Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Breaking the Gorilla's Grip

Today lets look at a technique to break the grip of those huge guys with arms like a gorilla.

The technique I show in the video below is a sport grappling technique and not self defence technique. This is mainly because in a fight it would be much easer to break their by hitting in the groin and putting a thumb in their eye. This type of behaviour does tend to get you disqualified in a grappling match however.

==>Breaking Their Grip<==

So you have worked your way carefully into a good armbar or juji gatame but the other guy counters by clasping their hands together. Now there are many, many ways to break a grip, but if the guy has arms like a gorilla and wrists of iron some may not be that easy to pull off.

With today's technique we are able to pin them to the mat, distract them with pressure to the head and neck and then use our whole body to apply pressure to break their grip.

Always remember that jiu-jitsu no matter the style is all about timing, leverage and the ability to bring the strength of your entire body against only one aspect of your opponents.

I hope you enjoy the video!

==>Breaking Their Grip<==

As always is you are looking for more great videos or to learn the wonderful art of jiu-jitsu please check out our web site at www.learn-jiu-jitsu-online.com. There you will our distance education program so you can learn jiu-jitsu anywhere at your own pace.


Cheers,

Jamie Rickard (Sensei)
Head Instructor
Koketsu Kai - Tiger's Den Jiu-jitsu and Grappling

Located at:
The Academy of Martial Arts
851 Princess Street
Kingston, Ontario

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