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Looks great! Thanks for doing and sharing. Will check it out more later!
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No, I think it's the way it's meant to be done. If you watch the best ground guys, they move like a snake - I'm thinking of Demian Maia. Just watch his ground game vs Ben Askren (especially the ending) - it's like he becomes a snake :
I can’t see the YouTube videos, but I see the pic of the santishi posture where the back arm is turned such as the elbow point out to the right and fingers point towards left. It seem not to go with the same intent as the forward arm/hand ? In what linage is this Santishi ?