Current Project:

Using Headquaters to Move into Guard Passes

Timeframe: Week 3 of X Weeks

Entries

  • From Seated Guard

    • Goal: Get your Partner on Their Back

      • Tips:

        • Gripfight your way in (Put your hands on the outside of your partner’s hands).

        • Stand in a wrestling stance.

        • Observe how your partner is reacting to you and respond accordingly.

      • Partner Pushes into your hands: Shove the hands back,

      • No Responses: Push people shoulders so they fall to the ground

      • Variations on grabbing the feet

        • Option 1: Grab both feet, elevate your partner, and step into headquarters.

        • Option 2: Grab 1 foot (under the heel), pull the foot out and lift up.

        • Partner Leaning Forward : threaten the guillotine/attack the head so your partner will arch away to escape, and you can grab the feet, elevate your partner, and step into headquarters

      • Partner Sitting in a Diamond Shape: Step into the side of the groin, dig underhook and push down into headquaters. Getting into headquaters. step in on the same side that your oppent is leaning toward

    • Getting into Headquaters once on thier back

      • Whatever side your partner is leaning toward, that’s the side you will step in with & squat down into headquaters position from there

  • From De La Riva

    • Goal: Clear the hooks

Controls

  • Goal: Headquaters allows you to get past your opponent’s feet

    • Feet

      • One of your partner’s legs is trapped between your legs (by squatting on your opponent’s foot/ partner’s foot in on your hips).

      • Hook your foot onto your partner’s shin

    • Bodyweight

      • lean your weight forward

    • Hands

      • base your hand on the the side where you are sitting on your partner’s foot.

      • Your other hand shouold be on your partner’s knee

Finishes

  • Finishes are dependent on where your partner’s knee is in relation to your belly button

    • Knee on the outside of your hips: KNee Cut

    • Knee is in the middle and pushing away: hurdle over the leg and jump into mount

    • Driving across the hip (toward the inside): Smash pass

Resources

Tips

From Coach Alija

  • You can’t be afraid of getting close to your partner.

  • Track your partner’s knees (not just their hooks).

  • Focus on getting your shin pushed into your partner’s knee pit.

  • Squat down on your partner’s legs (headquarters is awesome).

    • dont lean forwrard when you are in headquarters - focus on lear