Sat. Class, June 25, 2011

Tech. 1 - Vince Open Pass.

I'm calling it that because Purple Vince showed it to us. An Open Guard Pass. I'm standing, and if I'm passing to the right, I'll attack his Left Leg (LL).

1. Get my Right Leg outside his LL, under and tight near his hip, butt.

2. Press into that leg, my shin to his, bend his leg. Control that leg, my left hand on his foot, other hand on the knee.

3. Switch leg, replace my right leg with left, but same pressure; move right leg near his armpit for a sec, then to knee on belly.

4. Drop my weight down on belly as I come down in Side Control.

Tech 2 - Chris Pass (after you break guard).

1. Passing Left - Left hand gets a grip on his Right Leg at the cuff; Right hand under his Left leg and grabs his belt.

2. Grip on cuff hand, pulls down, flattens his leg, staples leg to mat; drop hip and weight down on that leg.

3. Walk around to the left and to Side Control.

Position Drills - Stay on Mount / Mount Escapes.

I really love position drills -- Guard/pass Guard; Side Control/Escapes; Half Guard Pass/Escapes etc.

First Mount Session, I was on Bottom, and I slowly escaped once and reset and was halfway to another before time. Second time, I was on top of New White and was terrible. He bucked me and tossed me and escaped four or five times. I got a leeetle bit better each time, but not at all happy with my performance. Since we couldn't do subs, my Mount Maintenance totally sucked. In hindsight, I realized I need to swim my arms under his to counter his use of arms, or at least in real rolling I need to armbar him.

Taps: 3. Total: 148.

I'm getting real lazy and giving up Americanas, but they are muscling it a lot too.