even if you hate the gi this is so damn cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQVRlMcXy9E
even if you hate the gi this is so damn cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQVRlMcXy9E
That was awesome, thanks for sharing!
Crazy! Awesome.
arm bar to taking the back?! are you nuts?!! lol Loved it, Mendes is a fucking wizard.
that armbar to taking the back was amazing....BUT what even more AMAZING is that, the other guy goes toe to toe with Mendes with just ONE ARM!!!! WOW....much respect...
Bookmarking.
Number 1 P4P right now, well, I have him and Marcelo 1and 1a
oh SHIT!
man, i can't believe how amazing he is
Knee on belly switch to the other side right into the leg drag position
From armbar on the bottom to going under to the back, just ridiculous
Amazing!
All in days work. What tournament was that? SF Open?
Glad this is getting rightful praise here
I think this was at the Houston Open as he was just here....
This was at the SF open
He won at the Houston open a couple weeks ago also
This was the Houston open match.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cora Sek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Oyh01MJkAQ
What a BEAST!!!
The almost back take from the failed arm bar from the guard was nothing short of sorcery, plus all that guard passing was super sweet on the eyes. From these 2 matches it seems that he likes to go to spider web off the back. Not too many GI guys I'll sit thru, but I'll watch anything by Rafa that's for sure :-)
ya he often likes to lock the shoulder and go for the arm. he appears to prefer keeping a kimura grip while going for the arm rather than a deep hook while holding the leg. i'm pretty sure he does, however, cross his feet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eddie Bravo
Yeah Eddie. Some insight into his philosophy on that if you were curious, if not just ingore:Quote:
Originally Posted by Eddie Bravo
Rafa believes from the over-unders/seatbelt (no-gi or gi) that whatever side you land on should dictate whether you attack the RNC or the armbar. If you're on the over-arm side, you go for your RNCs/collar chokes. If you're on your under side you go for armbars and wristlocks.
Rafa is a ninja at pulling armbars from the back. He does that shit all the time both no-gi and gi. I'd say after his roll-thru anaconda choke from top half guard the armbar from the back is probably his most common finish in no-gi.
Glad you liked the matches
This is very true. The only thing I will say is that he doesn't actually prefer to cross the feet or not. he doesn't really care. he keeps his knees pinching no matter what. If both of his feet are behind the far arm (the one that isn't being arm barred) he is fine with crossing the feet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony Toffolo
Here's some good examples of Rafa hitting armbars and wristlocks from the back control against Purple belt No-Gi World champ Darson Hemmings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh0jLseDdi0
I almost rolled Geoffrey at NAGA one time. I finished the blue gi and was at the bracket table trying to talk my way into the purple belt division and they said if I put on a brown belt I could roll him cause no other browns were in his division. I was opposed to wearing a brown and wanted to roll in my own belt so they just let me go purple because he didn't want to roll someone wearing a blue apparently. He is SUPER legit though, ridiculous. One hand or not.
Man I missed all kinds of people competing this year at SF, sucks I gotta get off my ass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Liquidrob
The Mendes Bros have a good arsenal of 10p, although you'll never see em pull RG or Lockdown.
They respect 10p for sure though. Twister side control to the twister roll, who's your daddy control to the back, spider web, back control to a variation of the swim move. All stuff they've taught before, but without the names. But like 10p, they aren't afraid to digest and utilize any technique. Mad respect!
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Dude is that you in the picture? If so then I have two things to say:Quote:
Originally Posted by Slick Rick
1. Awesome roll with Rafa. It was awesome to watch.
2. During the no-gi leg drag q&a we were making the same faces, haha.
Hope you had fun out there man!
Mike were you there the other day brotha? If so, I'm trying to figure out if I know you by face, just never met you yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Nall
yes, it's me.. on thursday, I got my arm detached by Rafa. but, it's the price to pay.
Nah man I never met you. I've trained there before, but I'm not a student there. I'm on their online site though. I don't know if you saw the video they put up with Rafa answering questions about the leg drag after a no-gi class, but I was just tripping off the faces that you were making in the background. They had some comments open, and pretty much everyone was like "my jaw was dropping just like that brown belt in the back." He was dropping so much knowledge on there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slick Rick
Here's a link: https://www.mendesbros.com/online-tr...nswers11-27-12
I wish he'd make one for the anaconda choke. He's a killer with that shit. I paid the anaconda no neverminds until Rafa wrecked shop at ADCC with it.
LOL! I am in constant amazement for sure.. I tried clicking on the link, but I'm not a member.. Maybe one day I'll own up to that price tag.. For now I'll just have to consume in real time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Nall
Once in a while, they'll have a camera out to record techniques, but I guess sometimes I don't realize I'm being recorded, so the faces, the videos where I'm getting smashed, the pics, I'll probably never get to witness. Bummer.
I'm surprised they don't have the Anaconda choke vids up there.. He does show some nice stuff. I've been to some of their seminars where they would go over some of this as well.
I sent you a PM. They do at least have this up on youtube.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slick Rick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw2xfELw4wc
Nice!! thanks Mike!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Nall
lol, when I watched the Leg Drag video a couple weeks ago I was watching the faces by the dude in brown also, he looked amazed at everything, than I said, wait a minute, I think that might be Slick Rick from the forum!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Nall
Also, Mike Nall is your source for all things Rafa related
Liquid Rob, it's crazy sometimes when you see guys show crazy techniques.. What seems obvious to them, is like a magic trick to me. It makes me wanna rip my hair out when I see some of these things!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Liquidrob
Hey man, I'm amazed by Rafa also, probably would have had the same faces, he just makes stuff look so easy
That Leg Drag question and answer was awesome, probably better in person though like you got to experience
True. GUI has some great philosophy too, but I've noticed it's Rafa most of the time doing NoGi. What's so great about jits is every school has something to offer to the grand pot of jits. I bet if they came to our schools, they'd be intrigued by our details of twister, rg, lockdown.. I trip when some of em pull semi rg on me. It's cool!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Liquidrob
Holy shit, 4:51 in that OP video is a quick transtion/position switch. Lightning fast.