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| Chris Griffin "Captain Asian America" |
In the recent past I had the opportunity to learn some very effective moves from Chris Griffin aka "Captain Asian America" or "Kentucky Ninja" while he visited a couple of local Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training centers.
Chris is the founder of Griffin's Submission Academy (Louisville, Ky.) and a very good Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu player. In September Chris visited Lawrenceburg Martial Arts (Lawrenceburg, Ky.) and demonstrated a series of butterfly sweeps. In October he visited Valhalla Academy (Frankfort, Ky.) and showed a series of triangle choke entries.
I never really paid much attention to butterfly sweeps because I never really had much success with them. Chris really opened my eyes and made me realize that there are several other types of butterfly sweeps and there are many common entries from which to execute the sweeps. Now, nearly every time I roll I find myself trying to set up some form/version of the butterfly sweep - this is happening easily now that I know what to look for.
About 6-8 months after I first started training in BJJ I started going for triangle chokes from any which way possible. It didn't matter what position I was in, if there was one arm in and one arm out I went for it. But as I learned other moves the triangle choke fell to the way side and didn't get much attention. Chris reopened my eyes, he showed several different entry possibilities that I hadn't considered before.
Thank you Chris Griffin! Both the butterfly sweep series and triangle choke entries have opened my eyes and improved my game significantly. Also, a big Thanks to Tim Hurt (Lawrenceburg Martial Arts) and Brian Jones (Valhalla Academy) for hosting the "Kentucky Ninja" and inviting all Carlson Gracie Kentucky Affiliates to participate.
