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Nathan Mendelsohn's American BJJ Player Blog: Technique of the Week #9

Mon, 2012-10-22 12:41 — Nathan Mendelsohn

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Hey guys!!

This is Nathan Mendelsohn back with the ninth Technique of the Week. This week's technique works in together with the techniques from weeks 1-5, all playing a part in my series of attacks from the back. This one is for when you want to get the bow and arrow choke but your leg is stuck underneath your opponent. Hope you can work it into your game and get it work for you like it does for me!! Enjoy! Ossssssss

Stay Tuned!

Nathan Mendelsohn's American BJJ Player Blog: Technique of the Week #8

Sat, 2012-10-13 15:29 — Nathan Mendelsohn

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Hey guys!!

This is Nathan Mendelsohn back with the eighth technique of the week, this is a good technique for guys with guards that are really tough to pass. Sometimes if the time's running out and you can't pass the guy's guard you can put him in this position and finish him anyway!! Hope you enjoy the technique and are able to put it in your game and make it work for you like it does for me!!

Stay Tuned Osssssssss

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Nathan Mendelsohn's American BJJ Player Blog: Technique of the Week #7

Sun, 2012-09-30 17:37 — Nathan Mendelsohn

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Back with a new Technique, this one is a video featuring myself that a friend of mine Ashoka McCormick made as a part of a technique series he does called Journal of A BJJ Player. I'm putting it up here in case you haven't got a chance to check it out yet!! This pass is one that has worked for me many a time in competition and you can find a couple examples in this highlight from the US Open 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9xLZwUJA_M at 1:15 and 2:42.

Nathan Mendelsohn's American BJJ Player Blog: Technique of the Week #6

Wed, 2012-09-26 12:42 — Nathan Mendelsohn

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Hey guys!!

Back with another Technique of The Week, this one being a little trick for those of you who like the deep half guard but sometimes get stuck against guys who have a really tough base! If you can't get your normal deep half guard sweeps to work for whatever reason then you can use this to transition to the x guard and sweep the guy from there! Hope you can put it in your game and get it work for you like it does for me!

Nathan Mendelsohn's American BJJ Player Blog: Competing Tomorrow at the IBJJF US Nationals

Fri, 2012-09-07 16:50 — Nathan Mendelsohn

Hey guys!!

This is Nathan Mendelsohn writing to you from Carson California getting ready to compete tomorrow at noon in the IBJJf US Nationals 2012! I'm set to compete against Brian Morizi in the first round, a tough opponent I've faced twice before at purple belt and its a rematch I'm really looking forward to! I plan on competing weight and absolute and I'll post the results and videos here as soon as possible!! Didn't have a chance to get the new Technique of the Week up before heading down here to LA but I'll put it up as soon as I'm back in Santa Cruz!

Nathan Mendelsohn's American BJJ Player Blog Technique of the Week #4

Sun, 2012-09-02 19:28 — Nathan Mendelsohn

Nathan Mendelsohn&amp;amp;#039;s American BJJ Player Blog Technique of the Week #4

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This is Nathan Mendelsohn back with my fourth technique of the week!! This is a technique you can get from the same position as the previous two techniques if your opponent won't let you make the grip the others require!! I've had a lot of competition success with this technique, and I added two examples from the 2007 Us Open as a blue belt!!

Hope it works for you!!

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Nathan Mendelsohn's American BJJ Player Blog Technique of the Week #3

Fri, 2012-08-24 14:10 — Nathan Mendelsohn

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This is Nathan Mendelsohn back with the third installment in my weekly "Technique of the Week" series. This is a continuation of last weeks technique, showing you how you can get the choke from the back in a similar fashion but from a different angle. If you can put both these technique into your game then any time you see the patch on the back of your opponent's gi they're gonna be in deep trouble.

Nathan Mendelsohn's American BJJ Player Blog: Las Vegas Open Gold!!

Sun, 2012-08-19 18:01 — Nathan Mendelsohn

Podium at the Las Vegas Open, too bad one of the athletes that came in third place didn&#039;t show up to claim his medal

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Nathan Mendelsohn's American BJJ Player Blog Technique of the Week #2

Sun, 2012-08-19 13:38 — Nathan Mendelsohn

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This is Nathan Mendelsohn back with the second technique in my weekly "Technique of the Week" series! This is another technique that I have had a lot of success with in competition, especially at purple belt where the majority of my matches ended with this move or something similar. Check the first two matches in this highlight from the 2009 US Open where I use this same move from a slightly different angle to get the finish in both matches. Hope you enjoy!! Osssss

Nathan Mendelsohn's American BJJ Player Blog: Technique of the Week #1

Wed, 2012-08-08 13:19 — Nathan Mendelsohn

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This is Nathan Mendelsohn back with the first edition of what will be my weekly "Technique of the Week" series right here on my blog!! This week's techique is one that I use all the time in competition, most notably in my final as a purple belt lightweight at the IBJJF US Nationals 2009 against Ronis Gracie. Check it out, hope it works for you like it has for me!! (Sorry for the background noise!)

Stay tuned every week for a new battle tested technique straight from the techniques I use in competition!!!