John B Will Seminar Feb 2008

On Thursday Feb 2008 we were privileged to have have John Will, a 3rd degree Black belt and the Head of BJJ Australia. John took us through a seminar on advanced Omoplata setups and drills. It was an extremely good session and was I think just what I needed as the drills where beneficial not only from a submission point of view, but also from a transition and control point of view as well.

I also asked John for some advice on Brabo Chokes and he gave me some good pointers; essentially he said, make sure you sprawl onto the back of your opponents arm and drive it into the neck (not the chest or face) and if needs be use your lower knee to keep his arm from between his legs. He also said to make sure that the bottom arm is through as far as possible and that you squeeze the head back in towards you as you bring your elbows together.

Here is a pic from after the seminar.



And here is John offering his thoughts on my brabo choke question.