10th Planet Watch – 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu Van Nuys Blog

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Great Technique guys!

Sasaki does a good job of keeping Casimir off balance by keeping active from the bottom position. Sasaki uses rubber guard to avoid damage and attempt a few sweeps and submissions. Casimir does a good job of timing Shinji’s attempts to move from “new york” to the “Jiu claw” to explode out of danger. At 8:30o Shinji tries to to move from mission control to crackhead control, but again Casimir times it perfect and powers out.

10th Planet blue belt and British MMA phenom Dan Hardy has just signed a 4 fight deal with the UFC! Congrats!

I thought this was an interesting way to apply “The Dog Fight” for MMA. At 3:23 on the video, Cruz uses his double under hooks to get up to the “Dog Fight”. Choi puts in a whizzer to keep Cruz from taking the back. Cruz secures his position, and begins to punch Choi, who is wide open. After Choi has had enough punishment, he lets go of the whizzer. At this point there is nothing stopping Cruz from taking Choi’s back and he does so. This proves to be the beginning of the end for Choi, who eventually, after a great deal of punishment, taps to a triangle/armbar.

Nick “The Goat” Thompson goes to the Rubber Guard at around the 4:50 mark. Costa puts his hand on the mat. Instantly Thompson is in “New York”. Instead of hugging the knee and looking to move into “Chill Dog”, Thompson goes backwards to “Retard Control”. This allows Costa the space he needed to get his arm off the mat and back on to Thompson’s chest, thus escaping potential danger. Thompson’s next mistake is he doesn’t stay tight enough by squeezing his knees together and keeping downward pressure on the back of Costa’s neck. This allows Costa to slide out.