Gift wrap from guard to sweep and choke

Armdrag to establishing a gift wrap from the guard. This leads naturally to a pendulum sweep, then finishing with a cobra choke. Throughout the entire technique, you have to keep your elbow on the gift-wrap arm tight to his body, pulling it tighter and tighter. Notice that I use my hand like a knife-edge to slide into the choke.

I didn't quite finish the sweep correctly: From mount, I should have pulled him to his side. Then I should have placed my knee in the center of his back, pivoted onto my feet with one behind his shoulders and the other by his hip on the other side. This gives me more control. Finally, I could have finished the choke by either clasping my forearm or using a fist, but he tapped before I got that far.

At the end, make sure to straighten both of your arms (whether holding your forearm or pressing your fist into his carotid). Basically this move is nami juji jime using his own arm instead of his collar, which makes it useful for gi or no-gi. In gi, I still use it because it gives your more control over your opponent.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• bjj
• grappling
• armdrag
• sweep
• choke

[lordswit6666]

you can do that grab if your stronger than your opponent.. how in hell can i grab that right arm -___- if my opponent is as strong or stronger than me?

[quantumjim]

@lordswit6666 This video is pretty old. Instead of dragging it across with just muscle, now I move my own body by shrimping around it. I do that for every arm-drag now. Instead of moving his arm, I move around it. I still have to have a pull to get him to react, so his arm is immobilized, though.

[psnider]

Why not just go to the guys back when you have the arm across?

[quantumjim]

@psnider Sometimes it is hard to take the back. They drive into you to keep you from taking it. Then they open up for the sweep.

[psnider]

@quantumjim  I disagree when you have the arm that far across. As long as you keep it trapped it should be pretty easy to go to the back. Not being a smart ass, but wondering who do you train under. Just wondering

[quantumjim]

@psnider I'm a purple belt under Phil Migliarese. Yes, taking the back is the first move of the sequence. It can be countered, though. Maybe I should redo this video. It is 3 years old, and I mainly kept it on for historical purposes.

[AmazingJay909]

wtf is that!!??!

that was cool and weird at the same time!?!?

[19thaman79]

This sweep works very well. I thought I was original with it since I have never seen anyone else use or do it before until I stumbled upon your video. Awesome sweep, very effective and virtually unstoppable. Hell with the sceptics, there is a counter to just about every technique and a technique for every counter, IF half the people wtaching this video actually trained, they'd know that. Keep the vids coming?!?!

[mrdavidpatrickcase]

i do a variation of this. i get this when i pass from halfguard to side ususally and i go for lets say a kimura to distract my opponenet and as soon as the opposite arm comes to defend i lay my chest ontop of there arm so its on there face/neck and i gift wrap then i step over the opposite side of there head with my inside leg and pull them into a triangle since there arm is already secured. you can also get them into a giftwrap triangle.

i will post a video tomarrow..

[tricksterjwk]

@quantumjim I've seen this move go both ways, where if they drive back into you, you can sweep easily, but if the opponent bases out or is heavy and just strong, it's easier to take the back. But I'm a white belt, lol

[tricksterjwk]

@quantumjim You can also get the arm to loosen by umpa-ing to push the opponent away, then pulling them back in as you push the arm to the side. I'm not very strong, so I use the hips and legs a lot when I'm trying to secure arms from the bottom.

[lordswit6666]

@quantumjim ok thanks.. im going to try this on my sparring this evening.. thanks by the way

[lordswit6666]

@quantumjim can you put a new video about that? it would be much better.. i want to learn more sweep now