Arm Drag from Half-Guard "The Switch"

[maylay116]

i am a huge fan of your videos, i'm a former div 1 wrestler, blue belt under ruben charles, and practicing mixed martial artist. I'm very interested on hearing your technical opinion on revisions of the guillotine choke.. aka the shinya aoki guillotine( high elbow), knee in guillotine( team alpha male uses often.), and the militech revised guillotine( Jens pulver uses). i have had success with all three. possible video subjects??? :]

[asid101010]

@maylay116 this is interesting i have not ever heard of a knee in guillotine.. got a link? / would love to see a video of tons of different variations with the guillotine including the 'McKenzieTine' (got other names..) thats becoming popular as well which is more of a loop choke and therefore a blood choke than a guilo but very similar. none the less would be a great video.

thanks

[phatdeej]

every time i lose in a roll i turn to your videos and they work perfect! but what happens if i lose in a roll against you!?

[sheep2slaughter]

@phatdeej

You're not losing, you're learning ;)

[wailukustrider22]

great move...though, one technical problem i see is how you take the back. For example, when you play it in full motion, going towards 3:45min, you tend to post your hand out after releasing the arm drag. Instead, you should try to execute seat belt grip. "Taking the back," the way to show it, is a good example of how easy it looks to shrug off. Marcelo Garcia shows pefect execution of taking the back using seat belt grips in gi and no-gi.

[TechniquePrevails]

@wailukustrider22 Marcelo is the master... I highly suggest his material!

[BHanson41z]

@wailukustrider22 the back isn't the point of the video, the transition from half guard is

[AudienceKiller66]

It's a lot to remember without being able to do it hands on.

[UmDiaEuFicoBom]

Very good. Thanks for the video.

[EnochMcDonald]

THIS MOVE IS DISGUSTINGLY AWSOME!!!! SICK BRO! I imagine you can do this from full guard also?

[TechniquePrevails]

You can use the arm-drag from full guard which is similar. But with full guard you don't already have one hook set for when you take the back.

[thehugster88]

you are too sick my friend!

[taycoaa1]

Thanks for the tips!

[jdk852]

the switch is used in folkstyle really, not seen much in freestyle. This is actually similar to switch from a cross body ride

[paulcarpentier96]

I'm gonna pratice it tommorrow.

[b0ris360]

I like the look of this move. I already do something similar to this but your version looks way better.

[manofthestreet]

tapped someone to this last night! Thanks for the great vids. By the way, for the guys at techniqueprevails or any other MMA fighter, I injured my knee during grappling. Do you guys have any advice on training that would keep too much rust from forming over the recovery period? I don't want to lose all the skill I learned. Thanks

[TechniquePrevails]

I would suggest registering a free account at our site and asking this question in the discussion board. It will be beneficial to our members as well, and you will get many responses. Thanks.

[vontrop]

dose your other leg prevent him from passing?

could i put the other foot (your right leg) on his hip? like switching to full guard and hit yoyr move?

[TechniquePrevails]

If you mean the leg that is still between his two legs- then you can wrap that one behind his trapped leg to slow his passing opportunities down a great deal. Be sure to check out the site!

[admbjj]

nice stuff as always

[TechniquePrevails]

Thank you sir. Please check out the site. I think you'll enjoy the many resources that we have there.

[mitzu03]

"the switch" is actually used in folkstyle wrestling, not freestyle.

I like this technique though.

[TechniquePrevails]

I knew I would have it wrong somehow; I'm never going to satisfy the wrestler's crowd... Thanks for the feedback, however. Please check out our site. We have a lot more content there.

[thwhrdcrechmp]

i love the vids. but is there anyway do it from when they have full mount? ive seen this sorda done fom that posistion, but i just need to know if you can

[TechniquePrevails]

It would be very difficult to use this technique when your opponent is in full mount. However, we have a lot of escapes from the mount available at our site. Check it out!

[gienadi]

this shall be tried

[TechniquePrevails]

Excellent-- be sure to check out the site! We have a LOT more video content that could help you out tremendously!

[matrix1951]

i wonder if you could do that from the pyramid?

[TechniquePrevails]

I'm not sure that the setup would be EXACTLY the same- but I'm sure you could adapt it.