I am not that versatile in no-gi, only competed twice without a gi and only rolled once a week without, so take this for what it is…
Don’t think single move/technique, think strategy/concept.
What do I try to say with that? Fight the fight one step at a time, one issue at a time. He has your arms pinned, grip fight, swim in and get an under hook or swim out and get an over hook. Make him work. If you can establish some “locomotion” in the fight, use your knees to pull him in and of balance him. Climb your guard, this will help you break his posture down. If he has a strong back/neck, cup the crown of the head for way better leverage. All those little things to mess with him and create openings
How to get un-punched? Just don’t be there in the first place. If you know the guy is top heavy, don’t give him that takedown, don’t accept position. Get him during transitions.
If you read my own thread about trying to be top heavy (I am a lazy guard - I will wait for you to fuck up - kind of guy right now), people say to use what you know as a platform but also, don’t get there to begin with.
I used to think “Oh, I rather fight of my back, save some energy” but in the end, you are losing, you are on your back and you need way more energy to get out of that position, so fight for that take down, fight for that top position.
These responses were removed from AdGrap due to them being too vague. If you’re going to comment in the advanced forum, you need to be as specific as possible.
This specificity serves two purposes. One, it gives useful advice to the OP. Two, it informs me that you know what you’re talking about.
Just to understand you better on this one and, if I happen to know something, help others the next time.
I gave him a complete run down from breaking the grips, controlling his arms, to breaking his posture, to control his posture. That should help him to get to his sweep/submisison setup.
I like what the other dude did in throwing in some techniques he linked but I am more of a conceptual type because what works for one doesn’t work for others.
Example: Kintano tells him to work armdrags, I don’t like them. I guess by him working armdrags, he likes to get to the side/back of the guy or for example get the armtriangle set up (not pulling the arm across your chest line but rather towards your head and opening him up) from guard to then sweep the guy to his open side. That is fine because that is how he rolls.
I like to over hook the arms.
Because I am a sucker for overhook inside lapell/collar grip when rolling wit the Gi.
It isolates the arm and I then can attack with armbar/triangle/omoplata combos and they can’t use that arm to posture on me anymore or defend.
So I was telling him what fronts to tackle at what time so he can then, if he needs to, ask for specific, further details…
Just the way I work and guess approach JiuJitsu as well. There are millions of ways for positions/situations. Go over the concept, if they have a detailed question, answer to full extend.
I get that the second part of my post is a bit vague… and as I said, I am myself not good at the top game and stuck in the same position, at times, as the OP. Thus I know how much it sucks and that he should avoid it.