grappling

For the grapplers of farcaster: the ones who are truly in the arena. An open place to chat about training, share videos, flex, whatevs. All styles from all countries welcome (BJJ, wrestling, judo, pehlwani, etc.)

Borg

@commstark

forgot to post here but last week I hit my 100th Jui jitsu class 🙏 thanks to everyone for the support a great friend of mine from high school pushed me for a decade to join and I send him a recap of each class right afterwards the last big breakthrough I had was the power of underhooks and overhooks. Very underutilized by fellow white belts

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Matthew McDowell-Sweet

@msms

Picked up a crafty technique for enhancing collar ties during stand-up—get traction on the crown of the head, rather than around the back of the head or neck. Kinda like gripping a sloper climbing hold, but it’s someone’s skull. Visiting coach gleaned it from Penn State wrestling vids. I then had to endure it during sparring and it’s stupidly annoying and exhausting to deal with. https://youtube.com/watch?v=OtQEg6W-nf4

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Matthew McDowell-Sweet

@msms

Getting back to training logs with a BJJ gi session. Technical class focused on a few different armbar attacks and sweeps from closed guard, some of which are in the JJM vid. Sparring was 10 x 5 min rounds. A couple coach-y rolls with newer people. A couple spent attacking from top open guard, side control and the back, and the rest getting mushed by others from those positions. https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ud2SvQWkYm4

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miguelito

@mc

Smashed a dude with my crossface pressure until his neck popped at open mat Feel a bit bad about it tbh He seemed cool with it tho

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miguelito

@mc

At the end of a scrappy roll, it feels *so* good to smash your opponent’s trachea and carotid with 200+ pounds of pressure from your deltoid Need to get better at leg entanglements

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JB Rubinovitz ⌐◨-◨

@rubinovitz

when /grappling reaches 1000 members we’ll fight the /swords channel 🗡️🤼‍♀️

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JB Rubinovitz ⌐◨-◨

@rubinovitz

Used this yesterday to fight off a 20 year old man by sprawling on him whenever he shot until I could pull closed guard and spam submissions. I would love to figure out how to successfully shoot on people bigger than me though. Pipe dream?

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miguelito

@mc

A bit gassed at open mat today following a Concept 2 erg workout of the day. Getting good results with my chinstrap as a setup to guillotine or smash to side control. Learned it’s a bad idea to eat spicy peanuts before rolling

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JB Rubinovitz ⌐◨-◨

@rubinovitz

Dr Peter Attia: it’s hard to be depressed if you work out twice a day Me: it’s hard to be depressed if you beat someone up twice your size

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Matthew McDowell-Sweet

@msms

Training log, gi: worked a few motions and attacks from sit-up guard into knee cuts, side control and mount. Sparring was 8/9 five minute rounds. Spent most of the time attacking from open guard and side control but also tried for some smooth, controlled sweeps from butterfly and half guard (middling success rate).

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JB Rubinovitz ⌐◨-◨

@rubinovitz

Clinic with an Olympic gold medalist wrestler in a nutshell: Use a comfy good stance and don’t lose that stance because it will block 2/3 of attacks.

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JB Rubinovitz ⌐◨-◨

@rubinovitz

Someone tried to start a fight with me tonight, but sometimes projecting the confidence of knowing how to fight is enough to get the other person to back off. The art of self defense.

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miguelito

@mc

Got in 70 minutes of rolling Ready to partake in the Thanksgiving festivities

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miguelito

@mc

Training log No-gi: 8 rolls then drilled a takedown using the guillotine from standing Figured out an effective submission from mount where I drive my shoulder into someone’s throat / carotid Very effective

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Matthew McDowell-Sweet

@msms

Training log, no-gi: drilled some Uchi Mata throws into quarter guard, then incorporated a back step into the saddle position and some leg attacks from there (achilles lock, Aoki lock). We also looked at a rolling back take from a saddle position escape, as well as a rolling saddle entry from the Uchi Mata position. Sparring was 10 x 5 minute rounds, as usual. A few fast-paced, scramble-filled rolls mixed with some more balanced, steady rounds, plus a round being on the receiving end of some real sneaky foot attacks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evmsOeYxxzc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-9-KpVAH1k

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