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BTG 121 – How I nearly drowned 90ft deep in the ocean

Gary Berger — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:00:06 +0000

The water was very cold for a guy from Miami, at 68 degrees Fahrenheit. My breathing was deep and slow, which was all that I could hear. After swimming around for a few minutes, I felt the ocean floor once again. I could feel the current moving around me and making it very hard to navigate underwater. I had no idea how much air I had left in my tank, and I was completely alone. I was also completely blind. I was about to make a decision that would decide whether I would live or die.

If you have followed my old blog for a long time, chances are you might have come across this story I shared about my misadventure in scuba diving. I decided to elaborate more on this story and share it on the podcast. There are a lot of lessons I have learned from this near-death experience, I feel it’s a good story to revisit.

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Reverse Figure Four Ankle Lock

Gary Berger — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 17:30:07 +0000

While I’m not a fan of the classic figure four grip, the reverse figure four is very sharp and viable grip. Switching the arm that crosses the Achilles puts your wrist blade at a great spot, with better leverage. Particularly used with other positions such as 50/50 and the saddle, it can be devastating.

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Ankle Throw By Pass Series

Gary Berger — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:01:54 +0000

This is probably the simplest pass you can execute from a standing position. You grab both the ankles and throw them to the side. But there is more to it than just that.

I start with the throw by pass, using a bit of a juking motion to disorient and fake them out a bit, followed quickly by a knee on belly. We can then double throw by, anticipating our opponent quickly turning back into us and throwing the legs by a second time. This is more effective as you use their momentum against them.

In MMA, we can also add on overhand right which can be devastating from this position, making the pass even easier.

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Sneaky Kimura Trap against Guard Pass

Gary Berger — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:00:32 +0000

When an opponent is working to pass your guard, you can bait them into a Kimura. This requires that you have kept your frames on his far arm, so that it can be captured as he advances to pass. It’s tricky for them, because your appear to be giving up your back, which if he tries to take it will end up with him getting stuck in a Kimura as well.

I have hit this technique on all levels of athletes, and even the best athletes fall for this. The key is in the setup. If I just give up my guard with no resistance it will be suspect. But if you are defending your guard, and they are putting pressure, and then you appear to give way and expose your back, they will rush to take it, leading them to getting stuck in the trap.

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Sweep them off their feet with a Flower Sweep

Gary Berger — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 16:00:41 +0000

The Flower Sweep is one of the fundamentals sweeps every guard player should know. It can blossom into many other techniques, such as arm bars, omoplatas, triangle chokes, and even leg locks! It also works well against opponents that try to stand, and can be used against shorter opponents who need to stand to break guard.

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Cartwheel Passing on better defenders – Take the Back

Gary Berger — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 16:01:00 +0000

Against more skilled opponents, you will often find they can still invert their guard to block the pass. This is my ideal situation, as I can then expose their back and get an even better position.

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Technical Stand Up

Gary Berger — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:00:39 +0000

When you have an opponent that is standing over you and giving you space, it creates and opportunity for you to stand up. The technical stand up is a way of coming up efficiently and safely – a must know technique for every martial artist.

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Ashi Garami Spinning Kick Pass

Gary Berger — Thu, 25 May 2023 14:30:10 +0000

While training in a class with Jake Shields, who was covering ashi garami attacks, Alvin and I played around a bit with different finishes and I came up with this. I like it because it really goes from 0 to 100 and puts you on the offensive quickly – changing from being on bottom to top with an aggressive guard pass. Even if the pass doesn’t finish, you are going to be on top and have a strong angle

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RSB Coyote Hook Hip Bump

Gary Berger — Tue, 23 May 2023 14:30:08 +0000

This technique was something I have seen Alvin do before, so I like to pick his brain on this position as he likes playing it as much as I do. This one he gives credit to Craig Jones for, but I’m just going to call it the Coyote Hook Hip Bump as that makes sense to me.

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Reverse Seat Belt Mount Trap Back Take

Gary Berger — Thu, 18 May 2023 14:30:00 +0000

My friend Alvin Yeh showed me this technique as we were reviewing the Reverse Seat Belt position, and it instantly got my attention. I wish I would have thought of it myself, but I wasn’t going to let a great technique slide away from me, so I asked him to teach it for me. As you can see, it’s a tricky trap move, so I instantly fell in love with it.

The trap is set up from bottom side control with the Reverse Seat Belt (also called the Overwrap, Octopus Guard, Cat/Dog, or Reach Around guard, lol). The top man often likes to crush the bottom man with their hips, sitting off to the side, which also gives them access to an easy mount in the process. Usually bottom man is unhappy with this and will adjust his position, but in the trap, Alvin allows me to be comfortable here and lets me mount, even using his free hand to push my hips towards the mount.

The moment I start to step over for the mount is when the trap is sprung. He uses his far knee to bump my hips up and then uses his other leg to secure a lock down on my near leg. Now he has great options for taking the back here. He can use the lock down to extend me and take my back, or he could truck roll to the back.

I love this because a good trap has great bait and predictable escapes, and this fits that description perfectly. Better guys usually like going into mount versus the reverse seat belt, and I usually just resort to hip escape to go back to neutral, but this makes the mount a deadly mistake.

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