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Attacking The Back For Grappling & Fighting
Introduction
Welcome from Ryan (1:32)
Opening Thoughts
Why The Back? (4:48)
Open Versus Closed Positions (3:22)
Endgame Fighting (4:21)
Explaining Various Exchanges and Reactions (12:46)
Winning Via Attrition (4:32)
Players In The Game (6:17)
Space...and Reading It (7:37)
Attacking Via Dilemma (7:44)
What is Kuzushi and How Does It Work? (4:39)
Continuing Kuzushi (7:48)
Kuzushi and the Back (7:49)
The Back Position
What Is The Back? (7:12)
Dominant Angle Advantage (7:45)
Hooks vs Control (7:31)
The Purpose of Upper Body Control (8:28)
Process of Attacking the Back (5:02)
Exposing the Back via Dilemma (12:13)
Problems with the Back Position (3:56)
The Turtle Position
10.2.1 Open Turtle Versus Closed Turtle (7:45)
10.3.1 Four Main Angles of Turtle Attack (4:44)
Opponent Orientations and Transitioning
Five Basics Orientations (7:37)
Transition1: Mat Return (3:56)
Transition 2: Double Unders Flip (2:10)
Transition 3: Spiral (1:52)
Transition 4: Flips (3:23)
Transition 5: Snap Down (5:36)
Transition 6: Underhook Drag/Drive Up (5:01)
Six Situations that Create the Back
The Five Basic Paths to the Back (6:36)
Guard Passing (7:53)
Use of Guard (5:20)
Offensive Wrestling (7:15)
Counter Wrestling (6:58)
Double Guard Pull (6:41)
Submission Attack (7:27)
Upper Body Connectors
Shapes and Consequences (3:25)
The Merkle (6:40)
The Seatbelt (9:54)
S Grip and Avoiding Dogma (4:33)
Flow Between Connectors (3:12)
The Merkle
Kuzushi Inside The Merkle (2:19)
The Merkle Flip (5:00)
Nearside Cut to Seatbelt (3:43)
Far Side Cut Under (8:22)
The Bulldog Choke (5:15)
Following the Bulldog Choke (11:34)
Merkle to the Saddle (5:15)
The Seatbelt
Kuzushi in the Seatbelt (3:09)
The Seatbelt Flip (8:15)
Seatbelt Flip to Merkle Flip (2:08)
The Seatbelt Spiral (5:26)
Seatbelt Spiral to Chair Sit (6:06)
Jumping Chair Sit (5:15)
Transition to Far Side Cradle Flip (7:18)
Transition to the Crucifix (7:00)
Slide to Reverse Triangle (7:40)
The S Grip
S Grip (6:59)
S Grip Solving Problems (9:24)
Positional Set Pieces
Standing: Jump the Hooks (4:26)
Mount: Chair Sit (3:06)
Side Control 1: Direct Chair Sit (3:01)
Side Control 2: Spin Behind (2:52)
Side Control 3: Traverse Across (4:36)
Side Control 4: Needle Hook (3:36)
Knee on Stomach: Needle Hook (4:04)
Merkle Discussion (6:32)
Resets
The Chair Sit (6:45)
Needle Hook to Chair Sit (5:41)
The Ninja Roll (10:21)
Advanced Resetting (6:21)
Controlling the Back
Monitoring the Corners (5:56)
Organic Seatbelt 1: Manipulating Direction and Height (12:21)
Organic Seatbelt 2: Manipulating the Point of Contact (9:30)
Organic Seatbelt 3: Head Position (11:14)
Organic Seatbelt 4: Hungry Hungry Hippo Hands (12:46)
Organic Seatbelt 5: Interaction Between Hooks and Hands (13:35)
Lower Body Control Positions and Skills
Control 1: Standard Positioning (3:21)
Control 2: Consequences of Crossing Your Feet (5:52)
Control 3: The Body Triangle (3:14)
Control 4: The Short Body Triangle (3:09)
Control 5: The Hip Clamp (3:54)
Influencing Movement 1: Pinning with the Inside-Out Hook (5:54)
Influencing Movement 2: Pinning with the Outside-In Hook (3:47)
Influencing Movement 3: The Butterfly Hook (6:23)
Influencing Movement 4: Shortening and Lengthening Legs (5:20)
The Body Triangle
The Purpose of the Body Triangle (1:55)
Creating Pressure in the Body Triangle (3:34)
Body Triangle Targets (5:27)
Floating Foot Positioning (8:24)
The Body Triangle and Seatbelt Interaction (8:39)
Setting Up the Finish
The Finishing Process (2:31)
Hand Fighting Theory: Inside Line (3:45)
Hand Fighting Theory: Overloading Defense (6:43)
Hand Fighting Mechanics: Hand Versus Wrist Control (5:24)
Hand Fighting Mechanics: Sim Go Wrist Lock (3:08)
Short Term vs Long Term Advantage (6:20)
Trapping the Arms
Arm Trap 1: The Lasso (6:13)
Arm Trap 2: Lasso Behind the Back (6:28)
Arm Trap 3: The Kimura Trap (6:05)
Arm Trap 4: Venus Fly Trap (4:26)
Arm Trap 5: Hand Behind the Head (2:50)
Defeating the Chin
Defeating the Chin 1: Head Positioning (4:50)
Defeating the Chin 2: Opening the Neck Like Marcelo (9:15)
Defeating the Chin 3: The Saw (8:33)
Defeating the Chin 4: The Muffler (4:45)
Finishing
Crushing vs Squeezing (5:48)
The Rear Naked Choke (RNC) (9:42)
Alternative RNC Grips (5:47)
The Short Choke (8:11)
Disrespectful Transitions
The Exorcist (4:05)
The Homer Simpson (4:48)
Discussion
Why We Teach the Way We Teach (16:25)
Random Thoughts (12:12)
Yoga Pants…WTF? (2:51)
But Wait, There’s More (1:22)
Secret to Back Control (0:57)
People to Watch (8:14)
The Value of Competition (3:34)
Acknowledgments (4:51)
Outro
Thank You (0:44)
Kuzushi Inside The Merkle
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