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THE MASTER TEXT

BY

GENE ''ARANHA'' ·

SI MCO

VALE-TUDO • SUBMISSION WRESTLING • JIU-JITSU

c Copyright 2001 Gene Simco

NOTE: This book is Not a replacement for a quali­

fie~ instructor.

This book should be used as a suppliment to

your trai~ing. The moves in this book represent a

frac:-:::n of the total moves that make up Brazilian

Jiu-jitsu. Only a few submissions are shown from

each position and only represent one approach or

variaton of each technique.

If you have questions or comments about the con­

tPnt nf this book, please visit our website at

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WARNING

The techniques presented in this book are

dangerous. Before you begin your Brazilian Jiu-jitsu

training, you should consult a physician. You and

your partner should always communicate with each

other and stop when the other signals. All tech­

niques should be practiced under the supervision of

a qualified instructor. The author of this book shall­

not be held liable for the misuse of any information

contained here.

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Table of Contents

Where do I Start?

Finding a School 15

Physic::AI Attributes 17

Your Armor 22

Belts 24

lniuries 26

Tap your Ego 27

History 28

FAO!=; 8- !:;terviews 47

ractice 67

How to use this book 75

Syllabus - the first 5 lessons 79

Quedas/Takedowns & Throws

Basic Defensive Posture 96

Grips and Breaking the Grip 97

0 Soto Gari 98

Uchi Mata 1 00

Hari Goshirrai Otoshi 1 02

0 Ouchi Gari 1 04

Rolling Knee Bar 1 06

Tomoe Nage & Yoko Tomoe Nage 108

Arm lock Voador/Fiying Armbar 11 0

Double Leg /Baianada 112

Defense:

Snake Roll 113

Omoplata 114

Crucifixu 115

Clock Choke/Relogio 116

Passando a Guarda/Passing the Guard

Arm under body Pass 120

Hold hips down Pass 122

Hug Legs Pass with Hop 124

Standing Pass 126

Toriar with drill from knees 128

Half Guard Pass 1 130

Half Guard Pass 2 132

Hold Downs and escapes/saida

1 00 Kilos/Side Control with the Gi 136

Escape from Side control 137

Side Control Escape to Guard 138

Reverse Kesa Gatame to avoid bottom Leg 139

Switch base to Ke<>a Gatame 140

Escape from Kesa Gatame 141

Flop over to North South 142

Escape from north south to take back 143

Switch to Reverse Kesa Gatame 144

Get Mount from Rev. K~sa 145

Escaping move Mount escape 146

Countering Escaping move with Knee on Belly 147

Escape from Knee on Belly 148

Chave de Braco & Estrangular/Arm Locks & Chokes Open the Gi 149

Gi attacks from top:

Shin Choke 150

Collar Choke 151

Sitting Choke 152

Choke and Armbe: from Sitting Choke 153

North South Gi Choke 154

Choke from Knee on Belly 155

Chave de Brace - Joelho na Barriga/Arm Bar from knee on belly 156

Mount Choke With His Gi- 157

Mount Choke With Your Gi 158

Leg Locks Chave de Joelho/Knee Bar 159

Chave de Pe/Foot Lock 160

Squeeze Lock 161

Pegar as Costas/Taking the Back From North South 162

From The Guard 1 163

From the Guard 2 164

From the Turtle with Gi 165

Submissions:

