A nice side mount attack from The Man, Rob Kahn!

**JollyRoger** · Posted On: 6/07/2009 11:59pm

Rob Kahn showing off some nice side mount attacks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf68pukQ3Sc

**JollyRoger** · Posted On: 6/08/2009 12:04am

crap! might have posted this in the wrong section.... (Sorry)

**danno** · Posted On: 6/08/2009 9:54pm

i'm watching this at work without the sound on, so maybe there is something i missed.

not sure i like how he lifts that leg over for the armbar, seems like it would make it pretty easy for his opponent to do the last resort escape. for a split second there is no pinching of the knees and no pressure with the right leg on the body at all.

i've never heard of rob, who is he?

**JollyRoger** · Posted On: 6/08/2009 10:01pm

Rob Khan is a Royce Gracie Black Belt and head instructor at the Gracie Tampa Academy a Royce Gracie affiliate. Rob has been training with Royce for over 10 years. He has competed very actively in Grappling and Jiu-Jitsu tournaments.

http://www.gracietampa.net/index.htm

***jnp*** · Posted On: 6/08/2009 10:29pm

Originally Posted by danno

i'm watching this at work without the sound on, so maybe there is something i missed.

not sure i like how he lifts that leg over for the armbar, seems like it would make it pretty easy for his opponent to do the last resort escape. for a split second there is no pinching of the knees and no pressure with the right leg on the body at all.

i've never heard of rob, who is he?

He talks about keeping positive pressure with the knee of the tucked leg. If the other foot is in the armpit, like he demonstrates, and you are tight to the shoulder with a good grip on his inside elbow, the last resort escape will not work.

I do something similar to this, albeit less refined, and all of the purples and up try that escape. As long as I'm tight to the shoulder with a good grip on the arm, I can finish the armbar as they start their turn.

**danno** · Posted On: 6/09/2009 1:25am

well dang. i'm going to try it.

but first i'll watch it properly when i get home tonight.

**UpaLumpa** · Posted On: 6/09/2009 11:12am

I really like this, my arm & shoulder attacks are rather weak.
Minor point but is there a good reason on the armbar to reset the bottom leg to over their torso? Why not just keep the shin tight to their side?

My instructor usually has varied reasons for doing so (or not) and I'm curious why you would or wouldn't here.

**Phrost** · Posted On: 6/09/2009 11:58am

Great thread, front paged.

**Kintanon** · Posted On: 6/09/2009 12:18pm

Rob is also WingchunX2Z's BJJ instructor I believe. How you can be training with that kind of awesome and still be committed to the chun I have no idea....

**Zapruder** · Posted On: 6/09/2009 12:22pm

Originally Posted by UpaLumpa

I really like this, my arm & shoulder attacks are rather weak.
Minor point but is there a good reason on the armbar to reset the bottom leg to over their torso? Why not just keep the shin tight to their side?

If you spiderweb the legs I dont see any added benefit to putting the leg over the body. This is a great principle that can be applied from so many different angles!