Kuzure kesa gatame - controls and set up

[@PeterJames143]

Thank you for this series. I watched all 5 episodes. I would recommend that you wear different colored gis so it is easy to see what is going on. I was able to see what was going on, but why not make it easier. One blue and one white or whatever. This video works but it is fundamentally a little bit absurd that your entire dojo is white and you're both in white gis. You are basically wearing camouflage. Anyway don't mean it as a real criticism since like I said I can see what is going on and I really needed your help. I am getting knocked off balance and reversed from kuzuri kesa and I needed to know what I was doing wrong and what submissions are available from there. Thank you once again. Happy trails from America.

[@rexhamilton6381]

Great vid. Can you do a transition to submissions from this position?

[@BeyondGrappling]

That will be the other videos in this series Next video is this Friday

[@MeroGrumble]

Strangely at 4:20, he explains that you should prevent the opponent from sitting or bridging, yet the leg positioning to do so is lacking to say the least. You can be "on your toes" as much as you want but if the legs do not point in the right direction, I doubt it is doing much in kesa. I'm sure he has great credentials in BJJ, but I am not convinced by his mastery of this specific position.

[@PeterJames143]

Well why don't you say what leg position you think is correct? I don't see what is wrong with his leg positioning. Other people might disagree with your point of view but I would like you to please say whatever it is. Thank you.

[@MeroGrumble]

Frontleg extended in line with uke's head to prevent brigdes. Backleg with knee on the ground not to offer a hook and the sole of the foot pointing backward to make sit-up more difficult.

[@PeterJames143]

Okay I hear you. I am guessing that you are a judoka criticizing him for not using the same technique you use. If you say you do not practice bjj but you practice judo is it possible that his technique and yours vary as incentivized by the rules of each sport? He has easier access to submissions and the judo technique might be a firmer pin from which it's harder to move either top or bottom, as incentivized by the sport where you are encouraged to merely hold a pin for a limited amount of time without much incentive to loosen enough to get a submission outcome. He claims I believe to have won 3 european black belt titles so although I'm sure his technique is not typical judo technique it is certainly effective and I'm certain he can resist most attempts to bridge out of his kuzuri kesa. @MeroGrumble

[@MeroGrumble]

@@PeterJames143 That is the *one* position all judoka can expect to meet repeatedly on the ground both in training and competitions, where armbars and chokes are also allowed & you can be bridged or pushed. It is not a position somehow rediscovered 10 years ago in this sport. If most of thousands of competitors over decades in judo have been careful about leg positioning, many of them also BJJ BBs, I take it as a better sample for assessing the correct position. Having proper leg positioning does not make mobility worse either, it also helps transition smoothly from one position to another, including side control or NS.

[@PeterJames143]

Well buddy, if you know so much then let this guy hold you in kuzuri kesa and see if you can get out. In my experience judokas' tongues are frequently a lot sharper than their newaza skills. Anyway I was right and you didn't even bother to deny it that we are all practicing our sports in ridiculous ways incentivized by our rulesets. Judokas think it's an accomplishment to hold a pin for 15 seconds. BJJ practitioners think it's an accomplishment to sit on their butts. I would suggest that this guy's kuzuri kesa is probably sharper than yours, but I don't want to argue about it with someone unwilling to test his theories in real life.@@MeroGrumble

[@syn3rgyz]

the way you deal with this is get a better kesa gatame instead of doing a kuzure by default