Frank Shamrock’s Key For Reaching Submission Locks in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Competitive Events and Mixed Martial Arts Battles

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Talk to any BJJ professional and inform them that your finest hold is a double handed choke around their throat, and they’ll snicker at you.

But, against any other opponent (apart from a submission wrestler) this could be viable choice, and in about 15 seconds. They are going to respect your submission affort (a double handed choke on the throat).

Frank Shamrock calls this, “the power of a crappy hold.” Despite the fact that it’s ugly and it seems like it’s a waste of time, anything that hurts even barely will cause your opponent to maneuver during an mma match or a BJJ competition.

In a variety of instances, all you really need to do to get some movement to get out of a BJJ choke or hold, or to catch your individual BJJ or catch wrestling hold.

Let us take a look at this extra closely, if I have good base, and you can’t arm bar me, and you’ll sweep me. Then you’re going to respect my two handed choke on your throat, and you realize what, if you’re struggling, I’m going to get something else, from my crappy hold. Whether or not if it’s a triangle, top wrist lock, a double wrist lock, a plain a crappy or bizarre maintain is an excellent set up into one other “real hold”.

So when you understand how a hold works, you can create one, which may not have all the control of a good one, but I assure that it’ll make the opposite individual move. If you can anticipate that, then you definitely got a fantastic submission combo in the making.

 

5 Bodyweight Shoulder Exercises For MMA

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I got an email the other day from one of my subscribers asking me what some good bodyweight shoulder exercises for mma are. One of the best bodyweight shoulder exercises out there is the handstand push up.

As I am a big fan of gymnastics I love this exercise too, but many people cannot do a handstand pushup so I thought I would do a post describing my favorite bodyweight shoulder exercises.

1. Hindu Pushups

The Hindu pushup is a movement that resembles the cat stretch which I learned from Bruce Lee (not personally of course).

Hindu pushups are an excellent way to isolate your shoulders. They also hit your upper, middle and lower chest all at once.

2. Dive Bomber

The Dive Bomber is a tougher variation of the Hindu Pushup and often gets mixed up with it. To perform Hindu Pushups, I would simply keep my arms straight and drive my hips back to the starting position.

3. Decline Pushups

Decline pushups are just a variation of a normal pushup but you instead place your feet on a surface and your hands on the floor to perform the pushup. The higher the surface, the more stress you will place on your shoulders. If you can’t do a handstand pushup, this is a good one to use instead.

4. Shoulder Press Pushups

Also known as elevated pike pushups, shoulder press pushups are a cross between decline and handstand pushups. Place your feet on a bench or table and keep them straight. So as to keep maximum stress on the shoulders your upper body must be perpendicular to the floor. Instead of the diagonal position of your body as in the decline pushup, keep your legs straight as you drop towards the floor, and push up.

5. Dips

Dips mainly target the triceps and chest but they are also great for the shoulders. To zero in on the shoulders, lean forward a little more, and do short reps.

Joe Rogan Demonstrates The Spinning Back Kick

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This is sort of a follow up post to the one I did a while ago on Joe Rogan coaching GSP on his spinning back kick. The spinning back kick was Joe’s ‘move’ when he was training in Tae Kwon Do and in this video Joe demonstrates the spinning back kick, with very nice form, speed and power.

One of the main problems in the proper execution of the spinning back kick (or turning side kick) is the turn itself and Joe shows you how to turn on the ball of your foot rather than spin with your arms and torso.

Another good point that Joe makes is that many fighters fail to use their hips to their full potential and so he demonstrates how it should be done!

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