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The Choi Guillotine

Posted on December 7, 2011 by admin

THE CHOI GUILLOTINE

So as I mentioned in my last post, PKG’s Coach Sean Choi showed me a couple of really cool things.

The first was his sidemount underhook escape specifically dealing with preventing the D’arce counter.

The second thing he showed me was a detail he’d figured out regarding the guillotine. Now this move is synonymous with Marcelo Garcia for good reason. There is many a highlight reel of him pulling this seemingly simple technique on the highest levels of opponents in the biggest competitions in the sport of jiu jitsu.

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The D’arce/ whizzer/ underhook dilemma

Posted on December 3, 2011 by admin

12/1/11
It was a pretty bad year for training but 2012 starts a little early, so it’s a new year and a new training environment.
I’ve been lucky enough to work with a lot of the guys out at PKG in West Los Angeles. Today I watched Coach Sean Choi teach his no gi techniques to some very talented students.

After the class, Coach Choi and I talked about some ideas. He showed me a couple of critical details to techniques I thought I knew but as always I realize I don’t really know anything that well.

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Training with Gary Claxton

Posted on January 23, 2011 by admin
photo 300x225 Training with Gary Claxton

Gary about to choke me...again

I always used to say to him, “You’re Gary Claxton, the legend.” He’d laugh his laugh and smile his kind smile.

At some point night classes ceased to be night classes and became “training with Gary.” One of us would call to see if the other was coming. “I’ll go if you’ll go” was usually the response. More than once I turned my car around and headed back home when he said he wasn’t going.

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My Tribute to Gary Claxton

Posted on January 7, 2011 by admin

I wrote this in March of 2009. I’m very sad to say that yesterday (1/6/11), Gary Claxton died. I made the mistake of taking our training together for granted. I will never do that about anyone again. I will miss you forever Gary. My Tribute to Gary Claxton


Not to sound John Wayne about it, but you learn a lot about a guy when you bleed and sweat together as you try to beat the shit out of each other. When I moved out to Austin in July of 2006 one of the first things I looked for was a good jiu jitsu school. I had dabbled for a long time in it while I lived in LA but I made a deal with myself when I moved out here that I was going to fully dedicate myself to the art for the rest of my life.

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