Telephone Armbar System by Casey Lamb

A comprehensive study of a telephone armbar system

This two hour long instructional teaches a telephone armbar system, which is suitable for Gi and No-Gi. It is worth noting that a significant portion of the instructional techniques are taught firstly from the closed guard and what Casy Lamb calls the side saddle (which can be seen in the trailer at the 3 second point), however volume 4 addresses several other positions i.e., butterfly, half guard, knee on belly, side control and opportunities from the 50/50. The instructional has a logical and appropriate structure. The approach is pragmatic with chapters teaching movement, problems and difficulties, opportunities, likely defensive responses from opponents including your consequential responses and entries to the telephone armbar. As well as teaching the telephone armbar there is coverage of other complimentary submissions including armbars such as squeeze/scoop armbars, omoplata, and the use of a simple wristlock. Casey Lamb clearly has a deep understanding of the telephone armbar system and has no difficulty explaining and demonstrating the techniques. He stays focused on the material and is easy to follow and understand. The video quality is typical of what is filmed at the BJJ Fanatics studio (i.e. fixed camera) and is consistent with the preview (volume 4 chapter 3 – Telephone Armbar (TAB) from butterfly 2) and the trailer. In summary, this is a worthwhile system to learn particularly if you spend some time in closed guard or you are wishing to expand your submission skills. Importantly you don’t have to be in a dominate position to find opportunities to submit using Casey Lamb’s telephone armbar system.

Excellent Instructional

A well organized instructional. Not to verbose and to the point.