Ruben Rodriguez

I absolutely love training here at Bend, Oregon: Clarks University Of Martial Arts and enjoy every moment on the mats with the homies like Mental Performance Coach &Mental Performance Coach & Jiu Jitsu Black Beltd one of my favorite setups against me. Started with a Sumi Gaeshi, which I tried to roll through into a wrestle-up but he countered the wrestle-up with a High-Wrist Arm-In Guillotine. I tried rolling out twice but the arm was already too deep and I couldn’t find the strangle hand.

Reviewing the footage helped me notice how off the initial rolling escape, Aaron controlled my hand to stop me from peeling it down. After the second roll, you can see his strangle hand, more specifically his knuckles come over the top of my traps while still controlling my arm. The high-wrist arm-in guillotine is by far the hardest front headlock submission to escape from and once it’s on, it’s basically a checkmate.

So much fun. So much to continue to work on 🫡

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17

Knee Lever from Half Guard. One of my all time favorite sweeps 🧹

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Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
Proverbs 27:17

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Bulgarian Split Squats with a Zercher Hold. Hands down the hardest variation of BSS that I’ve experienced thus far 🦅

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Ever since Long Term Training introduced me to Zercher Squats, it’s been my go to way to squat as well as lunge. I believe there are many benefits to doing squats and lunge variations with a Zercher hold that transfer so well to sport and encourage proper bracing mechanics.

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This week marks 9 years of consistent jiu jitsu training 🥋 I still have so much to learn and improve upon but I’m still loving the journey.

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Knee Lever to Arm-In Guillotine 🥋

Love me some Sumi Gaeshi 🥋