Muddy Waters Armbar from Rubber Guard at Grappler's Quest!

[James O'Brien II]

Grappler's Quest 7-20-13

Men's 129.9 lb NoGi Advanced Semi Finals

http://youtu.be/58uuh3u66ew -- Video Link

0:39 seconds - Lockdown - New School Old School Sweep - (Variation of the Old School Sweep)

4:09 - Rubber Guard Clinic

I'd much appreciate feedback from everyone!

Thanks!

Train Hard. Train Often.

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[James O'Brien II]

[Aaron Gustaveson]

Badass, Congratulations!

Was that muddy waters? Not trying to hate. Why aren't you busting out the pump from new york crackhead to get the arm in position? You're going from new york to high double bag without going to ny crackhead and pumping his arm into place?

ny>ny crackhead>pump>high doublebag (locking the shoulder)>fall to the side=muddy waters>win

hope im not wrong about this.

[Martin.Harris]

Nice work! I don't see Muddy Waters though You have a triangle instead of a High Double Bag and his elbow doesn't appear to be in the center of your chest / stomach area. It looks like an arm bar from baby alligator or the newly named Dead Orchard.

Not taking anything away from your victory it was very good

[gene k]

Niice! But I believe this is the Dead Orchard version of the croc, where you can triangle your legs. Baby Alligator is from Mission control I believe? and Muddy Waters is when you have a New York with a high double bag trapping the shoulders.

Here is the thread discussing it: http://www.10thplanetjj.com/threads/...t=dead+orchard

[Martin Campbell]

That was sweet man! We just learned this over in Glasgow!

[Ryan Brick]

Nice match, your bottom game looks slick,

Your opponent looked like he was hunting for subs the whole time, good job surviving the kimuras and guillotines and finishing him

[Blake Small]

Great job bro

[Ehsan_Karam]

You looked legit out there bro, way to rep.

[James O'Brien II]

1st and most important: Thanks for all of the positive encouragement and technical advice! I've learned so much already just from the few posts above!

Dead Orchard?! Baby Alligator?! -- I've never heard these terms?!

On top of never having trained with anyone who uses the rubber guard. I became a member of 10thPlanetJJ.com in 2010 before MTS was a consistent source of technique. So I backed of for quite awhile and wow am I proud to see where MTS is now xD

I saw the 1st MTS episode where Eddie is working Muddy Waters with Aoki a couple nights before Grappler's Quest. I kept noticing how Aoki would triangle over the shoulder. (That is what I did in the match above) So that is why my information is relatively flawed. Though with watching the review. I have a better understanding of Muddy Waters.

Aaron Gustaveson, I dislocated my right ankle in the match prior to the one seen above :/ -- Not only was my standing grappling noticeably affected. When I went to crackhead control I felt a strain in my right ankle so I took it back to the hip and worked to a double bag.

I thought this Andy Dick looking character of a ref did a poor job with points, restarts, and even a general understanding of the rules. He told my I wasn't allowed to grab MY OWN PANTS, he restarted the match in closed guard when there was no match going on in the ring beside us WHILE I WAS fighting for a triangle choke, and not to mention the areas I wasn't getting points or that he waited 6 whole seconds to give my my sweep points from lockdown. -- Sorry for the rant xD

All of that aside. My opponent who is a 3 or 4 striped purple belt that trains at Renzo's, made for a truly respectable opponent. Despite the injury that has me soaking my foot in ice water as I write this. This was the most fun I've ever had in a match (:

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