Seminar (Part II) - N/S Choke and N/S Arm Triangle

Set-up: You have side-control on opponent's right side. You are on your R hip, facing them and your R hip is against their R hip. Your L knee is up and L foot is posted. R foot is behind. Brian referred to this as the switched hips positions. R elbow is on their L hip and you're pinching them between your R elbow and your R hip.

1. N/S Arm Triangle: Cup their L elbow with your L hand and the top of their R shoulder with your R hand. Slide up their body, maintaining contact with your hip and their R side. Assuming their R forearm is up and framing against you, slide your L arm under their R forearm and then behind their neck. Roll them up on their side a bit so that you can move your legs from the switched hips position to both knees against their R side in a cross-face side-control position. You should have them pretty tight at this point, and their R arm should be well separated from the rest of their body. If you just hold this position, they shouldn't be able to turn into you or away from you. From here, move your R hand to their R hip to block them from coming into you, move your head to their R side (just under their armpit) and rotate your entire body so that you are almost head-to-head with them. Your head should be off to to their R side. Feed your R hand under your neck/chest and S grip with your L. Bring your L shoulder down into them and pull to your R. Your legs should be dead on the floor. Not on your toes. If you come up on your toes, you are putting weight there instead of having weight on the shoulder that is driving into their neck.

2. Knee Ride to N/S Choke: Start with R knee on their chest, L leg out. Push down on their L shoulder with your L hand and their L hip with your R hand to keep them flat. Switch your hips and rotate so that your L hip is against the R side of their head and you're in the N/S. Feed your L forearm under behind their neck with your palm facing the mat and drop your legs and body back so that you are almost ear to ear with them.   R hand comes under your chin/chest to S grip your L hand. Drop your L shoulder into them and pull to your R.

3. N/S Frame Defense to N/S Arm Triangle: Assuming you are doing #2 above and they create a frame with their R arm to defend. Let go of the S grip. Maintain your L forearm behind their neck. Drive your R arm through the inside of their R arm and get your elbow all the way to the floor. Move your head so that it is just under their R armpit and put your forehead (not the top of your head, your forehead) to the mat. Get up on your toes and start walking up with your legs, so that you are a sortof downward dog position. Push their elbow toward their head and when you have enough weight on your head, rotate your legs to your R and kindof swing them over while you're pushing their R elbow toward their head. This should clear your legs so that their R arm is now on the L side of your body and you still have your L arm under their head. This gives you the set up to finish with an arm triangle like #1.

4. N/S Arm Triangle Counter to Switch Side N/S: If they try to turn into you when you have the arm triangle position, simply replace your L arm under their neck with your R arm and move from their R side to their L side. Apply the N/S choke from L side.

5. N/S WWF Armbar: Assume opponent is in prayer position and you have basic N/S. You want to clear his L arm, so squeeze his L elbow into his body with your L elbow and slide across his chest. As you slide across and squeeze his elbow into his body, you should be able to "catch" his forearm with your chest and free it from the prayer position as you slide across. Come up to a seated position next to their L shoulder, gripping their L elbow with your L hand and holding it close to your chest. Your R hand should be gripping under their R pit (I think). Hook your R leg on the inside of their L leg, and your L leg hook on the outside of their L leg. Use your R arm to grip their elbow and get it high and tight into your chest. Lean back and hip up (if necessary) for a shoulder lock.

Aaarrrrghhhh.  There's two more techniques and I don't have notes for them. Hammer choke. Dang it. I'm pretty happy with what I was able to capture though, as it's more than I thought I would.