Comments on: Standing Up, Sitting Out and Brabo Chokes http://www.aesopian.com/167/standing-up-sitting-out-and-brabo-chokes/ Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:22:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Aesopian http://www.aesopian.com/167/standing-up-sitting-out-and-brabo-chokes/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Aesopian Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:58:36 +0000 http://www.aesopian.com/167/standing-up-sitting-out-and-brabo-chokes/#comment-293 As a matter of fact, I am, which is why links to the books and DVDs have magically appeared. Glad to hear this is working for you. I've been using that move really well too. Any time they drop their head to pass my butterfly guard I attack the neck and try to get to my knees. It's not something most people are expecting. As a matter of fact, I am, which is why links to the books and DVDs have magically appeared.

Glad to hear this is working for you. I’ve been using that move really well too. Any time they drop their head to pass my butterfly guard I attack the neck and try to get to my knees. It’s not something most people are expecting.

]]> By: WhiteShark http://www.aesopian.com/167/standing-up-sitting-out-and-brabo-chokes/comment-page-1/#comment-292 WhiteShark Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:19:07 +0000 http://www.aesopian.com/167/standing-up-sitting-out-and-brabo-chokes/#comment-292 Are you still doing the Amazon promotion where you get a percentage if someone links from this site to Amazon and buys a book? Are you still doing the Amazon promotion where you get a percentage if someone links from this site to Amazon and buys a book?

]]> By: WhiteShark http://www.aesopian.com/167/standing-up-sitting-out-and-brabo-chokes/comment-page-1/#comment-291 WhiteShark Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:17:05 +0000 http://www.aesopian.com/167/standing-up-sitting-out-and-brabo-chokes/#comment-291 I did that guillotine to font headlock sprawl from the subfighter video on everyone I rolled with last week. I go for guillotines from butterfly guard all the time so this was a great transition for me to start using instead of just trying to sweep. I got to the point where I was spinning after a 45 degree sprawl and taking the back pretty reliably and had a purple belt compliment my transition. Thanks Aesopian! I did that guillotine to font headlock sprawl from the subfighter video on everyone I rolled with last week. I go for guillotines from butterfly guard all the time so this was a great transition for me to start using instead of just trying to sweep. I got to the point where I was spinning after a 45 degree sprawl and taking the back pretty reliably and had a purple belt compliment my transition.

Thanks Aesopian!

]]> By: OldDog53 http://www.aesopian.com/167/standing-up-sitting-out-and-brabo-chokes/comment-page-1/#comment-290 OldDog53 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:54:05 +0000 http://www.aesopian.com/167/standing-up-sitting-out-and-brabo-chokes/#comment-290 I'm making a donation in hopes you will make a short You Tube video briefly showing these moves. Your descriptions appear pretty detailed and the citations are very helpful (I have the BJ Penn book at least, and the Kesting DVD, at least). I'm not sure how these moves will work for me, but I have two observations: 1. I'm not happy with my guard game. It often turns into a stalemate position for me. I'd like to be less fearful of opening my guard. I guess philosophically I'm also a little concerned about a position that leaves me so vulnerable to punches, even though I am training BJJ and not MMA. 2. Traditional training on my knees at the academy has given me bad habits. Last weekend in L.A. one of my coaches told me, while training, "why aren't you standing up now that he's opened his guard? It's a better position for you than staying down on your knees." But staying on our knees is something ingrained from rolling at the academy. In a competition it's ok to stand up any time, or sit down at any time, and I need to be more open to that. Hope you can do a short video clip (a video is worth a thousand words and about a hundred pictures). But also thanks for sharing your thoughts on these moves at this preliminary stage. As always, you surprise me with the way you combine a fresh approach with detailed analysis and back it up with citations proving this is not some hairbrained garage rolling innovation. (Someday I hope you do ankle locks - and defenses, counters - for beginners, since beginners can do them in no gi tourneys.) I’m making a donation in hopes you will make a short You Tube video briefly showing these moves. Your descriptions appear pretty detailed and the citations are very helpful (I have the BJ Penn book at least, and the Kesting DVD, at least).

I’m not sure how these moves will work for me, but I have two observations:

1. I’m not happy with my guard game. It often turns into a stalemate position for me. I’d like to be less fearful of opening my guard. I guess philosophically I’m also a little concerned about a position that leaves me so vulnerable to punches, even though I am training BJJ and not MMA.

2. Traditional training on my knees at the academy has given me bad habits. Last weekend in L.A. one of my coaches told me, while training, “why aren’t you standing up now that he’s opened his guard? It’s a better position for you than staying down on your knees.” But staying on our knees is something ingrained from rolling at the academy. In a competition it’s ok to stand up any time, or sit down at any time, and I need to be more open to that.

Hope you can do a short video clip (a video is worth a thousand words and about a hundred pictures). But also thanks for sharing your thoughts on these moves at this preliminary stage.

As always, you surprise me with the way you combine a fresh approach with detailed analysis and back it up with citations proving this is not some hairbrained garage rolling innovation.

(Someday I hope you do ankle locks – and defenses, counters – for beginners, since beginners can do them in no gi tourneys.)

]]> By: codemonkey76 http://www.aesopian.com/167/standing-up-sitting-out-and-brabo-chokes/comment-page-1/#comment-288 codemonkey76 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:50:53 +0000 http://www.aesopian.com/167/standing-up-sitting-out-and-brabo-chokes/#comment-288 I could picture most of the moves, but i think all you have done is added to my book wish list: The Guard by Joe Moreira MMA Book of Knowledge by BJ Penn Passing the Guard by Ed Beneville I could picture most of the moves, but i think all you have done is added to my book wish list:

The Guard by Joe Moreira
MMA Book of Knowledge by BJ Penn
Passing the Guard by Ed Beneville

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