Guillotine at ADCC 2013. Photo: Erin Herle

As no-gi season approaches with the No-Gi Worlds and No-Gi Pans in October it’s time to switch gears.

One submission that is preferred for no-gi practitioners is the guillotine choke. From white belt to black belt, this move is a high-percentage move that is capable by most anyone.

Here are four videos that break down the guillotine from various positions.

Greg Nelson of The Academy shows how to get the choke from the back position:

The half-guard guillotine is covered by Pablo Popovitch:

Marcelo Garcia, a guillotine connoisseur, shows how from the butterfly guard:

Get the choke from the mount in this sequence by Justin Rader:

And check out this highlight of Marcelo Garcia and his successful guillotines in action:

Greg explains how to get the flying omoplata, a move her secured at the 2000 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship, when your opponent attempts a takedown. Read on and watch the video below:

The beginning of the video shows me throwing the jumping omoplata countering a single leg attempt at the 2000 Pans (purple belt at the time). Be prepared when you do this technique you will be landing a bit hard….gravity is a great thing, but also brings you to earth pretty fast. When throwing it with adrenaline you can see my head is the first to land (fortunately I have been blessed with a thicker skull to protect a smaller brain). Initially my opponent stalls the omoplata by immediately grabbing my pants preventing me from getting both legs to the outside to allow full leverage. Eventually I got my leg free, but lost some pressure giving my opponent an opportunity to roll, but giving up 2 points in the process and giving me top position.

My goal was simple: Go for the submission and always fight for top position when given the chance. I look at BJJ, submission grappling, wrestling, judo, catch wrestling…all the grappling and striking arts in terms of a real fight. Now that being said you can work within the rules and goals of each sport. All of the combat sports have specific rules and methods to score points to win a time limit match. Each sport is unique and fun in its own way, and each brings specific elements that will cross over to a real ‘no holds barred’ self-defense fight. It is important to know what techniques are specific to the sport and which techniques are street/pavement/tar ready. If you think by doing 100% sport BJJ you are preparing for the intensity of a fight on the tar, where strikes, slams, scrapes, multiple opponents, potential weapons….complete combat chaos is the norm…you may be sadly mistaken and subsequently pummeled into the pavement. Have fun and play, but make sure you know and train those aspects of the arts you choose, that are 100% MMA functional and those that are street effective.

****Note the jumping omoplata is a sport move, on tar my head would have smashed and would have probably knocked myself out in the process.****

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Rodrigo Comprido / Photo: Publicity

GRACIEMAG.com recently reported who would make up the coaching staff for Junior Cigano’s team for the upcoming season of UFC reality show The Ultimate Fighter. Brock Lesnar too has announced who he will be partnering up with for the program, without any great surprises.

The Jiu-Jitsu coach for the former UFC heavyweight champion’s team will be two-time absolute world champion Rodrigo Comprido. Also on the team is Minnesota Martial Arts founder Greg Nelson, a muay thai and wrestling expert; Marty Morga, who is Brock’s head coach, a wrestling specialist who also coaches the University of Minnesota team; Peter Welch, once boxing coach to the likes of Kenny Florian; Luke Richardson, a physical conditioning coach with NFL experience; and Erik Paulson, who marked an era in submission grappling events, the first American Shooto World champion.

Rodrigo Comprido. Foto: divulgação

GRACIEMAG.com divulgou recentemente os treinadores que formam o time de Junior Cigano na próxima edição do “The Ultimate Fighter”, o reality show do UFC. Brock Lesnar também já anunciou os seus parceiros no programa, sem muitas surpresas.

O treinador de Jiu-Jitsu é o bicampeão mundial absoluto Rodrigo Comprido. Também fazem parte do time Greg Nelson, fundador da Minnesota Martial Arts, especialista em wrestling e thai boxing; Marty Morgan é o principal treinador de Brock, especialista em wrestling e treinador também da Universidade de Minnesota; Peter Welch, ex-treinador de boxe de feras como Kenny Florian; Luke Richardson, preparador físico com experiência na NFL; e Erik Paulson, que marcou época nos shows de submission wrestling, primeiro americano campeão mundial do Shooto.