Particulars

Question 1

What’re the grips for the Squid?

Answer 1

Free the bottom of opponent’s lapel w/foot or hand, grasp w/ both hands. Feet are on opposite sides of lapel and are connected to opponent’s body, in his shoulder or in elbow ideally

Question 2

Squid Guard;

What is an option if your opponent steps into you, squaring up?

Answer 2

Transition to X Guard, w/ squid leg knee going under opponent’s knee, foot anterior on the hip, other foot active against far leg. You are getting under your opponent’s hips and taking away his base by controlling his hips and accessing his structure by pushing/pulling his legs. Grip on the collar breaks posture by pulling the spine forward.

Question 3

Brabo from Side set up

Answer 3

Must get opponent to his side to open up his elbow/knee connection
Turn opponent’s leg with your bottom elbow if need be (don’t let your arm get snatched) and drive forward to rotate him
Position urself so your hips push his elbow up and keep your hips tight-don’t recede ur hips
Begin walking urself around to his head

Question 4

Brabo from side Finish

Answer 4

Once you’ve secured your hip connection with ur arm behind his head (and threatening the arm bar) and walked around his head, go until you can’t and more then switch to a headlock/arm into triangle choke with hand under his neck, thumb behind his neck, and continue to pressure onto his shoulder
Or
Fall to ur hip and let him come up as you apply the crunch (moving ur hips into him)

Question 5

Brabo from knee on belly

Set up

Answer 5

Knee on belly must be tight, limit space between foot and body (any opportunity to escape other than the underhook I give him)
You want him to separate his arm himself as he turns into you looking for the under hook.
Your arm goes under his tricep and you DONT muscle the separation, you walk your way towards his head
Hand goes under his head, thumb up, weight on the chokin shoulder

Question 6

Brabo from knee on belly

Finish

Answer 6

Drive around the head looking to maintain opponent’s broken posture (you took his structure by getting under his arm). Lock up ONLY after posture is broken (can keep posture broken with your knee on his head if needed).
Lock hand in armpit, continue walking around opponent’s head. If he drops to his hip, crunch into opponent the other way and come into mount to finish

Question 7

Failed single leg

Answer 7

Hands locked, drive forearm/wrist is on the mat, straighten arms out, butt up as you move forward towards my hands around until u can step over opponent’s leg & turn my knee in same direction as his and pressuring his hips