Hayden Hidlay's Short Offense | Technique Tuesday

In this week's Technique Tuesday, five-time All-American and NCAA finalist Hayden Hidlay breaks down three attacks from short offense — two of which put your opponent straight to his back. It all builds off one idea: when a guy builds up to a quad-pod instead of staying on his knees, you can't force him to an elbow, so you stop chasing it and take what his defense hands you.

From the Mantis position, Hidlay posts the wrist to glue his opponent's hand to the mat, keep his weight forward, and clear to the side for a hamstring attack — going wrist, wrist, then attack while you're learning, or straight to the cross post as you get faster. If the opponent steps out of the leg, Hidlay is already circling into a Polish throw: he shifts to a two-on-one, punches the underhook, locks his knee deep behind his opponent's, and sits into a "chair," popping his hips to put him on his back rather than just falling to the mat. And if the opponent circles all the way to chest-to-chest, that opens the inside trip to the same side — Hidlay turns his hip onto the belt buckle, hits a one-two step (back foot to where the front was, front foot lunges), and drops his level so his kneecap is the first thing to hit the mat behind the knee, lacing the leg and forcing the back. Every defense flows straight into the next attack.

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