Spinning takedown - flying mare with gi

[Aesopian]

Another technique from Eduardo de Lima. This time it's a throw.

If my crude knowledge of wrestling terminology doesn't fail me, this is a gi version of the flying mare, at least in the initial grip and spin. A wrestler friend has now told me that the real flying mare is done more like seoi nage though.

If my memory serves me, Lucas Ezell, a brown belt from my school, used this takedown successfully several times in the 2005 Pan Am on his way to winning the purple belt division.

It's going to be hard to understand the speed and momentum of this move from pictures alone, so just try to understand that you need to use a lot of both to get your opponent to flip over like shown. This a fast move and you don't stop moving until it's done.



You need to start by getting this grip from standing. When he grabs your lapel with his right hand, cross grip his sleeve and reach under it with your left hand to grab his lapel.



Drop down and spin under their arm, like you're doing a barrel roll.



Keep spinning and rolling on your back, trying to do a full rotation. The momentum and grip on their arm and lapel will force them to flip forward.



Keep spinning and rolling as they flip over.



You should be rolling belly down as they land on their back.



Come to your knees. You've still got control of his arm and lapel from the start of the move. From here you'll need to drive into him and establish side control.

I hope that I've given you enough to spin about today.

[Cojofl]

Nice, but seems kinda risky. If the guy getting thrown can circle his left leg in, you could get armbarred. Speed is important I suppose.

[GuardGame]

OHH DUDE! That takedown is AWESOME! Going to try that tomorrow night. Speaking of which, do you know if I can order a Gracie Barra gi on the internet and if so can you gimme a link?

My other Gracie Barra one ripped...the keiko raca one.

I bought another gi for practice and I would like to buy another one for competition

[Aesopian]

Armbar how?

And it's a very fast move.

[colinm]

i actually think the no gi grip - reverse figure 4 - gives you more control than the gi. you need to keep the arm bent. it is a very cool throw...hard, but very cool.

[sproggdawg]

Nice post as usual. Your a damn encyclopedia of useful moves.

[Sambo234]

aesopian do you work/go to school?
seems like you've got a shitload of time on your hands to actually contribute to this forum

[YeahBee]

I have seen that during randori, a polack BB came and trained with us for a while, if I reacll correctly he did it more standing thou

[ShanghaiBJJ]

This is one of the sweeps I use from butterfly guard. I got it from Jacare's Instructional.

With the same left hand grip, you basically lift your left hook to initiate the basic bf sweep and when he posts out or balances high on top of you, you go to the cross hand grip as in the picture above and spinn under, just like in the Takedown.

Works really well to surprise people.

[Aesopian]

I trained with a brown belt who did the no-gi version of this takedown using the reverse figure-four grip that colinm mentioned, and he did it as a butterfly guard sweep like ShanghaiBJJ described. He would also do a fireman's carry from butterfly guard if they tried to stand. I found his judo throws from guard game highly amusing, and it worked really well.