Not so crazy, it isn't easy to do when there is resistance, which is why you have to learn so many things, to have the toolbox to deal with actual movement.
Especially since this is pretty much the first hold you learn (with slight variants), and it's even been used to win world tournaments. Sometimes, simple is best.
@@davejones9469 i mean, you're right when talking about Judo but in BJJ? Nah, and this is a bjj channel. I have seen many bjj schools that straight up do not teach Kesa Gatame lol
@@davejones9469 Wait what do you mea? Kesa Gatame does work for real fights. It is a pinning technique, and you can also use it to set up submissions or to make trasitions to other positions, it's awesome.
Kesa Gatame is my favorite position to be in. I call it the ‘just chilling’ submission. I just love it so much because it’s my preference to keep my opponent down in a cool way.
I'm glad to see him wearing his well earned Black Belt! Not the dark Blue Belt "Gracie Jiu-Jitsu" instructors belt. MR Knight is more than just a Royce Gracie BB! He's modern, Open minded, and up on current trends! Thanks for another great video!
White belt brain is imploding again with a master knight video. And not one strand of master knights hair outta place to boot during the entire shoot. I believe if u pan out you’ll see master knights stylist. Thank you master knight for this!
I came from judo mentality and I always ended up in kesa initially - the kesa gatame killsystem gave me my first many taps. This is the extended version :-) I'm going to work on some of these tomorrow :-) Thanks
Thanks for showing all the submission possibilities. Too many videos have instructors saying, " There's a million options from this or that position" without showing a single example.
I used the first straight arm to get a tap today against a guy I've never met before over 3 hours into my session after watching your video and just hunting for the stuff you showed. Going to have to narrow it down but we're getting there.
I always favored Kesa in my personal game and I've always been surprised how little respect the position gets in the BJJ world. I legit take it over ANY other position other than getting the back. I'll sometimes transition back and forth between Kesa and side control to create opportunities. I usually go for the Ude Garami with my legs if I can isolate the arm (as you showed, but I usually push instead of pull. I'll try your way to see the difference). Seems like a lot of very high-level BJJ guys have never faced good Kesa players (the hard thing with them is to get there! but some let me start in the position to see). I'm very pleased to see you show this :) You have several tricks I didn't think of! I would do a variation of this one 5:45, but your position seems safer! My version is risky, you lose position more like a juji, and you have to elevate their head to figure4 it and finish with the hip. I just throw it in fun rolls and to surprise) Otherwise, I don't know if you covered it in the other video, but the retention of the position part could be an interesting part. How not to fall into the pitfalls that will let someone escape.
This is the best bjj vid I’ve seen in a while. Not only because we have been working kesa lately in class, but because of the sheer number of options laid out here. If you can’t find something that works for you here… I don’t know what to tell you. Thank you, Ely. Osssss!
Wow! Amazing techniques! Thanks for showing and revitalising the scarfold in my humble opinion its a position submission that is so underrated and not seen much or used these days also this video is great and well made the knowledge explanation and details are brilliant kepp up the great work!
I thought the first video was good and this one is great! The broken scarf hold is my favorite because I have a very hard time maintaining the head lock and applying whatever submission I choose. I have better success with Kesa Gatame with ultra heavy guys but smaller people will slip out of my side control too easily. Another amazing video! Thanks for your efforts!
Love the video great info all round, I'm a white belt and more recently find myself caught in kesa gatame quite often, I've watched the escape videos but it's taking time to figure it out, seems easy enough but tough during live rolls lol 😆
I just started ju jitsu and kesa gatame is my killer move. I've gotten tons of submissions. I do the straight armbar or a Ezekiel choke from kesagatame
I keep seeing it demonstrated differently to how I was taught, and how I've effectively used it in irl situations. The main issue all the videos I've seen on this move in particular fail to show is once you're clenched in tight with the basic grip, you twist them a bit so that free arm is essentially pinned to the floor. With that threat eliminated, the only hope of their escape is by catching your leg, easily defended with further rotation towards their upper body, which will clench it tighter and tighter the more they struggle. Like I said, I used this to pass many tests, and even used it irl on a friend who was out of control. I even asked my instructor to try and escape, no holding back, and he couldn't get out without just brute forcing it; I was maybe 15 vs my junior sensei, a blackbelt in his mid 20s so he could just stand up with me hanging onto him lol, but he couldn't get out with proper techniques, even with that skill gap.
