Mir armbar/gogoplata

[Cora Sek]

Hey guys, just want your oppinion on this move. Cora and I called it the Crazy legs. We been working on it and when she does it to me, it looks like it will work. The reason why we play around with this is because she always get smashed by her friend at the gym who is about 40 lbs heavier than her. He would always power his way to side control her and apply his favor move, the Americana. When he side control her, he always go for the cross face first as this is the way he was taught. With the crazy legs, while in side control cross faced, she brings her arm in a prayer position, then she would UPA to create space between him and her, and at the same time swing her leg in a gogoplata position underneath his chin. And then she would pin his arm underneath her arm pit. With the leg under his chin, she push on it to create enough space for her other leg to swing underneath his belly to the other side as she pivot her body so he is now in her guard. Now if he tries to pull out, she got a Mir armbar. IF he tries to stack her or put pressure on her, she swing the other leg over his neck and grab the ankle for a gogoplata. So what yall think? And take it easy on me please, I never confess to being a JJ expert. Just trying to have fun with my baby.

[Cora Sek]

Oh and if there is such a move out there, I swear to you that I did not copy it. We work this out while playing in the garage a couple of days ago.

[Ryan Brick]

video?

[Paul Hughes]

yeah a video would be great dude if you could get one for us

[Chad Clark]

Yeah, video would be awesome, I'm not quite sure I'm picturing it in my head.

[Kurzy]

Definitely requiring video.
It sounds like something I tried live rolling with my instructor, and what he said was "Yes it was uncomfortable, but not a submission."

But I would have to see it.

[Ryan Brick]

It sounds like its an armbar from side control bottom, but instead of going for it she goes for the mir armlock from z guard but the "gogo plata leg position" confuses me.

Is her thigh on the chin or is it her shin with her knee pointing away from her head?

[Cora Sek]

Hey guys, here is a quick vid of the move. Please excuse the background mess, we had just came back from the gym and no time to clean up...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZnnKXo0dwI

[Slick Rick]

Hey guys, here is a quick vid of the move. Please excuse the background mess, we had just came back from the gym and no time to clean up...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZnnKXo0dwI

Looks good to me. the last submission may be escaped fairly easily by turning your captured arm's hand towards your feet, quickly turning to N/S(regular omoplata position) and cartwheeling out. Then Cora would have a regular omoplata to deal with- sweep or sub.
Armbar from side control variations are good options to go for. It's great to see you are experimenting and seeing what works. Remember, what works for you may not work for someone else, because of the body type, but like an engineer or artist, keep testing the waters.
Thanks for sharing with us.

[Cora Sek]

THanks Rick, yeah we were just experimenting with some stuff just to keep it fun and fresh for Cora. As of late, she's been coming up with her own variations of things that I myself did not teach her and I know for sure they didn't teach those moves in class as I sit and watch all the classes. For example, like this move here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoRJ-HtBKm0