Anyway, I roll with this brown belt guy, and I'm trying to get him to armbar me because I watched a bunch of videos on armbar escapes last night. So he finally does it towards the end of the round, and I use Keenan's grab your hamstring method, and it worked! He couldn't tap me, and I was then fighting to shove his leg under mine. But then the buzzer rang. Whatever.
Then, as customary when I roll with anyone who has 2 stripes or more on their blue belt or is a higher belt, I asked him for advice.
"Use technique," he said. "You're too wild."
............I lay there and didn't do anything and just defended. I barely moved. And I thought I was using technique, and it really felt like I did, but apparently not. So here is where the awkward part is, because I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or not.
1. Because I have better body use than most people, it may feel like I'm brute forcing a lot of things. Very possible.
2. Because I am a relatively new blue belt, and have only been sparring for 10 months, it probably feel like jello to him
3. !?!?!?!?!?
4. I actually am not using technique.
And I have no idea which one of the four it is...
Anyway, I rolled with some other much nicer people, one of which told me the following:
"When you do a move, either do 100% or don't do." He said with an accent.
Thanks man. I'm going to think about that and do that. I totally agree. No more half assey moves.
Also, there was another brown belt (a much nicer one), who worked with me on my armbar escapes, and here's what I learned:
- If they lock up on you, they are very tippable with the leg swing; go in the direction that is opposite of the arm they are hooking you with
- If they are uncrossed, you can use your safe elbow to wedge their south leg
- When you hitchhiker, really elevate your shoulder on the same side and shoot for 90 degrees
- Mixups!
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