over for the single leg escape.

Here, I show an option for when you’re trapped in this position. As with most reversals, it’s important that you practice your timing and getting the feel for when their weight is compromised.

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As my friend Black Belt Seth Shamp told me once, “you don’t pass a Guard, you untangle it.”

This really helped me start to think of breaking down the weaknesses and holes in guards as well as focusing on patience when figuring out how to pass guard.

Here, I deal with a particular tough version of DLR where they’re gripping the arm on the foot post side. This makes a lot of the standard passes difficult.

The usual plan is to break that grip but sometimes that’s difficult. So, I came up with a different way to untangle and pass.

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One of the main submission battlegrounds in BJJ is when you get an armlock position and your opponent defends by locking their hands.

You have to have many well-practiced ways to break down their grips. But, you also need options for when you can’t.

Here is one of my favourites – a transition into a very tight triangle.

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When you first start learning BJJ, you get overwhelmed with techniques but you rarely are taught conceptual frameworks in which to put those techniques.

That makes it very difficult to adapt when the situation is new to you. But, if you understand the concepts, then you can create a solution to the problem.

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As Jiu-Jitsu grows and more and more schools and teams appear, the idea of Loyalty to one instructor, lineage or Team is starting to be questioned or even criticised.

“Creonte” isn’t the insult it once was.

In this video, I discuss the idea of loyalty and whether it’s good or bad and when it applies and doesn’t.

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Here are two vital techniques you must master from the half guard along with some basic concepts.
First, you have to be able to recompose to closed guard
Second, you have to be able to escapes the pin.

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This is from a Guillotine Seminar I did in 2015.

My focus in my instruction is always on quality of technique vs. quantity of technique.
I see a lot of people who may know a million setups for a particular submission but have very poor understanding of the mechanics of controlling and finishing the submission.

And, since they invariably fail to finish the submission because of this, they spend time learning more setups hoping that will solve the problem.

Focus on the details of the mechanics!

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Last night I became depressed while teaching. I was discussing a position and joked about a possible submission option from there.
When I said “wristlock” one of my students said “but, Roy. It’s not Wristlocktober.”

I had to patiently explain that every month is Wristlocktober.

Jokes aside, this submission is a core concept of my BJJ. Make them choose between only bad options. Put your opponent in positions where their defenses only open other advantages for you.

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When you roll, you should have fun but you should always focus on something specifically.

For most people, that focus´is exclusively getting the submission.
for me, I tend to focus most of my rolls on different kinds of controls and pressures and studying them.
This doesn’t mean I have to go hard or just smash or completely control my opponent.

More often, I do a kind of flow where I can focus on feeling what’s happening with the movement and his reactions to my weight and blocks.

There are many different kinds of weight (and methods of control) that I use but in this roll, I focused mostly on what I call “dead weight.”
In my upcoming Pressure & Control Instructional, I#ll be covering them all extensively.

I also discuss some knee cut passing principles (sorry about the audio)

Here are a few clips of me explaining some very basic concepts about pressure.

I’ll be going into deep explanation of pressure and control in my upcoming instructional

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I recently taught a two day Group Private Lesson to my friends from Monkey Gym Schwerte.

Here is just a small piece of discussion about the mondset you should have when learning to defend attacks.

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