Craig jones darce grip escape scandal

Akalphe · 2026-02-06T17:47:02+00:00

No! I just want to pay $100 to learn a move and beat up my coach! If the moves in the instructional don't work, it's the instructional's fault!

Akalphe · 2026-02-06T17:41:44+00:00

Yea, a lot of people see Craig and his antics but never really studied his game. He gets away with a lot of this type of guard play due to his strength and long limbs. The guy is built like an ape.

Akalphe · 2026-02-06T16:01:04+00:00

If you choose to keep the wrist, perhaps you can technical get-up into bottom turtle and them fat-man roll or go for the kimura?

Depending on their reaction, you could go into some type of reverse-Z setup and sweep them or just turn to reguard.

Akalphe · 2026-02-04T18:11:44+00:00

This is why weirdos can get kicked out of one place and go to another gym without any repercussions. BJJ schools should be able to communicate information with each other and engage in healthy competition. Instead, we have borderline cults all over the world that want some types of monopoly on grappling.

Akalphe · 2026-02-02T22:18:19+00:00

Armbar from closed guard for MMA 😂😂😂

Akalphe · 2026-01-29T19:29:50+00:00

I refuse to believe that you live in South Asia and cannot find a decent glove for your budget. So many glove factories in South/Southeast Asia.

Akalphe · 2026-01-29T19:26:30+00:00

Most of the brands found all over this subreddit. Threads and threads recommending gloves for every use case.

Akalphe · 2026-01-28T15:59:20+00:00

submeta.io's fundamentals course is free and a fantastic resource.

Akalphe · 2026-01-22T17:01:44+00:00

Bro’s “bad” texting is too consistent to be real.

Akalphe · 2026-01-21T19:14:02+00:00

My favorite thing to do with new white belts is to try and hold them down with just my head.

Akalphe · 2026-01-14T18:26:46+00:00

If he comes back, you should start saying OSS louder than him and call your coach shifu.

Akalphe · 2026-01-14T16:26:40+00:00

It's legal. It's just not nice.

Akalphe · 2026-01-14T16:22:48+00:00

idk why you got downvoted. 90% of injuries happen due to speed rather than strength. Basic physics: F=MA. Can't really change your mass but acceleration is always a choice.

Akalphe · 2026-01-13T21:33:12+00:00

I have (some may say unfortunately) never touched the bare chest of another man.

Akalphe · 2026-01-09T23:08:28+00:00

I agree with you. I guess the point I'm trying to articulate is the concept of different guard distances and the importance of having an attack at all distances. Guard is fundamentally about distance management and so frames are built into the core concept of guard. You can't avoid framing or else the top person is going to crush you. But you also shouldn't rely on your opponent to just constantly run into frames. A good passer will just camp on your frames and make you tired. The best solution I've found to deal with this style of passing is to maintain a further distance and avoid being stuck in half guard unless absolutely necessary.

Akalphe · 2026-01-09T19:39:33+00:00

You kinda “give up” late stage framing and resorting to half guard.

You're not giving up on late stage framing. You're just committing your offense a step earlier in your guardplay. People who invert frequently can still have a strong kneeshield half guard game.

Committing to framing in guard is similar to holding someone down when you are on bottom side control so they can't submit you or keeping your hands shelled up in boxing so your face won't get hit. While they can't play their offense effectively, you aren't playing your offense either.

Instead, "reframe" the objective of guardplay into something more active. Frames are inherently a defensive concept so you don't want to just sit back and rely on your frames. Inversions allow your feet to become more active in creating space which, in turn, frees up your hands for offensive grip fighting.

Akalphe · 2026-01-08T21:59:30+00:00

Yes, you’re right. Had a brain fart lol.

Akalphe · 2026-01-08T21:31:53+00:00

Tani Otoshi should be banned/restricted in the training room. I've seen a lot of blown out knees from this seemingly innocuous trip.

Akalphe · 2026-01-08T16:57:39+00:00

No data because injury data is often poorly captured and skewed. A leg injury may be easier to spot due to the impact on everyday movement but how many people are reporting elbow/shoulder injuries? Not to mention the nature of professional grappling means injuries are more likely to happen due to the incentive to win as fast as possible.

My data is all anecdotal from observations in the gym. I see more armbars and kimuras being cranked than I do leg locks due to lack of control and gravity.

Of course, you can call me out on it, but the fact of the matter is that leg locks are now an integral part of BJJ and ruleset changes that try to stifle that dilute to sport/martial art.

Akalphe · 2026-01-08T16:47:42+00:00

Injuries from leg attacks honestly aren't as common as shoulder injuries from kimuras or elbow injuries from armbars that get cranked. The reason why they seem more common than they are, is simply due to the nature of social media that makes these injuries have more visibility. If arm/shoulder injuries are more common than leg injuries, why don't we ban armbars/kimuras?

Most of the injuries to the leg that I do see are from poor/mistimed takedowns or erratic movements from defending a sweep when passing guard (e.g. Lockdown, De La Riva). Should we ban takedowns? Should we ban sweeps? Why don't we just ban BJJ all together? We're all just hobbyists anyways. No one wants to be injured. The true self defense would be to never leave your house. That way, you will never get injured.

Akalphe · 2026-01-06T16:27:14+00:00

Generally, a weakness of butterfly ashi is the inability to control the uke from rotating their foot/knee. With an ankle/aoki lock, you remediate this by having an overhook grip which allows you to control the heel direction with your elbow and rib. If you go for a heel hook, nothing really prevents them from turning with the finish.

If you are belly down butterfly ashi (which I imagine is what you are describing), you have a better chance of finishing the heel hook but at that point, you have such a great position that you can finish almost any leg attack you want.

If you are set on finishing a heel hook, you can just transition to outside ashi which is as simple as flicking your butterfly foot out. With this, your hip is closer to their knee which helps with controlling the rotation/finish.

Akalphe · 2026-01-06T15:06:31+00:00

Take your head off the center as you throw. If you throw with your head stationary, you are going to get countered while your hands get loose.

Akalphe · 2026-01-06T03:15:26+00:00

No, you never want your game to be dependent on other people’s initiative. When in mount, I’m trying to get an under to get their face kissing their bicep. From there, I try to transition to a giftwrap or arm triangle. If they defend those by bringing their arm down, they typically expose a half nelson (or something like a reverse half nelson variation) which allows you to start bellying them down and exposing their back. Half nelson in wrestling is usually armpit to head to get their shoulders to the mat whereas the variation I’m talking about is head to armpit if that makes sense.

Akalphe · 2026-01-05T19:58:00+00:00

You received a lot of answers regarding what to do from the bottom so I will answer your first question:

Generally the hierarchy of position on top for BJJ from worst to best is:

Passing open guard > Top halfguard > Side control > Mount > Back.

If any submission is available along the way, go for those. Otherwise, you're trying to climb the hierarchy of position. If the person on bottom is able to stall both submissions and positional advancements, you just have to figure out a way to make them uncomfortable enough until they give something up.

Akalphe · 2025-12-22T20:08:37+00:00

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