Umm… can we all appreciate how good this song is?!?!?! Easily my favourite off the album from first listen it’s just PERFECT. Got the catchy indie guitar riff which can sound happy, the chorus can also sound a little sad and THE PIANO? Holy guac just adds such subtle warmth to it. I’M IN LOVE WITH THIS NEW ALBUM!!!!
I had this thought yesterday while listing to Headlock for the 80th time. I think these are my two favorite songs from the albums. I also feel just really proud of Lindsay. She seems to be in a good place and I wish her all the success in the world.
I was watching some Dave Schultz, and was noticing how much he scored off the front headlock, and he seemed to manhandle his opponent until they gave up the pin or the takedown. I was wondering how effective this series would be at HWT, especially since I will be 215lb wrestling 285.
Anybody watched both? What are the differences? Which would you recommend?
Was curious if anyone else who listened to the new Snail Mail album (which is amazing) felt that the looping guitar on Headlock is similar to the guitar on Dancing on the Highway. I know Lindsey is a big Elliott Smith fan, and a big fan of Dancing on the Highway in particular, so I think it would make sense if the song served as a source of inspiration.
Hello Everyone,
I am considering purchasing Craig Jones' Front Headlock Escapes instructional. My guillotine defense is trash. With other submissions and escapes I typically just spend a lot of time there and sort it out, but the tricky part with front headlock is all the pressure placed on the neck forces me to then take time off to recover. Before I do so, I just wanted to hear anyone's thoughts who may have watched it and/or other instructionals that would equally serve me well.
I know there are others out there that are great for submission escapes, but I wanted one that really does a deep dive on escaping various front head locks. It is by far my greatest weakness, and at my gym the only escape we work is prevention with good head placement and two-on-one the hands if they get the grip.
Thanks in advance!
Metalfists
Why can’t I think of his name??
For context: I (F17) am not living in an abusive household. My dad is just sort of a dick. But when I was a young child around the ages of 4-6, my dad would joke around with me by using his legs to trap and hold me by the neck between them. It hurt and I would be crying, screaming, and begging for him to stop and let me go. I would even ask my mom for help but she would start recording and taking pictures instead. He would also do it to my younger brother(2 years younger than me) at the same time but my brother would never cry, I don’t know if he even remembers when I bring it up. But my mom still has pictures on her phone of when it happened and my dad still laughs at me and makes fun of me by saying that “I claimed he abused me” which I never did. I only pointed out that it brought me pain and that it hurt me emotionally when he would bring it up and laugh about it. I know that I am not in the wrong in this situation at all but I still feel guilty for even bringing it up or feeling upset about it. My dad once compared me to the Menéndez brothers by saying that every child claims to be abused just like I did. I feel like a piece of shit for feeling vengeful and spiteful for what happened to me. My parents never hit me as a punishment and I I feel like I’m making too big of a deal about this situation. Am I overreacting? Do other people’s parents do stuff like that to their kids and laugh about it?
Just wanted to say a quick word about it. It's 3.5 hours long, and it's about defending and escaping the front headlock position and all the main subs from there. The subs covered are the arm-in guillotine, high-elbow guillotine, high-wrist guillotine, anaconda, darce, and seated arm triangle. The format is right to the point. Craig covers how to finish each submission, and then shows defenses, escapes, and counters for each one.
My ears perked up right away when Craig said not to hand-fight the guillotine, and to try to beat these positions with body movement and making angles. John Salter has the best guillotine defense I've seen and I've heard him say he doesn't hand-fight either. I think the 2nd volume/disc of this set in particular is good for a lot of us BJJ players, because it covers how to intelligently wrestle through guillotines into dominant positions. And so many of us go for guillotines when we get shot on instead of trying to counter-wrestle. I also picked up some gems on wrestling up from half guard that I think will help me on the 3rd and 4th volumes.
There's also enough meat on the bone here to develop a solid offensive game too. It'a a great intro to all the main FHL subs, and I already put some of the high-wrist guillotine info to use in training. I had a hard time implemented the high-wrist with how I've seen it taught elsewhere, but it clicked for me watching Craig use it in rolling, and his explanation here tied up some loose ends.
I was surprised with Craig's MMA knowledge, and the entire set is very MMA-friendly, and takes into account the kinds of reactions from fighters and wrestlers, instead of just BJJ players. A sweet bonus is there's a lot of references on basically every sub-chapter of somewhere to look to reference the technique being used in high level MMA or Jiu-Jitsu. There are some useful drills on the final volume too.
You can see Craig using a lot of these attacks (especially high-wrist guillotines and darces) over on the CountFilms YouTube channel as well, and positional rolling on both ends of the position.
Is there a general preference for preventing the opponent from reaching the Arm In vs High Elbow Guillotine from the front headlock? I tend to protect against the Arm In Guillotine and force the opponent into the High Elbow Guillotine, with the thought process of if I limit the opponent to a single technique over the Arm In Guillotine/Anaconda/Darce attacks then it's simpler to win the hand fight and not leave the opponent with the front headlock to maintain any control over my body. On the other hand, my coach seems to think that I am giving up the highest percentage finish by letting the opponent get both hands around my neck.
If you had to choose which variation of the Guillotine your opponent would put you in, which would you choose and why?
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