No guillotine fans? The guillotine was the first sub I learned and still one of my favorites.
An armlock (I have no idea the name of) that resembles http://web1.vattnet.com/judo/katamewaza/kannukigatame.gif (but in gaurd, and you use your hip movement to apply the pressure) is also one of my favorites. People rarely look for it, and although easy to avoid it flows really easily into a kimura. A failed kimura can also easily transfer into this technique, therefore making it equally favorable.
Currently working on getting my triangle and straight arm bars to be better. I like them a lot but I am very far from being able to just think about it and slap one on.
All are done no gi. I would love to try gi grappling some day, but it doesn’t look like that day is too soon.
I too am curious how you are doing subs comfortably when you are about to start BJJ.
Closed guard:
Kimura (obviously).
I don’t work collar chokes from here enough. I also don’t like working the guil from here because too often I have to force and muscle it and end up pooped.
Open guard:
My guard sucks but I can hit triangles often enough against people newer than me. Not those of comprable skill often though.
I can usually chase down an armbar against the same folk I triangle.
No-gi I’ll usually work for top and go for arm subs from there. I don’t like my grip from underneath without sleeves which will make a stack more effective (on me). Better to take top.
My favorite is the triangle choke - someone with my limited skill can pull that one off!
Here is one I used that I used but don’t if it’s got a name. Maybe the more experienced JJ’ers have a name for it?
I was sparring with someone and got them in the guard. As I pushed their head to left with left hand, and grabbed their left wrist with my right, they momentarily had it locked out straight. Hmmm, I need to do something with that. So stuck my head on top of the elbow and improvised an arm bar. (their head on my left, their elbow under my neck, their left arm wrist in my right hand). Pushed down hard with my neck and tapped him out.
The advantage was
I got a sub from the safety of the guard
Disadvantages:
requires some strength to pull off (not good leverage using my neck for a fulcrum)
I don’t like putting my head where if they twisted their left hand, it would have been around my neck in an instant.
Triangle is by far the number one submission I hit from the guard, which is probably the number one sub I hit overall as well. Omoplata being second, followed by the armbar.
I always play a very dynamic/open guard which I’m always looking for setups for the triangle or to spin into an omoplata. Anytime you see the one arm through/one arm out beginning of the triangle, be ready to shoot that leg over and clamp it down for the start of the sub.
re: the Ezequiel - I normally only get this when I have them mounted. Most of the guys I go with keep very good posture, so I don’t have a lot of chances to hit this or the gulliotine.
I’m comfortable with those 3 subs because I’ve been praticing on the mat at my gym, and they’re the ones which gave me the most results from my closed guard. I’m not in BJJ yet, but I’ve studied some subs from videos, worked on them at the gym, and tried them out. I’ve made it a point to know a few subs before going into BJJ, to get ahead a bit ;).
Also, I’ve been trying the kimura armlock from north-south, and it appears like I’m doing it correctly, but my partners tell me that it doesn’t really do much. I’m bringing their arm up to 90 degrees with my left arm in their joint, my right hand grabbing their wrist, and my left hand grabbing my right arm. I push to the left and twist their wrist to the right with my right arm, but it seems to not do much. What could I possibly be doing wrong?
BJJ practicioners generally profess “Position, then submission” as the attitude to have when learning the art. If you really want to get ahead, you’d be better off working positioning drills, such as the ebby, the upa, etc. Unless you have a background in some other grappling art, the submissions you learn aren’t going to help you that much at the beginning.
To answer your original query, the Kimura from the guard is my favorite submission. It is not particularly risky to pull off, it combines well with sweeps and other submissions, and it allows you to reestablish guard easily slightly before/during the finish. Therefore, if the technique does not work, you are at a lower risk of being reversed than some other techniques. That’s my opinion, anyway.
Lol, I know that much. I’m not inexperienced in grappling, I’m inexperienced in submissions, which am ferverently working on. I’ve been boxing for 4 years, and 2 of which I’ve trained in wrestling.
Also, I was talking about the kimura armlock, from north-south position.
My best sub when I have a guy in my guard is to start crying uncontrollably and then when they turn their head in digust I punch them in the skull and run.
Trap their bottom arm under your shin close to your knee at their bicep (if they are not experienced grapplers, they might tap out from this because it hurts like hell)
Tuck their wrist in as tight to their shoulder as you can. You should always do this as it takes away their power angles.
Keep your foot/knee right on their back.
When torquing their shoulder, pull their wrist towards their head at the same time. I guarantee they will tap or you will tear their rotator cuff.
I don’t use a closed guard but if I had to then it would be single-lapel choke (I’ve got no idea if there’s a Brazilian name for this choke).
From open guard (butterfly), my favourite submission is cross-lapel choke.
Without a gi, it’s probably triangle choke.
The triangle is the only submission (aside from an omoplata once) I’ve ever pulled off from the guard. I had a lot of success with it during my first three months of BJJ (against other beginners, of course), but since then all my subs have been from the top position. My guard isn’t very good, so I prefer to sweep from there.
