Recent Posts Tagged With 'closed guard'

• The Arm Drag

  Posted on Thursday April 9th, 2009 at 09:11 in karate, stand-up, brazilian jiu jitsu, half guard, ground game, closed guard

  The Arm Drag is a ridiculously simple move, so simple that I don't even like thinking of it as a technique in itself! To perform it, you just need to grab, pull and guide your opponent's leading/attacking arm (yes, with more finesse than I've describ...

• Americana from Closed Guard

  Posted on Thursday February 26th, 2009 at 09:00 in brazilian jiu jitsu, ground game, armlocks, closed guard

  Also known as ude garami in Judo; Sometimes called a Key lock, Figure-Four Armlock or Chicken Wing (which incidentally was the nickname of a good friend of mine when we were in school…nothing to do with martial arts, everything to do with the way h...