I Love using the leg binding mount transition. I do sometimes find that the transition does put me back into a half guard. Any tips on how to keep pressure and move into mount from there? Love the content btw!
Good question and I failed to mention a couple of important points in there. Hip pressure once the legs are gathered up is important. Keeping the hips forward in front of the knees accomplishes this.
like always nice video! i have kind of an odd question... i always read that in half guard you want to get the underhook. but as top half guard, what do you actually go for after getting your underhook and/or flattening your opponent out?
I love(ed) kesi till I started getting swept over more and more. I can't seem to find the balance of pressure without exposing myself to being taken over the top. I just picked up your bottom side control video on bbj fanatics to help me when out of side control because while my defenses are good, I get stuck on bottom too much.
Been using the accordion a lot, and people tap to that quick! I haven't been in it to feel how painful it can be though. I also like looking for armbars and Americans with the position. Yesterday, I was not on my defense and got back taken by a long opponent, which was probably a good experience but one I did not expect. I probably allowed his outside shoulder up, instead of keeping shoulders in the mat.
Nice. Most of this we do in Judo too, except of the leg locks of course. Just if we don´t want to wait for twenty seconds before we win anyway. I wonder about two things. In that figure 4 technique, sitting on right his arm looks like an invitation for Uke to just turn him over, especially with his left arm being free. And the squeeze technique afterwards, why doesn´t Uke just press his right hand against his knee to nullify the compression? We will test that later.
Proper weight distribution fixes both of those concerns. But yeah, if the weight distribution isn’t on point, both of those things can be effective for countering.
@@KnightJiuJitsu I'm a white belt and usally can get it on almost everybody, purple belts and up usually somehow pop their heads out and take my back :) I was told the reason it's illegal is because it cranks the neck.
When you are reaching back amd grabbing the leg for the compression lock. Is your Butt off the floor? Are you driving hard into his ribs (basically sitting on his floating rib?) Any details please?
Like i said, in some other video kesagatame has about 20 some move from the original side control position. Bushidokan yes the Jim Harrison system, taught judo and some style karate i study with Steve Katzer Bushidokan that was first part of judo they taught. To make rank test it only cost 10$ to test bellow blackbelt at the time, and 30$ at the blackbelt that was in the 1990's thru to 2006 area. They make fighters bushidokan does, which to make black and beyond you use to have to fight as in tournaments or full contact.
I am Jiu jitsu begginer, but if I do Kesa gatame to someone... it is enough to make it tight and they just tap, since squezing is too painfull for them... Is Kesa Gatame considered a SUBMISSION ? Or Am I doing it wrong than?
The only reason someone should tap from kesa is if they cannot breathe or escape. It’s generally not painful or truly a submission in itself. Having said that, when people lack the understanding of how to escape and they are unable to get full breaths, it can cause them to tap from the panic.
You and guy in white. Guy in white pushes your left arm or goes to grab your left arm. You pull left arm back. His left hand grabs your left arm at elbow. Now your arm is trapped. His right hand grabs your pants at left knee. Now he turns to his side at 45 degrees. And starts walking backwards. Then you fal to back and he gets side control. Does this help understand what I was trying to tell you. About what I did
I'm from Thailand. I want to know why this coach doesn't have a red sheath on his black belt buckle. Like other coaches, even though he is at a high level. and have many disciples I was one of those people who followed him.❤
AT 1:25 the down guy needs to grab both hands together, and then bridge squeeze toward right getting both legs close to you, then another right to put your forehead down, then left flip you over getting on top. ;-) Jiu-Jitsu eh? ;-)
The chest compression shown, called the Bas Rutten crunch (the camp chair) I'm constantly being told is illegal. My coach and I disagree on this one, its a wrap if I get into Kesa and he's decided it's spinal!.