Class, Sat. Aug. 27, 2011

Whohoo. Three classes last week. And no injuries. Success! But then, no classes this week until Saturday.

Tech. -- Half Guard Lockdown, and to Electric Chair.

Funny, I've been reviewing counters to the Lockdown all week.

Taps: 6. Total: 180. RNC, 2 armbars from unusual positions, choke from back, choke from back with his gi, kimura from mount - get caught with this all the time because it's my left, weak arm and I keep thinking they are going for arm bar and I relax a little waiting to sit up to escape.

Need to Review:

1. Half Guard Bottom -- need to get to my side but I get confused to which side to come up on. (** I come up on their free leg side.); and work on the Underhook.

2. