The 4 Best Submissions from Scarf Hold | Excerpt from Jiu-Jitsu Deep Dive Digital Seminar

[@kylestewart8176]

Ty BJJ Macklemore 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@numberonealbino84]

From a Judoka, THANK YOU so much. Usually this is just a pin but I love making people tap.

[@dstyer6128]

I'm teaching class tonight for our side control month and I got some details I really needed here on a few of my favorite subs from this position. Thanks for sharing!

[@tonym1750]

This is epic!!! Ive never seen that last arm lock. I'm gonna work that! Oss!

[@kyleblevins6349]

My whole school bout to get it

[@Torey1976]

Thank you! Scarf hold is one of my favorite positions, but I had limited subs from there. You just gave me three more!!!

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

I’m happy to hear I could help 🙌

[@dylanherring9095]

I loved this, because scarf hold is one of my strongest side control positions, and I know a lot of more complicated submissions, but for some reason, I didn't know the two strait armbars you showed. I wish I could practice them this instant, but alas, i am stuck at home

[@FranciscoVieira-dm2yh]

Congratulations Teacher !

[@agustintellez136]

I'm a newbie 2 months in. I got a solid scarf hold on someone today. I was pretty proud of it, still am lol I didn't know how to attack or submit though 😅 thank you for the info.

[@madbowler6]

These videos are GREAT, professor! Thank you! I'm a brown belt hobbyist who's always spent most of my time focusing on achieving dominant positions, but my submission game has always been relatively weak. I've been catching more and more stuff on guys thanks to these videos you've been putting out. Keep up the great work sir!

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

That is so awesome to hear. Thank you for telling me this.

[@nated2922]

Always great videos

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Thank you!

[@nated2922]

@@KnightJiuJitsu I need to make it to Paducah and get some classes from you for real!

[@mrrob5851]

Love this. This is for anyone young or old flexible or not so flexible. Thanks Eli.

[@망고패밀리]

이것이 그유명한 스카프 홀드!! 잘배웁니다!!

[@StillRolling]

Love the Scarf Hold! Such a versatile position. Used in almost every grappling art I can think of🤙

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

It is one of my favorites.

[@anon2034]

Great video! Very educational.

[@davidtice4972]

Kesa Katame. Judo side control.

[@iFlowWithTheGo]

Nice! thank you for sharing.

[@arturofernandez725]

5. If I can't get the leg Americana because he straightens arm I like to secure his forearm with my free hand and step on the wrist or hand with my far leg. It's another armbar from scarf hold I like to use in this combo

[@NIKandSi]

Nice video...very clean look! This is a very powerful position to hold and work from (Kazure-Kesa-Gatame). We’re producing a series on Kesa-Gatame at the moment...some really extraordinary tactics that can be done from these major combat holds-great job!

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

That is awesome. I can't wait to see what you guys show from here. These are obviously just some basics, but there are so many great options from kesa and all its variations!

[@NIKandSi]

@@KnightJiuJitsu We filmed a pressure-lock submission from Kesa we call "The Hawk." It's brutal...probably illegal in most events...very difficult to escape...what's your favorite escape from the scarf-hold?

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Can’t wait to see it. My favorite escape depends a lot, but generally if it’s regular kesa, I like the leg hooking, climbing escape. I also like to hook the arm with my leg if I can....I have a video somewhere of it.

[@kylehallman8183]

You can also set up a nasty swim choke (reverse arm triangle) as you transition the leg over the head, people often push it away thinking an attack is coming, giving you an easy opportunity to breast stroke that arm into place and attack a reverse arm triangle.

[@Simonstockton82]

Thank you, we had an open mat today and I keep taking scarf hold as I find it hard to keep king side control because I can never bring my leg close enough to my opponents arm pit to control the inside space due to my own mobility. I find Scarf Hold a great place for me to dominate especially because of my strength and size. I just sat here playing your video over and over again taking notes for the past 40 minutes 🤣🤣

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Haha, well I hope it helped! Thanks for letting me know this.

[@grapplermag330]

Great transitions

[@daveb5416]

awesome, thank you very much

[@FranciscoVieira-dm2yh]

Thanks very much ,excelent positions The variations !

[@wdcsarruda]

Always awesome, oss!

[@meteoroz]

Thank you again! Brilliant.

[@FudomyoGP]

Mais c'est absolument génial !!!

