Braulio Estima - Tune My Game Pilot (Free Must See Special Instructional Release)

[Jack LaBarge]

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[ScottRay]

Very good video! This is my bread and butter, my A-game, the whizzer game from top half. Not a bad job showing the D'arce. Couple details he talks about let's you know he actually uses this move. Great control using the 101 pass style of positionig. Looks very, very refined. A little different (no vice), but often times I don't use the vice either. Great vid Jack. Thanks.

[Mike Nall]

Very good video! This is my bread and butter, my A-game, the whizzer game from top half. Not a bad job showing the D'arce. Couple details he talks about let's you know he actually uses this move. Great control using the 101 pass style of positionig. Looks very, very refined. A little different (no vice), but often times I don't use the vice either. Great vid Jack. Thanks.

He did show the vice (3/4 nelson), as a possibility at the end. Braulio Estima is obviously an incredible competitor an awesome teacher. I think this will be a great video series.

One detail that I've picked up on from Cobrinha and Ryan Hall to name a couple, is to not attack the choke while your knee is trapped in their half guard. It obviously can still work but even just getting your knee up enough to rest it on top on their thigh in a semi knee-cut position is enough to keep them from being able to manipulate your base as much. Some guys like Robert Drysdale even will lift the knee slightly and point it towards their abdomen to prevent them from sitting up.

Really great details by Estima on a versatile and powerful position.

[sean applegate]

Some great details here. You def need that knee out though. Lockdown and the whip down change the way this position is played for sure

[Mike Nall]

Some great details here. You def need that knee out though. Lockdown and the whip down change the way this position is played for sure

Absolutely. In fact if your knee is free it will make it easier for you to finish the choke. By trapping your lower leg they're locking their own hips into place so once you have the choke on tight they think they're trying to defend the choke and keep you from sliding out. But if they were smart they'd let the leg go and try to outrun the choke. It also makes them think about the choke and the pass. it's harder to defend 2 things than 1.

If you've ever been taught a darce or anaconda or guillotine or any choke where you can either snag one of their legs with yours or mount them, it's the same idea. It holds their hips in place. By just getting your knee out, they can't move your base in their half guard and they're keeping their own hips stuck as you choke them.

You can see a lot of top level dudes knee slicing into a choke from the top and leaving a foot behind so that their opponent wraps up their lower leg thinking it's a good idea. It's an advanced concept. Marcelo Garcia does it all the time with the guillotine from top half. Intentional or not a ton of really good grapplers do it.

It's also one reason why I've stayed away from the lockdown the past couple years. Maybe I just need some more advanced teaching on it but I don't like my A-Game to be one that's going to lock my hips into place. Maybe my lockdown just need to be more active?

I do like the lockdown if I'm in deep water and need to regain some ground.

[sean applegate]

Absolutely. In fact if your knee is free it will make it easier for you to finish the choke. By trapping your lower leg they're locking their own hips into place so once you have the choke on tight they think they're trying to defend the choke and keep you from sliding out. But if they were smart they'd let the leg go and try to outrun the choke. It also makes them think about the choke and the pass. it's harder to defend 2 things than 1.

If you've ever been taught a darce or anaconda or guillotine or any choke where you can either snag one of their legs with yours or mount them, it's the same idea. It holds their hips in place. By just getting your knee out, they can't move your base in their half guard and they're keeping their own hips stuck as you choke them.

You can see a lot of top level dudes knee slicing into a choke from the top and leaving a foot behind so that their opponent wraps up their lower leg thinking it's a good idea. It's an advanced concept. Marcelo Garcia does it all the time with the guillotine from top half. Intentional or not a ton of really good grapplers do it.

It's also one reason why I've stayed away from the lockdown the past couple years. Maybe I just need some more advanced teaching on it but I don't like my A-Game to be one that's going to lock my hips into place. Maybe my lockdown just need to be more active?

I do like the lockdown if I'm in deep water and need to regain some ground.

You have to stay mobile with the lockdown. That's a huge part of being effective with your lockdown game. With that being said, not everybody is going to be a lockdown player.

[Matt Wallace]

Cool! Thanks for sharing.

[Kurzy]

Bookmarking for later viewing.

One detail that I've picked up on from Cobrinha and Ryan Hall to name a couple, is to not attack the choke while your knee is trapped in their half guard. It obviously can still work but even just getting your knee up enough to rest it on top on their thigh in a semi knee-cut position is enough to keep them from being able to manipulate your base as much. Some guys like Robert Drysdale even will lift the knee slightly and point it towards their abdomen to prevent them from sitting up.

Amen to this. Darce/JNT/PNT is my go-to right now because I am lacking in experience, but I am comfortable with that series of moves, but I know exactly what you're talking about because if a guy has half or quarter guard on me it is tough to get the depth and leverage needed for those sub positions.
I just lately have started waiting on the attack until I get that foot out, and often times the opportunity for those subs will disappear by the time I free up my leg, but "ce-la-vie"!. At least I am not wasting energy anymore trying to strangarm my arms into position for a choke that isn't going to happen because my leg is stuck. I'm learning.....

[kevinculp]

I watched this on Friday and was sharing it with my class on Saturday. Braulio is one of my favorites!

Sean...my whip up sucks so I developed a very tight lockdown game where I let them get head control so I can clench with an over hook and wait for 5.0 sweep Apollo or transition to Cacoon. Most of my partners are 185lbs and up with good top pressure so whip up is a let down

[sean applegate]

I watched this on Friday and was sharing it with my class on Saturday. Braulio is one of my favorites!

Sean...my whip up sucks so I developed a very tight lockdown game where I let them get head control so I can clench with an over hook and wait for 5.0 sweep Apollo or transition to Cacoon. Most of my partners are 185lbs and up with good top pressure so whip up is a let down

If you add a good whizzer pimp to that you may be OK, but a guy with a strong dominator or shoulder smash pass will wear you down and pass from there. Especially if you aren't whipping or pimp arming.