Just the concept of upper body clamp / lower body clamp and how one frees the other, is gold. Never saw it in that perspective, thanks so much for the content
Michael's insight into using the triangle as a position of dominance instead of a submission has been revolutionary for my game. Going for the triangle arm bar has increased my submission rate by at least 2X.
I agree with the feet on the hips after playing with it late last year. I usually play half butterfly but I'm not a big inversion to leg lock guy so feet on the hips worked better than 1 butterfly hook and one half guard hook.
Anyone have any pointers for this? If you're trying the triangle and they grab a hold of your right foot with their left hand to control and stop it. Should you just move on to the attack of the trapped right arm?
I tried to work on this at the gym today but none of the guys I rolled with (white, blue, purple) ever tried to get the underhook when they were in my closed guard. I tried to give them incentive by grabbing their neck like shown on the video but that didn't help much. I rolled with a brown belt that went for the underhook a couple of times but I failed to control his hip or get the overhook before he put pressure on me and pinned my back to the mat.... Next time, I'll try again 😅
Definitely takes some work to get the overhook. I didn’t want to focus too much on the set up as there are many ways to grab it. But keep playing with it!
Not at all this was simply the starting point for the drill. Typically I’m swimming over to establish the overhook or it begins with my feet on hips and they establish the underhook as a means to pass.
All the time, although, they don’t typically “give” the underhook unless they’re attempting something like a São Paulo pass. I like to hunt for that overhook while breaking down their posture with my legs. I can keep someone broken down that’s twice my size with that overhook and a collar tie. Nice set up for the clamp guard and Williams guard.
