Tues, June 14, 2011

Tech: Knee on Belly Escape - trapping his knee and toppling him over.

Tech series of Omoplatas - Triangle, to Omo, if he rolls out etc.

Taps: 3. Total 145.

Injuries: Left thumb sore, Right shoulder sore. Went to urgent care to get the thumb checked out, in case it's a fracture. X-rays negative. Just a sprain. Have to wear this splint for a week. Not sure exactly when I got either injury.

Sucks, I have to miss training this week. And next week, I'm back to work so the two-a-week training is not possible. It'll be once a week (Saturdays).

Thoughts on rolling: Too passive from the start. I'm sitting and they push me over, and I'm pretty much starting from Bottom Half-Guard. Must try to get a grip, or underhook and leg hook and try a Butterfly as I go down.

On learning a new technique:
I haven't really learned it unless I can pull it off during rolling, against a live resisting guy. That's my measure of success. For me the steps to success are:
1. I see it or read about, BUT forget about it during rolling; forget to even try it.
2. I try it during rolling. Get to step one or two, and forget the rest. So it FAILS.
3. Review, so I remember the rest of the steps.
4. Success, but only once in awhile or against lower belts only.
5. Success. Mastery.

That's why I keep reviewing the same stuff over and over again, ie Side Escapes, Mount Escapes, Bottom Half Guard. I'm at a different level for each position, each technique, but trying to get to step 5 in all of them.

Old School -- couldn't pull it off against heavy smashy White; and he did a good job of cross facing me and keeping me busy defending his choke attempts.

This is the breakdown for Old School (as I understand it):
1. Lockdown.
2. Whip up and get on my side.
3. LH (left hand) (assuming you have his right side, right leg locked down), gets underhook.
4. RH reaches under and grabs free foot (LL, left leg).
5. Get up on my knee, lean into him, and roll him over. (this is where I get confused as to whether to open up my lockdown or use it as leverage as I do the sweep.)

Tozi Pass - step 2, so need to review. I had my head on the wrong side, so I was not preventing the guy from moving with me, making it harder for me to break his guard.

Speaking of passing guard and breaking guard... my posture gets broken so easily and constantly, so I've been looking at guard passes where you start with your posture broken. Having limited success. Most people don't expect you to pass with your posture broken.