Beginner Essentials

Beginner Essentials

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Beginner Essentials
  • Troubleshooting The Triangle - Part 2

    Matt Darcy shows another troubleshoot adjustment to finish the triangle called the “Scape and Chop.” Using his forearm he scrapes his opponents head into the inside of his knee and then finishes off an space that might be left with a few chopping motions with his leg.

  • Troubleshooting the Triangle - Part 1

    Every body is different. Therefore, triangles might be harder to get on some body types than others. Here Matt Darcy goes over some key details that can help you finish triangle chokes when short legs or broad shoulders are an issue by aligning the knees in the same direction and using a press a...

  • Triangle Fundamentals In Detail - Part 1

    In this segment Matt Darcy shows in detail how to shoot for effective triangles.

  • Triangle Fundamentals In Detail - Part 2

    After shooting for the triangle Matt Darcy goes over the standard operating procedure when finishing the choke. Connecting two limbs, whether it’s legs crossed or a hand on your shin, helps maintain the partner’s broken posture. Also, by keeping active pointed toes helps the success rate of tria...

  • Fundamentals - Scissor Sweep from Closed Guard

    By threatening the cross choke opportunity opens up for the scissor sweep. The threat of submission from closed guard keeps you two steps ahead of your opponent because before they can address opening the guard, the choke has to be defended first.

  • Traditional Cross Choke, Sling Shot Cross Choke

    Matt Darcy shows the traditional cross choke. Also incorporates the sling shot, clubbing the head and bypassing the hand defenses for a baseball bat style grip.

  • Closed Guard Arm Bar With Juji Gatame Roll Option

    Matt Darcy shows a basic arm bar setup from closed guard adding the juji-gatame roll when your opponent uses the stacking defense.

  • Knee Scrape Back Take With Simple Collar Choke Finish

    Chris Fletcher shows the simple collar choke finish after taking the back from the turtle position using the knee scrape

  • Basic Closed Guard Pull to Pendulum Sweep Part 2

    Matt Darcy shows how to go back to the pendulum sweep when the opponent defends the armbar.

    Date: 5/20/2019
    Instructor: Matt Darcy
    Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose

  • Basic Closed Guard Pull to Pendulum Sweep

    Matt Darcy shows how to do a basic closed guard pull and get right on the attack with a pendulum sweep.

    Date: 5/20/2019
    Instructor: Matt Darcy
    Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose

  • Basic Closed Guard Pull to Pendulum Sweep Armbar Part 1

    Matt Darcy shows how to do a basic closed guard pull to pendulum sweep armbar when your opponent defends the sweep.

    Date: 5/20/2019
    Instructor: Matt Darcy
    Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose

  • Turtle Guard - Recover Closed Guard and Triangle Choke

    Matt Darcy shows how you can recover closed guard or a slick triangle choke when your opponent bases away from the Judo Reversal Roll

    Date: 1/7/2019
    Instructor: Matt Darcy
    Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose

  • Use Butterfly Guard to Take the Back When Mounted.

    Matt Darcy teaches how to turn the tide with a back take. He defends the opponents strikes then escapes mount to butterfly guard where he takes the back.

    Date: 5/30/2018
    Instructor: Matt Darcy
    Class: Fundamental Jiu-Jitsu Combatives
    Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose

  • Defend Strikes and Escape Mount to Butterfly Guard

    Matt Darcy teaches how to defend strikes and escape the mounted position to butterfly guard. He then uses the butterfly guard to get back to his feet. This is an essential technique in the Guerrilla Combatives Program.

    Date: 5/30/2018
    Instructor: Matt Darcy
    Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu Sa...

  • Guerrilla Essentials - Kimura Armlock from Side

    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