Just in case you'd like to know, I recommend your excellent channel a lot to my friends, & training partners here in London, England! I think your channel is excellent! So, these passes you show here, I have used for many years, but I have to ask you one question, please? I used to use the pull-up-collar-grip when passing De La Riva too. However, I found that even if i use my elbow & knee connection to defend the DLR hook & Lasso, I did find that I was much more vulnerable to Triangles & Omoplatas when I used this grip. Now, of course, one could say to me: "You aren't keeping your knee/elbow connection tight enough/using it to drive out lasso!" That's easy to say, but as soon as your opponent kicks out your far knee, it instantly breaks apart your elbow/knee connection, as you need it to re-balance. So, instead now; I use a hand on my opponent's DLR leg, & push their hook outwards & Downwards to the floor to kill it. My question is: In your experience, would you give up using this collar grip if you cannot keep the knee/elbow connection together? Thank you very much in advance!
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Just in case you'd like to know, I recommend your excellent channel a lot to my friends, & training partners here in London, England! I think your channel is excellent! So, these passes you show here, I have used for many years, but I have to ask you one question, please? I used to use the pull-up-collar-grip when passing De La Riva too. However, I found that even if i use my elbow & knee connection to defend the DLR hook & Lasso, I did find that I was much more vulnerable to Triangles & Omoplatas when I used this grip. Now, of course, one could say to me: "You aren't keeping your knee/elbow connection tight enough/using it to drive out lasso!" That's easy to say, but as soon as your opponent kicks out your far knee, it instantly breaks apart your elbow/knee connection, as you need it to re-balance. So, instead now; I use a hand on my opponent's DLR leg, & push their hook outwards & Downwards to the floor to kill it. My question is: In your experience, would you give up using this collar grip if you cannot keep the knee/elbow connection together? Thank you very much in advance!