Probably not the arm bar your familiar with. This week, we learned the arm bar from the guard. It is not like most arm bars because the finish was with the body to the side. The reason for the finish to the side was to avoid a strong man from having the ability to body slam. Since the arm bar was from the side, an opponent couldn’t lift you into the air for the purpose of a body slam. This was a brilliant move by Helio Gracie. If there was a move that I want to perfect it would be the guard arm bar Helio style.
Here are the steps: Start with the opponent in the closed guard. The opponent breaks free and does a one handed throat choke. 1) grab the choke arm with a tight baseball bat grip. 2) immediately open the guard legs. 3) The opposite of the held arm, put foot on hip of opponent. * 4) The hip stays in place and the body stretch back while the free leg comes over the arm. 5) Break arm.
As of writing this post, I am currently a three striped blue belt. I may have missed a detail. In any case, I recommend seeking expert instruction.
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