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Old 07-13-2007, 01:12 PM   #51 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Zankou View Post
Yep, that's a nice series that hooks in really well with the reverse DLR. It is missing some of the slick developments shown in those youtube sets. For example, capturing the arm and clamping it to the leg helps a lot in doing those last two sweeps. Also turning your "far" leg into a hook is very beneficial, like a reversed half butterfly.
I've talked to Jeff and he's since made all of those changes after seeing Franjinha teach it in the Paragon DVD.

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I am starting to envision this as a continuous series depending on his orientation, from regular DLR to reverse DLR to z guard to deep half guard, all the same idea, depending on your opponent's angle. Add some shin/single leg guard action, and you have a whole world. Then top off with helicopter sweeps.
Agreed. And you're reading my mind about helicopter sweeps.
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