February 2023

homie control

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There are a few extended videos at https://www.10thplanetjj.com/techniques-archive/ but there isn’t much from 10th Planet on Youtube.

This isn’t my favorite video from Coach Brian. It gets extended a bit by his coaching of the young camera operator. It’s probably the best I’ve found:

I found a second one:

Here is Giancarlo Bodoni showing it from full guard:

I don’t know what happened to part 3. I didn’t find it on Youtube.

Bonus: Pinch headlock into triangle (for DJ).

Here’s Eddie Bravo doing it at high speed, ending with the transition to spider web. He points out that he prefers the head control rather than the shoulder crunch. I do too. Gordon Ryan, the best in the world, prefers the shoulder crunch variant. It is not clear to me what Gordon gains from his approach compared to the head and arm. I’m sure there’s something there, but I don’t see it.

Since the other elements of the pinch headlock/homie control are covered in the other videos, here’s some help with the swim move:

I appreciate the comments at the end about not doing the move to the guy. It’s in line with the Rabbit Season Duck Season concept. Put yourself in position to help the move happen when your opponent asks for it.

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rabbit season duck season

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It applies to nearly all of Jiu Jitsu, but I find myself needing the reminder when I struggle with butterfly guard. If you’re fully committed to pulling someone in, they’ll sit their weight back and it’ll be hard to move them. Sometimes you gotta give’em the ole Rabbit Season, Duck Season and threaten them in a different direction so that they’ll help you move them in the direction you want to go.

I watched Gordon’s sweep of Buchecha over and over again:

Look at Buchecha!

He’s a big dude. He’s sitting all the way back to the opposite side of the trapped arm. He also has his left leg posted out in opposition to the anticipated sweeping direction. Outside of detaching his left arm, Buchecha is doing everything to stop a roll to his left, Gordon’s right. But that’s what happens. I know Gordon consumes his share of acai, but how the hell does he just roll over from there?

He doesn’t. He pushes into Buchecha first:

Gordon mentions this in his video with Bernardo, but you don’t see him really push Bernardo because Bernardo is being a cooperative uke. Compare the position of Buchecha’s hip to his knee. In the second picture, he’s being driven backward. If he goes further back, he’ll be on his ass. He can’t accept that, so he pushes forward to get his right leg back underneath him.

At that point, he’s Daffy declaring “Duck season! Shoot!” and Gordon “Buggs” Ryan gets what he wants.

I posted this one before, but here’s Saulo talking about butterfly setups as “going through the guy” to get them to push back:

This guy hunts:

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shoulder crunch sweep

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Some highlights just stick with you. Watching Eddie Bravo hit the electric chair sweep on Royler Gracie repeatedly sent me down the lockdown halfguard rabbit hole. More recently, the clip of Gordon Ryan sweeping Buchecha has been stuck in my head. It’s not a brand new technique, and it’s been used elsewhere but watching Buchecha flail as he gets caught and rolled is pretty wild.

lol @ glappers

That short clip just makes it easy to rewatch the sweep. The whole match is on youtube if you want to see it.

Gordon gave a step by step walk through of that exact exchange:

Here are a couple other breakdowns that show Gordon using it in multiple matches:

Before Gordon was the greatest, there was Marcelo Garcia. He had butterfly moves too:

If you only have a minute, here’s BMac with a tip:

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