Armbar from Guard (Gi) — Class Lesson

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Armbar from Guard (Gi) — Class Lesson

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Deivid (blue gi, on his back) teaches the armbar from closed guard to a watching class, working on a partner in a black gi: control the arm from closed guard, climb the leg over the face, and finish — then he resets, explains again from guard, and runs a second full rep. The step captions quoted in this record come from the captioned cut of the same lesson (armbar-from-guard-gi.mp4, 0:28), a spare file in the same library.

The breakdown — piece by piece

STEP 1 · 0:00–0:08

Closed guard and arm control

Deivid lies on his back with his legs locked around the kneeling partner's waist — closed guard. He holds the partner's arm/sleeve with both hands and talks to the class standing around the mat, setting up the control before anything moves.

STEP 2 · 0:08–0:13

Foot on the hip, elevate, and go to one side

He starts climbing: a foot comes up onto the partner's hip, his hips lift off the mat, and his leg works up over the partner's shoulder as the partner postures up to standing, bent over him. The captioned cut names this phase in Deivid's own words: "WHEN I GO TOWARDS THE ONE SIDE" and "AND THE HIP AND ELEVATING."

STEP 3 · 0:13–0:16

Reset to closed guard

Instead of forcing the finish, he brings the partner back down and re-locks the closed guard, re-grips the arm, and keeps explaining — the lesson resets cleanly before the full-speed finish.

STEP 4 · 0:16–0:18

Throw the leg over the face

From the reset guard he throws his leg over the partner's face, and the partner folds forward and goes down to the mat. The captioned cut's words for this exact moment: "NOW I THROW THE LEG OVER."

STEP 5 · 0:18–0:27

The finish, held and explained

Deivid sits into the completed armbar: the partner is on his back, the trapped arm is held between Deivid's legs, and Deivid stays in the finish position for several seconds, gesturing with a free hand as he explains the details to the class. The captioned cut adds two of his cues for this phase: "HAND ON THE LEGS" and "NOW TOES POINTING TO THE CEILING."

STEP 6 · 0:27–0:47

Release, reset, and the long explanation from guard

He lets the armbar go, the partner rolls clear and comes back to kneeling, and they reset to closed guard. Deivid then spends an extended stretch in guard holding the partner's arm and talking the class through the position again before the next rep.

STEP 7 · 0:47–0:58

Second full rep

From guard he climbs again — leg up and over the partner's face, partner folding down (about 0:47–0:52) — then settles back into closed guard and closes the clip still explaining from the guard position.

Key details

Step captions quoted here ("NOW I THROW THE LEG OVER," "NOW TOES POINTING TO THE CEILING," "AND THE HIP AND ELEVATING," "HAND ON THE LEGS," "SINCE THE FOOT'S ALREADY ON THE HIP FOR THIS ONE") come from the captioned cut of the same lesson, armbar-from-guard-gi.mp4 — the class-lesson file itself has no burned-in captions.
The finish is not rushed: on the first rep Deivid holds the completed armbar for roughly nine seconds while teaching.
The class watches the whole lesson standing and sitting around the mat; this is live class footage, not a studio demo.
The closing caption of the captioned cut reads "...AND THEN I LOCK MY TRIANGLE" while he locks his legs around the trapped arm to finish — his words, kept here as he said them.

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