Kids Techniques June 2008
- Establishing Clinch (Agressive Opponents)
- Step back when bad guy is stepping forward
- When you decide to close the distance, block with forearm (remember fingers combing hair). Block other side of head to prevent hook. Slide in until your arms hit their chest.
- Wrap and secure grip with front arm grabbing rear wrist.
- Hips in tight and head secured to bad guys chest
- Leg Hook Takedown
- Done once clinch is established.
- Indicator = Bad guy has wide stance.
- Take setup step
- With outside leg hook bad guys leg (calf to calf) then pick his leg off the ground while pivoting slightly.
- Release hook when balance is broken then step forward to prevent a crash landing.
- Release grip before you go to the ground
- End in mounted position
- Positional Controls (from Mount)
- Superman Drill (working on good hip pressure) knees off the ground
- Back hook in Front knee open, preventing bad guy from moving us off laterally.
- Low Swim (preventing our arm from getting trapped and the bad guy rolling us over.
- High Swim (preventing the bad guy from bench pressing us off.

