She used it multiple times saturday
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She used it multiple times saturday
A Gerald posting!! I need to make a trip up north and learn some leg locks
I'm about to start class in 20 minutes! Hurry!
A Gerald sighting!! #bigfoot :)
Well the swim move comes from judo, correct? I've seen it called the jiju roll or something like that.
Sorry, juji*
When she was teaching it on the ultimate fighter she says she grabs the far leg which I thought was kind of wierd and I think she said she grabs the ankle. I'm used to grabbing the near leg and the toes. I'm not sure what the difference might be.
She wants to completely take them off their base and on top of her. Very Judo in the way she does it. And, the Juji Squish comes from the Japanese name for the armbar "Juji Gatame"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38JgZOCQ0ys
I didn't invent that move, Jean Jacques taught it to me. There was no name so Todd White and I named it the swim move. It's one of those moves that you rarely see in the UFC and ADCC, hopefully Ronda, Tony F, Kelvin, & Jessamyn will change that :)
I was the first person to do it in mma. I did it in Cornwall England against Pat Carr for the 170 lb belt
The most important part is to catch the leg as they are falling so they can't gey back up on their knees.
I am a huge fan of this move.
Ronda is a total beast. Beauty and the beast in one.
anyone know if ronda is ranked in jiu jitsu ?
Was this the first time Gerald watched a Ronda Rousey fight? lol c'mon man! Bahahaha!!!
Sorry Gerald, not to take anything away from you, but Erik Paulson hit it on Stuart Harrison in 1997. You can see it here in his highlight vid. Start watching at 1:30.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBMXIttUc7w
I can't watch videos right now..the generator ran out of gas and our entire trailerpark is shut down until payday.
Paulson was ahead of his time in mma, for sure.
I do love my cat. Peabody is his name. As the truck started rolling I had time to dig my cowboy boots into the fuse box, grab on the steering wheel, and let out a war cry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGdthuh8ItY
ah snap, swim move defense vid by dudes who taught rousey the swim move
Thanks for that link.
The so called juji roll has been around internationally at least since 1976 when it was used in Judo competition by then Soviet judoka Alexander Iatskevich.
The defence shown above by Travis Stevens was seemingly originally posted by Stephan Kesting who writes an interesting background note on his site.
I have not previously seen this defence but see that there are already some negative posts as if a Danaher/Renzo Gracie BB and x2 Olympian does not know what he is talking about. He looks highly accomplished to me.
I knew I recognized that escape, so I dug up the book "Russian Judo" out of my library and yup same one. The entire Judo Materclass series by Ippon books is amazing, I highly recommend them. Russian Judo, Armlocks, Osaekomi and Shimewaza are must haves, however last I heard they were hard to find.
Also as a side note when I first learned the swim move/juji roll I was taught to base on the top of my head,like in this video and still how I execute it, vs. going over the chest. I feel it allows me to maintain a tighter deep hook and it also gives me the option to switch the deep hook and reverse the roll (Head roll juji vs standard hip roll juji)if their base is too strong. I've been calling it the Russian Swim Move, I still teach both I just personally prefer swimming on top of my head.
Check out the way she goes about it. She pulls one leg closer to her and grabs it, then she grabs the other leg for the toss. I'm guessing this is the way she deals with super strong bases. I have success with the one foot, but I suppose I'll keep this in mind for future reference.
https://31.media.tumblr.com/5f8a7841...cjd7o3_250.gif
https://31.media.tumblr.com/0bf7cadf...cjd7o4_250.gif
https://31.media.tumblr.com/2246a766...cjd7o5_250.gif
https://24.media.tumblr.com/130a24ca...cjd7o6_250.gif
thanks for that post David! great stuff!
This is the kind of thread I dig. Take a move and let's break that sucker down.
David, I like the GIF. Did you do that or did you find it somewhere? I'd like to see more of that kind of study.
Found one breaking down her throws from the fight AND the Swim move to armbar and finish.
http://artofgrappling.com/2013/12/29...ghlights-gifs/
Does anyone know how to post the GIF here?
Zog,
I have taken another look and note that Iatskevich in his book Russian Judo does not mention protecting the right arm by securing it to his own thigh as does Stevens and also uses his left hand to catch his opponent's left leg and move it behind his own head. Stevens uses his left hand to grasp his opponent's right ankle as he rolls.
In brief, Iatskevich controls the left leg. Stevens does not apparently see the left leg in front of his body as being a problem.
You may have some observations about how the two approaches work in practice.
In any event re-reading the beginning of his book Iatskevich writes about his Sambo background so presumably this technique was well known in Sambo circles before it surfaced in international Judo competition in the 1970's?
Yeah Iatskevich grabs the lapel instead (I grab the thigh) but the concept is the same, getting the oppoent leg between your is huge.. I disagree with Stevens, getting their leg between yours lowers the threat level, however it doesn't negate it. I also feel the leg over the top is a threat as there are ways of finishing the armlock with your leg trapped betwen the legs. Iatskevich shows a at least one way to finish it in the same book.
100% it was in Sambo. International Sport Judo changed dramatically when the Russian balsted onto the scene.