Arichive : Henry Akins – Cross Side Attacks

Henry Akins is the third American to receive a black belt from Rickson Gracie. Rickson Gracie trained Akins for 15 years. Akins was the head instructor at the Rickson Gracie Academy from 2005 to 2008 before he resigned due to a back injury.

For the first time in the history of Hidden Jiu-Jitsu, Akins reveals the secret details that nobody else has been taught.

Henry how do I finish more from side control when I get there is the most common question. I have brown and black belts ask me the same question.

The answer is very simple.

If you have two hands, you can pour suffocating pressure onto your opponent while you are attacking.

The biggest problems I see with most people are when they get to the top of side control that stops them from finishing.

Both hands are squeezing and controlling their opponent. You can’t finish if you don’t have hands.

The knees are on the ground. Your weight isn’t smothering your opponent if it’s on your knees.

People are willing to give up the side control position for a lesser position. You won’t finish from that position if you don’t want it.

I don’t see martial arts as a sport, it’s about life and death.

When I say this is how to finish from cross side, I mean it’s how to avoid being killed when you achieve a dominant position.

It will win you a tournament if it works to save your life.

The more afraid your opponents will be of it and the more they will freak out when you push pressure on them, the better your cross side is.

The downside of being Domino from the cross side position is that people’s response will become more exaggerated and more freaked out, and sometimes this makes them harder to submit…

Having control of your opponent and allowing him to follow your lead is what finishing from Cross Side is all about.

His sudden realization that he is GOTTA tap should be the first sign of submission from the cross side position.

This is not a theoretical idea. This is what I’m saying.

Your regular training partners will run from your cross side if you use the attacks in my Cross Side Attack System.

The Wicked Arm lock is from Cross Side. The cross side attack in your arsenal is a game change.

The 9-time World Champion is known for getting to the back and finishing with the rear naked choke, even against bigger opponents. Taking the back, jumping back takes, maintaining back control, and finishing from the back are covered in this four-part system. The Back Attack System was created by Marcelo Gracia.