[@davidtice4972]

Excellente!

[@italoarellanoruiz8157]

The most deadly position after back

[@darylreeder3400]

That shoulder. My word. This has to be no gi as well

[@mrmanmrman6319]

You should make series/part 123 etc of this position gata. So many options from this

[@Docinaplane]

Thank you, very good ideas! Just a thought on the second submission, I feel he would relieve the pressure on his left shoulder by turning into you.

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

That’s why the head control I show is important.

[@bobsaul4568]

Whoa that crispy 60fps😳

[@민경사랑]

와우..스파링할때 자주 사용하겠습니다!!

[@oscartalbot7496]

Thank you from a salty blue belt trying to find different concepts...OSS!

[@LiboltAdventures]

Excellent stuff. Got here last night and all I had was a neck crank... got swept.

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

The crank can be a good option, but yeah, easy to get rolled if you are off a little.

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

This is a short part of about 5 more hours of instructional content that comes from my new digital seminar made with the Budo Brothers here www.martialartsdigitalseminars.com/Jiu-Jitsu-Deep-Dive

[@MeditationMindless]

How do you connect your haircut with bjj? Any tips on maintaining?

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

If it’s long, learn how to deal with it being stepped on and pulled out. Find a style that you can fix back with sweat and tears.

[@joaovlogetags1184]

Top !!! Bakana esses ataques dos 100 kilos variações da imobilização 1. Xic demais !!! Oss !!!

[@QuarantineVideoz]

I hit that first armlock with the step over the head tonight!!! Thanks!!!

[@sufianal-mukhtar2888]

Lovely stuff. Was very much taken in by the judo kesa but am coming around to using the BJJ version once more. Any thoughts on the pros and cons of the two variations?

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

I wouldn’t necessarily call one or the other a judo version or jiu-jitsu version - Kesa has several variations, like ushiro, Makura, kuzure, etc. Each definitely have their pros and cons. I think that broken scarf, kuzure Kesa, is one of the best because of the stability and variety of submission options available from it.

[@sufianal-mukhtar2888]

@Knight Jiu-Jitsu Many thanks Professor

[@BigSaudddd]

I would seriously love to train with you 🙏🏻♥️

[@johnhughes1395]

Nice👌

[@BradM766]

As a big guy (280lbs) white belt, I favor sit outside and side mount. I try my best not to be that fat guy that just smashes my partners, I prefer legit submissions. This is a great video. I felt a moment of humble and silent pride in getting a 3 stripe blue belt to tap this morning at open mat to that 1st shoulder lock you showed. Thanks coach. 🤙🏻

[@jinoy5002]

Thank you kind sir. Yours truly 155 guy

[@adilbekramadan2038]

Super 🖒👍🖒👏

[@mbach7247]

Love this sequence. I find myself here a lot and lacking finishes!

[@Santiago-li7yl]

Just Sub'd! Great content. I'm currently a new white belt. 2-3 months training. I find that scarf hold is a good go to for me right now. Especially against others on similar level as me. Love applying that pressure once I get to side control. My question is do you think I can consistently apply this even with more skilled opponents in the future? Or should I not learn to be so dependent on it? (Scarf hold that is) Any advice would be great. Thank you sir.

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

If it works, it works. I think with anything like this, you can catch even advanced people now and in the future, but timing and technique dictate that. I would recommend to always have backup plans and combinations into and out of these techniques to insure your success with it in the future though. Thank you for the comment!

[@Goval400]

I dont know if you have done this before but im having trouble retaining my guard or even knowing what to do with my open guard. I go for de la riva and stuff but i got nothing, its like my mind goes blank until we scramble and i get the sweep and work from the top or full guard (my full guard game is better) Would you mind doing a video with tips for this? Pretty sure there are a lot of people out there struggling the open guard game as well

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

I have a couple of open guard option videos on my channel. Here is one (no gi) and I think there is an intro to de la riva one too somewhere. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKCshqGmopp-o8U

[@Goval400]

Knight Jiu-Jitsu good shit man, thanks!

[@paultaylor107]

Hi, I mentioned in one of your other videos Im new to to bjj, so if this is a really stupid question I'm sorry. I can see your a black belt yet I've seen most black belts have a red patch where their strips go where yours is blue... why??

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Royce Gracie black belts wear the blue sleeve instead of the red. We transitioned over a few years ago. I’m a 2nd degree black belt under Royce.