Collar Choke 1 166

Collar Choke 2 167

Throw YOUR Gi over & Choke 168

Collar Choke with Leg 169

Arm Bar 170

Reverse Triangle 171

Escape from the Back Mount 172

The Guard Using the Guard- Basic Concepts

Raspagem/Sweeps, Chave de Braco/Arm Locks and Estrangular/Chokes

Closed 174 Estrangular

Squeezing knees together to break posture and get choke

Meia Guarda/Half Guard Get Guard Back 175

Half Guard Sweep 1 176 Half Guard Sweep 2 177

Guarda Aranha/Spider Guard 178 Bicep Lock 179

Spider Guard Sweep 180 Set up for Triangle from Spider 181

OmoPiata Roll 182

Guarda Gancho/Butterfly Guard Butterfly Sweep 1 185

Guarda DeLaRiva/::.:eLaRiva Guard Raspagem/Sweep

DelaRiva Sweep 1 186 Delariva Sweep ~ 1 P.7

Defense and Counter t• --~· --=>~a 188

"X" Guard Rolling for Pass defense 190

Tesoura/Scissor Legs Raspagem/Sweep Scissor Sweep 191

Belt Flip 192

Raspagem/Sweeps to ArmLocks Omoplata Sweep 193 Flower to Arm bar 194

Opponent Smashes, Roll Out Back Door & Sweep 195 Sweep to Armloc-' 196

Arm Locks & Chokes Sequenced from the Guard

Chave de Braco 198

Omopl2ta 1 200

"'!'" ..ingulo 202

Chave de Braco 204

Chav~ ..1e Biceps 206

Chave de Joelho 208

, de Pe 210

Guillotine with gi/Eziquiel 212

Gi ' '"'Jrap 214

Estrangular 216

Omoplata 2 218

Gogoplata 219

Common Double Attacks

Triangle to Arm Bar 220

Sweep to Kimura 221

Key lock to Armbar 222

Choke to Arm bar from Mount 223

Armbar to Elbow Lock 224

Submission Grappling Sport without the Gi

Stand Up

Strategies 226

Defensive Postures 277

Takedowns:

Double Leg 228

Defending Double with Guillotine 229

Guillotine Counter 230

Gravata 231

Crucifix 232

Ankle Pick 233

The Sprawl and the Turtle Tartarugar Sprawi 234

Sit - Out Defense 235

Sit to Guard from T . .irtie 236

Putting Opponen~ On Back 237

Take Back With Mata Leo 238

Defense from Mat~ Leo:

