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Want a Better Mount for MMA and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Now?

Want a Better Mount for MMA and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Now?

Article by Brian Deusenberry







We have all watched Mixed Martial Arts Competitions, seen a fighter get the mounted position and hear the crowd roar only to find the top fighter to get rolled or not be able to finish the fight. Even in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments you receive four points just for mounting your opponent. Is the mount more of a moral victory than an effective position?

The mount can be the most effective position in fighting, but you have to keep it and not get reversed. First off let’s divide the mount in two categories, a high mount and a low mount. The high mount is more for striking and the low mount is more for looking for a submission.

There is a documentary called “Gracie in Action” it’s about showing the effectiveness of Jiu-Jitsu. Time and time again the Gracie representative would close the distance, take his opponent down, mount them, and begin to strike them to get them to turn their back where they would apply a choke winning the fight. The fighters in the video were mainly using a high mount.

So originally in street fighting the mount was used to strike a person to encourage him to roll over exposing his back ready to be choked. How do you keep this mount? When you’re mounted to strike you sit straight up with good posture and keep your knees high in their arm pits while reigning down punches. You keep your knees high in their armpits as opposed to over their stomach so when they bridge or buck their hips you’re not affected. Keep in mind this high is more of a striking guard so use your punches to distract him from escaping and feeling like his only choice is to turn his back.

The second mount is more of a low mount riding your opponent wearing him out maintaining your position while looking for submissions. Let’s look at a way to be in the low mount and make it virtually impossible to get rolled. The first thing is too put one of your arms behind their head that keeps him from bench pressing you off. The second thing is put your head down on the opposite side of his head. The third is to keep your other arm out to the side as a post to keep him from rolling you that way. The fourth thing is too keep your knees wide with big toes touching each other so if he bucks you have him hooked with your feet. While in this position your opponent will try to push on your knees trying to recover guard. When he does this on the side where that you are posting your arm out, use this had to reach down and pluck his hand from your knee. If your opponent does this on the side where your arm is behind his head move your arm away from the knee he is pushing on, stretching him out.

When you start implementing these strategies into your mount game pay attention to how your training partner reacts, especially in the low mount, is he protecting his neck? What does he do with his arms? Does he turn to his side? In jiu-jitsu each reaction causes a predictable reaction, use this knowledge to your advantage. Good luck training!



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The Top 3 Ways For Federer to Beat Nadal

The Top 3 Ways For Federer to Beat Nadal

It’s not enough for Federer that Rafa Nadal is a great tennis player.

It’s also a challenge because Nadal plays left handed.

The problem is that most people Federer (and you) play are right handed, so he and you become used to certain patterns of play and positions on the tennis court.

When the lefty comes along, everything you know about the game seems to go out the window and if you are not careful your strong shots are dealt with easier and your weaknesses are more exposed.

Here are the top 3 adjustments you need to make to your tennis game when coming up against a left handed opponent.

Adjust Your Position On The Return Of Serve Position

Because the natural path of the ball from a lefty’s tennis serve like Nadal is to your left, you need to adjust your returning position.

By moving over to the left to return serve (on both sides) you will be in a better position to return their best serves as well as forcing them to try to hit what for them is the slightly harder serve.

In the deuce court the harder serve for them will be the kick serve out wide and the sliced serve down the centre from the ad side.

The most overlooked aspect in all of this is the fact that you will be showing them that you are aware of what’s happening on the court and you will force them to do some thinking of their own and not just serve their favourite serves and play on autopilot.

Believe me, with most players that will lead to an increase in double faults and free points for you!

Work On Your Backhand Up The Line

Because Federer and us rightys tend to want to play our backhands cross court, this can cause a problem when we play leftys as we tend to hit into their strength – the forehand.

Also, leftys are happy to get the ball on the forehand and hit it crosscourt into our backhands.

By working on the backhand up the line you can switch play so that they hit their backhand cross court into your strength (your forehand).

You may even get the chance if they try to go back up the line on your backhand to run around the ball and hit an inside out forehand.

One word of caution here, you will find many left handers (esp. Nadal) are quite good at creating wide angles from their forehands to your backhand.

If that happens, don’t try and go down the line as you will be way out of position for the next ball – you must try to go deep and cross court!!

Don’t forget When They Come To The Net

One other thing that you also need to do is to adjust what you do when a lefty comes to the net.

Because you often don’t have a lot of time when this happens it’s easy to play on auto pilot.

The problems arise when you try to put up a lob.

You should know that a lob over the backhand side of your opponent is the most effective.

Well, when you put up your normal lob for your right handed opponent this ends up going to the leftys forehand and gets crushed!!

Not only do they win the point but it pumps them up and gives them extra confidence – NOT GOOD!!

You can just see Nadal pumping his fist after dispatching an easy overhead.

Conclusion

These adjustments may not help Federer to beat Nadal as I’m sure he is aware of them, but they will most certainly help most of the club players out there when they come up against lefty opponents.

Start using them today!

Also try to search out some left handed people to practise with.

This will prove invaluable when you have to play one in a match.

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How to Stop Slicing the Ball

How to Stop Slicing the Ball

For recreational golfers, no part of the golf game is more frustrating than getting great contact on a drive…only to see it slice 50 yards into the woods. To compensate, many golfers make “on-the-fly” adjustments that usually make the problem worse! In this article, I’ll give you FIVE FAQ’s on key swing fundamentals that will help you to stop slicing a golf ball. (These FAQ’s are for right-handers..for left-handers, reverse the directions)

FAQ 1:

The Setup — When a basketball defender is guarding his man, he tries to be perfectly balanced so that he can quickly react to the direction that his opponent is going. If he is leaning right, the offensive player could easily exploit that. In a similar way, you must be properly balanced as you setup to the ball. Bend your knees, get set and avoid leaning to the right or to the left. If you aren’t set properly, your swing is doomed before it begins! If you are perfectly balanced, you’ll be less likely to slice the ball.

FAQ 2:

The Shoulders — When you swing a club, your right shoulder should be LOWER than your left shoulder at the moment of impact! This is a common mistake of many golfers who have problems with slices. When you examine your swing at the moment of impact, if you find that you are one of the many golfers who keeps your left shoulder lower than your right, than you have found the probable cause of your slice!

FAQ 3:

Proper Grip — A quick test to make sure you have the proper grip is to insert two golf tees between your thumb and the webbing of your hand while gripping the club. If the tees point toward the target, than your weak grip is a typical slicer’s mistake. Make sure both tees are pointing straight in front of you.

FAQ 4:

Flat Left Wrist — At the top of your swing, make sure your wrist is flat. A loose wrist or a wrist that is at an angle will cause you to slice the ball. Many who slice the ball find that they have a tendency to cup their wrist at the top of their swing. Keeping that wrist flat and straight will help keep the slice out of your game.

FAQ 5:

Proper Hand Rotation — After you have hit the ball, where are your hands? Your right hand, or ungloved hand, should rotate over and be on top of your left hand after you have struck the ball. If you’re not rotating your hands in this manner, you will find it very difficult to keep your ball straight!

If you are able to implement these five FAQ’s, you should soon stop slicing the ball, see your drives heading down the fairway, and you’ll definitely see your scores start improving dramatically..

 

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