By Ryan Peterson on June 10, 2010
I have been thinking about transitions from side control recently – especially techniques where you capture an arm or limb on the way. I think it’s a great way to get into an even better attacking position. I wish I was better at it. I like the transaction at the beginning of this video, which [...]
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By Ryan Peterson on May 13, 2009
In class tonight we learned some side control (also called “kesa gatame”) escapes. Side control is a dominant position in grappling. I like Wikipedia’s definition – here is an abbriged version: Side control … is a dominant ground grappling position where the top combatant is lying perpendicularly over the face-up bottom combatant in such a [...]
Posted in technique | Tagged side control, technique
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