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| Luiz "Dentinho" Eduardo |
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| Griffin's Submission Academy |
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| Valhalla Academy |
Dentinho showed applications of offensive and defensive techniques (half guard passes, chokes from mount, sweeps from guard, standing guard pass, and other miscellaneous techniques as a result of the Q & A sessions.
My favorite technique was passing from half guard. The #1 thing Dentinho emphasized was to stay tight and to drive your shoulder into your opponent's face the whole time. I was joking around with one of the black belt instructors about the half guard pass and it went something like this, "step 1: smash face with shoulder, step 2: turn your hips, grab the knee and smash his face, step 3: I forgot what is next - smash his face, step 4: keep smashing his face." You get the point! If you drive your shoulder into the side of his face hard enough he is going to let you pass. The trick is to get your arm over his inside shoulder, reach down across his back and grab the gi as deep as deep as possible. This puts your shoulder up against the side of his face, which is golden! Now all you have to do is drive your shoulder into his face and he is at your mercy. Good stuff!!
All of Dentinho's moves were based off of solid Jiu-Jitsu fundamentals. Non of his grappling techniques required strength - just timing, weight distribution, and applying pressure in the right places. We have all heard the speach about the basic fundamentals of Jiu-Jitsu but many of us get away from it. Most of us get so caught up in learning new slick/fancy moves that we get away from the basic principles that make Jiu-Jitsu so effective. So get back to the basics and smash their face:)
And remember......when in doubt, smash the face! Did I mention smash the face? Just in case I didn't - SMASH the face!!!
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