Brabo Choke Homework: Baret Yoshida
Next on my roster for brabo choke analysis is Baret Yoshida.
Let’s get straight to the footage. What he shows is similar to the multitude of videos I’ve already posted, but he does a few things differently that I like.
Brabo Choke from Principles of the Art of Submission by Baret Yoshida
(If you have the book that goes with this DVD, check out how he does technique 34 in it. It should be the same as the video above, but he does a different one, more like Christian’s from reverse scarf hold or Bjoern’s setup from where you wrap the near arm and head then circle to the other side.)
Shinya Aoki teaches a similar cross knee pass to brabo choke in his instructional.
Combining this pass and the brabo choke makes perfect sense, since one of the most common counters is for the person on bottom to get the underhook and try to come to their knees, which puts you in position to get the choke.
A detail I particularly like is how Baret teaches that, when you take the first step towards them, to block their elbow with your knee. This crosses their arm even more and traps it. As with all triangles, the more you can cross their arm the better.
You can see Baret getting this exact setup in sparring:
Footage of Baret Yoshida rolling from his DVD set
I’ll gloss over the beginning since it’s not what I’m interested in: Baret starts in the clinch, shoots for a single and gets the takedown and spends some time in the guard.
What I’m paying attention to is when he stands in their open guard. He shoots his knee over their legs to pass and slide into side control.
As he lands, Baret wraps their head with his right arm when they turn on their side and shoots his left arm into place for the brabo.
He quickly switches between a series of grips, adjusting with each one to get tighter and tighter. He goes from palm to palm, to grabbing his wrist, grabbing higher on his forearm and then grabbing his biceps. It only takes a second, but I think each of these grips are important.
With his arms snug, he sits out and throws his left leg over their hips to finish.
Yet more brabo homework to come. Next I’ll be going over how to adjust to get a tight choke (and not a neck crank) and cross their arm.
March 16th, 2007 at 9:16 am
So, we covered the “Nogueira” choke last night and I am having trouble telling them apart. I asked and my coach demoed the Brabo instead real fast but I can’t really remember the difference. PS Aeso if you are using Google Talk yet hit me up at tom(dot)crowley(at)gmail
March 16th, 2007 at 11:17 am
I explained the difference in the first brabo choke homework assignment but I can phrase it another way.
Imagine you have a front headlock, like you just defended a double leg by sprawling. You’ve got an underhook with your left hand and an overhook with your right.
For the anaconda (Nogueira’s choke), your left hand (the underhooking one) reaches to your right and grabs your right biceps next to their armpit. Your left biceps is against their neck.
From the brabo, you reach to the left with your right arm (the overhooking one) and grab your biceps neck to their head. Your right forearm is against their neck.
So the basic difference is just how you lock your arms on different sides. But this changes the positions you can get them and the mechanics of finishing.
March 18th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
your website kicks ass
yo but i swear i used to grab my bicep to finish anaconda/sucuri choke but it never worked quite as well as how i’ve seen NOG do it
watch his fight with it was either herring or japanese guy he got with that choke, he grabs forearm rite by the elbow crook instead of his bicep, and i guess enables him to keep his opponent from re-rolling him?either that or it just gets the angle of the arms (both his and yours) so it is rite on the arteries
he also gets the guys head rite on his stomach, tucks his head not to get squashed while doing the intial roll to tighten it, and expands his chest and walks around to finish
March 18th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
yo maybe i’m tripping or something but iswear i saw a slow-mo clip where it looked like he grabbing his forearm
but this image says teh contrary
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/1803/nog27dp.gif
March 18th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
I don’t know why he’d have grabbed his forearm other than to adjust before going to his biceps.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:59 am
That animated gif is hysterical; it looks like he is choking himself. lol twins.
March 19th, 2007 at 10:08 am
must be tripping but i swear i saw this javier vasquez version of a guillotine that was more like an anaconda choke, i’ll try to fidn teh clip bear with me
March 19th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
nice, Barets my instructor. I do what yo do on my free time too. I watch vids and break them down step by step. Of course its all in my head floating around in my brain.
March 19th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Sim Go starts working the Brabo at 2:30 in.
Ryan Hall using Mission Control (except he is controlling with left arm) trying to go for a leg-Brabo at 1:32. Please explain.
March 19th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
YouTube: Sim Go vs me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR2tft0rXpE
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Triangle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7N_oGJsdSQ