[@easternfarmer2548]

👍

[@dianecenteno5275]

And these variations are only the beginning of the options from this position.

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Absolutely

[@MeroGrumble]

You crush arms AND your hairstyle comes from a post-apo movie (like your victim)? That's savage. #Respect (joke aside, nice summary of the submissions :) )

[@claudesigma3784]

Apologies for the remark, but isn't this a broken scarf hold (kuzure kesa gatame) instead of a scarf hold? Isn't it supposed to be shoulder to rib instead of rib to rib?

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Yes. There’s a lot of variations of scarf, and I typically distinguish between the different types, but ultimately, as long as there’s a general reference for the position, I try not to get too particular in quick videos.

[@reggieskillman1469]

I love trapping the leg and then Ezekiel

[@kparmar728]

Does anyone know the brand of the white Gi?

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

It’s a Shoyoroll gi. That particular one is the Storm Shadow edition

[@blitzthekraken9832]

The best submission...I think for that position is if your controlling the arm and can't catch the armlock you let the arm stay between the leg and step over the head using the reverse triangle. You lean back and catch the leg, ripping it away, controlling the entire body. The reverse triangle isn't used a lot in BJJ, but in Judo it is frequent because it is not only a great pin, but it is a nasty strangle. Check out the video and watch how she uses the reverse triangle in her Newaza from all kinds of angles. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJXLnYp_l9isgpI

[@juntjoonunya9216]

Okay Eli, I'm gonna have to get used to the new hair do you done did there

[@tinkywinky3680]

👍👍👍👍

[@unquestionablyrob9485]

2 cameras?!

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

This is what happens when I actually have the opportunity to film with professionals. Haha

[@fordguyfordguy]

I'm confusink headlock with scarfhold ...

[@fighterlm6177]

W

[@reluctantconformist]

Good stuff, but not scarf hold. Having the far arm in negates this as a scarf hold (kesa gatame). This would be a shoulder hold (kata gatame) or in plain old bjj speak a switch base side control.

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Underhooking the far arm is “broken scarf hold” - it’s a variation, but still scarf hold.

[@reluctantconformist]

@@KnightJiuJitsu sorry, i'm way too pedantic to accept that...🤣😁

[@Doveisdead444]

Kasakatame

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Usually spelled Kesa Gatame

[@Doveisdead444]

@@KnightJiuJitsu oh…if u can’t tell I’m a white belt😂😂

[@Tanishqkanojia1163]

wtf I had to look for like 1-2 mins at the thumbnail to understand what's going on with your legs

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Hahaha. Yeah, it looks weird. The video clears it up hopefully.

[@Tanishqkanojia1163]

@@KnightJiuJitsu I know it's not relevant to the video but I wanted to ask this sir. Why do people keep getting out of my arm triangles? What usually happens is I get them in a n arm triangle, they keep pushing towards me and eventually turn to face me and the first thing they do for that is grab my leg by getting theirs under mine while they are in the triangle I saw some guys like Ryan hall, Stephan Kesting telling to push with the collar bone while pressuring the arm with your chest(or I got something wrong here perhaps?) But my coach told me to get my shoulder as low as possible. It did work but as a neck crank. What's the problem here and how do I deal with it?

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

@@Tanishqkanojia1163 - That is a little tough to say without seeing how you are setting up and finishing. I would say though, that making sure you are flattening out on the finish can be a big detail. Also, a helpful tip is to go from gable grip with your hands to climbing your hands higher up your wrists and then forearms. I learned this detail from Mario Sperry and it changed a lot for me.

[@Tanishqkanojia1163]

@@KnightJiuJitsu thanks alot for this advice sir, your videos are awesome

[@criostasi]

When your opponent push his hand on your face (typical reaction in a street/no rules contest) Americans is your favourite response?

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

It depends, honestly. I like Americana more from them framing, but if it’s an aggressive face push and a no rules situation, then strikes would probably be my preference.

[@AwestrikeFearofGods]

This is not scarf hold. It's broken scarf hold.

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

There are lots of variations of scarf hold….variations don’t make it “not scarf hold”

[@AwestrikeFearofGods]

@@KnightJiuJitsu Ok, and there are lots of variations of "side control". Why not call it that?

[@adams1155]

Gordon Ramsay’s son’s got a mean choke