Troubleshooting The Gogoplata - Losing the arm

[Daniel Siriphongs]

Thank you sir

[Daniel Siriphongs]

I think I am not going quickly enough clearing the head to grabbing the foot. It doesn't help that I'm rolling with guys a lot heavier and stronger than me, so I gotta clamp things down more. Thanks y'all!

[John Hickman]

LOL. I hug my knee like crazy, but the moment I sit up and reach for my foot, the clamping of the knee releases enough to allow them to aggressively limp arm out. I guess I need to work on holding my knee and reaching my foot at the same time.

And, we hosted a regional open mat a couple Sundays ago...I was looking for you.

yeah, I know. I had planned on going, but I wasn't feeling too hot that day.

[Daniel Siriphongs]

yeah, I know. I had planned on going, but I wasn't feeling too hot that day.

There was a bearded purple belt there...I looked at him carefully, then realized it wasn't you. He didn't have enough hair and was wearing a gi, lol.

[Daniel Siriphongs]

Also, they shouldn't be able to run if you are grabbing their head correctly during the transition. Gotta keep that bad boy close to you.

So...I played around with everyone's advice. What I found worked the best for me was going to chill dog then clearing the head for the gogo and grabbing the foot. Before, I was kind of doing the fire and flip, and losing everything during the flip to gogo.

Thanks y'all!

[Eddie Bravo]

Getting into the gogo launch solves the problem of losing the arm, check the second to the last MTS.

[Daniel Siriphongs]

Getting into the gogo launch solves the problem of losing the arm, check the second to the last MTS.

Thank you sir.