#pendulum sweep

Closed guard to back take, then a cool triangle entry. Alternatively a pendulum sweep.

Tonight I taught my students 4 things: - The arm bar - The Pendulum Swing, Opa Sweep, or Flower Drill (Depending on what name your instructor uses) - Escape from Arm Bar - Countering the Counter

I'll have to check to see if these are on YouTube and Update this post with links to them.

The Arm Bar and Pendulum sweep use the exact same setup. The only difference is that the leg that would go over your opponents head needs to be used to help you roll into mount.  From mount, I showed the students how to do a Z Mount, which then lead into another arm bar.

During their rolling session, 2 students worked through the escape of arm bar from mount, to taking the back, or passing an arm bar when their opponent attempted to throw it from guard.  They went through this about 8 times before the student being attacked finally was able to take his opponents back.

Arm Bar Setup from Guard https://youtu.be/_m1RHqTodMI https://youtu.be/bdk0XpthmrA

Arm Bar Escape from Guard https://youtu.be/It_37Iy564A

Flower Drill from Guard https://youtu.be/1KaaFtnZdV8