Escape from ~ · q 239

Ankle Lock & Arm Lock 240

The Top -Attacks and Defense

Trapping - ·... t<esa Gatame 242

Escape fr~:11 Kesa Gatame 243

Setting up Americana With Forearm 244

Mao de Vac-=:.--illrist Lock 245

Americanc. - t<esa Gatame 246

Chave de Braco- Kesa Gatame 247

Elbow Lock from Side 248

Side Control Escape to Knees 249

Kata Gatame (Hop Over) Counter to Side Control Escape 250

Kata Gatame Escape 251

Kimura 252

North South Escape to Triangle 253

Strategies for usinc .. nd passing the guard

Defending Double Leg with Guillotine 254 Guillotine Escape & Guard Pass 255

Guarda Gancho The Hooks Guard Sweep 1 256

Hook Guard Sweep 2 - Reversal 257

Passing the Hooks Guard 1 258

Passing the Hooks Guard 2 260

Head Stand Pass 262

Kimura from Guard 263

Kimura Sweep 264

Defending Kimura Sweep & Escaping With Pass 265

Kata Gatame 266

Take Back 267

Opposite Stands Sweep 1 268

Sweep 2 269

Knee Bar 270

Sweep to ankle Lock 271

Vale Tudo & Defesa Pessoal Fighting without Rules

Closing the Distance Basic Strategies & Concepts 27 4

Closing on Punches 276 Closing on Kicks 277

Using Punches to Close 278 Using Kicks to Close 279

Defending Takedowns with Strikes 280

The Clinch Head to Chest 282

Striking on the 'Break' 283 Back Clinch Takedown 284

Bear Hug Defense 286 Basic Head Lock Defense 287

Drive to Wall 288

Take Down from Wall with Strikes 289

Passing tht- '-"'-iard with Strikes

Breaking the Hooks with Strikes 290

Controlling the Hips and Passing the Legs 292

Passing Half Guar~"~ 294 Chinnir Strikiiig

Fighting from the Top Position .Arikes

Knees 4'~~;-n the Top 296

Elbows from the Top 297

North South with Strikes 297

Setting up Amerj~ana with Strikes 298

Strikes from the Back 299

Cervical/Neck Cranks From Side 300

From Crucifix 301

From the Back 302

Knee on Be!ly for Vale Tu do 303

Escaping Knee on Belly with Strikes 304

The Va!e Tudo Mount Striking from Mount 305

Taking the Back from Mount 306

Blocking Escapes/Positional Changes in Mount 306

Escaping the Vale Tudo Mount 307

The Vale Tudo Guard Getting Back to your Feet 309

Kicking from Closed Guard 310

Kicking from Open Guard 311

Setting up the Triangle for Vale Tudo 312

Defending the Slam 313

Triangle Escape to double knee lock & heel hook 313

Setting up Armlocks for Vale Tudo

ArmBar 314

Omoplata- Vale Tudo 316 Omoplata Escape (roll Under) 317

Half Guard reversal for Vale Tudo 318

Knees on either side of your opponent's body -""~!1 be placed high on your opponent's chest or iow to grapevine the legs.

Choke from the mount position (page 158)

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Choke from the knee on belly position (page 155)

Passing The

Guard

Passando a

Guard a

Standing Guard Pass

Standing Pass - Page 126

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Here, I am holding my partner's (bottom) gi with my palms down and fingers pointed in.

I then hop up to my feet simultane­ously. I he pulls my ankles to sweep me backward, I pull up on his gi col­lars and throw my hips forward to defend the sweep and keep from falling back.

I use a combination of good posture and my back and leg muscles to lift him.

IMPORTANT! Once I lift him up, I MUST press down on his hip to avoid armbars and chokes.

I then move one of my hands to break his hooks as shown. I keep pressing his hip down to avoid the triangle choke.

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In this situation, I block off my oppo­

nent's entire right side with my left.

My left arm traps his right arm. My

legs wrap around his right leg.

I get directly under my opponent,

grab his leg with my right arm and

:-::>11 to the left.

bmission • rap 1ng

Sport (without Gi)

Turtle Reversal (239)

Closing the Distance (page 279)

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Strikes from the Guard

This is a simple demonstration of

punches and kicks from the guard

position. Notice how I keep

his head close to my chest.

Here I am kneeing him in the leg. If

I do this a few times, he will find it

hard to stand up if he has to .

If I want him to drop his hand away

from my face, I can hit him in the

ribs as shown with my knuckles.

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Omoplata is something that changes

a bit for Vale Tudo - Here I push his

face to he cannot get good leverage

to punch.

Once he is far enough away, I bring

my right foot to the front of his face

and grab his shorts to bring my self

around and pull myself up to a seat­

ed position along side him.

The rest is the same as previously

:!escribed in this book.

- Control your opponent's back to

-,;-event to roll.

- Sit up toward his head.

Contributors:

About the Author

This is Gene 'Aranha' Simco's third book on

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. He has been training in the mar­

tial arts since childhood. After earning a Black Belt

in a traditional style of Jiu-jitsu, Gene decided to

devote his life to the study and practice of Brazilian

Jiu-jitsu. He has been operating the NYMAG acad­

emy in Pougkeepsie, N.Y., USA since 1997. In the

time he has been teaching, he has produced cham­

pions from all walks of life, gender and age. Gene

is a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu champion and devoted mar­

tial artist who has trained on both coasts of the

U.S. and in Brazil. Gene is the founder of JIU­

JITSU.NET, one of the world's best resources for

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. For information about training

with Aranha or booking seminars, please contact

him though JIU-JITSU.NET or call his academy at

1 866 LEG LOCK.

Photos: Adam Weissman Modeling: Bob Burlingame, Rob Constance Editing: Heather Terkelsen

Cover Design: Aranha Layout and book design: Aranha Tech Support: Doug Brush, Mike Link

Special Thanks: Fenrnado Sarmento & the Sarmento Family, Nilton Ferriera, the Gracie Family,

.u.lison Campbell, The Simco Family, The Students of~ .. rv1AG including: Mike Dare, The Wackers,

Brian Burrow, Joe Cutrera, Dave Karchmer, Brian ~ .. ~ .... aughlin, Cristina Mclauglin, Justin Johnson,

Neel Choudhury, Carl Calabrese, Aran Murphy, Chris Valenti, Martin McDonald, Stephan Duvivier,

Wally Sasse, Dan Murdock, Dan Vermehren, David Pla7::~ The Testerman Family, Pat Mennicucci,

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