From side control it is important to keep the near side arm’s elbow off the mat and on your hip. Matt Darcy demonstrates how to intercept the far side arm to be able to clear the way when kicking over. For the armbar post near your opponents legs, clamp your knees together to secure the arm. For...
Matt Darcy goes over the fundamental steps to defending the armbar.
When in the omoplata position Matt will sit onto his leg side hip, weaving his top leg through the opponents side opening and doubling up on the wrist to finish the armbar.
In this video Matt Darcy continues his omoplata training block with the sit out armlock. When setting up the omoplata normally this is for an opponent with a strong base and hard to break down. He hips out till he is perpendicular to his opponent, figure fours his legs and feeding his head side ...
Matt Darcy shows a strong break from pitstop.
Matt Darcy breaks down the 4 sections of SAP. Section 1 - Entrances (Funneling them into the position). Section 2 - 3 positions of control with safeguards. Section 3 - Breaks. Breaking the opponents defenses. Section 4 - Finishing the arm once the defense is broken.
Matt Darcy shows a powerful break from leg side with a post in SAP
Matt Darcy shows how to get a nasty armlock when your opponent tries to stop your leg trap sweep by shoving you back down.
Matt Darcy shows a sneaky armlock when your opponent tries to hold on go you tight with head control and an under hook.
Matt Darcy shows how to get to a single leg when your opponent rips out of the armlock.
Matt Darcy shows a basic arm bar setup from closed guard adding the juji-gatame roll when your opponent uses the stacking defense.
Matt Darcy shows how to attack the turtle position using the belt line hook. Finishing with a Juji Gatame arm bar or breaking them down to get to the S-Mount position to end up in S.A.P.
Matt Darcy shows how to use the threat of the Pendulum sweep to transition to an armbar.
Dave Camarillo shows the kimura finish from triangle mount with an option to transition to the arm bar.
Instructor: Dave Camarillo
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu Pleasanton
Dave shows an armlock drill to build precise transitions between the submissions.
Matt Darcy teaches an essential submission from closed guard. The armlock or armbar.
Date: 6/27/2018
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Class: Fundamentals
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose
Matt Darcy teaches the juju-gatame arm lock when your opponent cross posts to stop the crash sweep from closed guard. The juju-gatame arm lock can be done from numerous positions and is a staple in Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu.
Date: 6/26/2018
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San...
Dave Camarillo goes in depth on a powerful armlock from top half guard. This is a Dave specialty. Dave aggressively pins the undertook and steps over the head. He then threads his leg under the arm to make a V o n the half guard leg. To finish he fulcrums the arm out of the defense.
Date: 6...
Matt Darcy leads a Q&A class during fundamentals. A student asks where his weight should be when in S-Mount. Matt goes over the basics of S Mount and weight distribution.
Date: 5/14/2018
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Class: Fundamentals
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-JItsu San Jose
Matt Darcy teaches how to transition to the kimura grip armlock from the kimura position. This is a Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu staple.
Date: 5/7/2018
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Class: Fundamentals
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose
Matt Darcy shows how he does the Kimora armor from the back. The details in this video make a huge difference in finishing percentage.
Date: 7/8/2019
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose
Matt Darcy shows another alternative arm bar from side control. The primary would be under hook to kimura to arm bar.
Date: 5/29/2019
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose
Matt Darcy teaches some alternative arm bar options from side control. Primary would be to go under hook to kimura to armbar.
Date: 5/29/2019
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose
Matt Darcy teaches a basic way to defend and counter the closed guard armbar.
Date: 5/1/2019
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose
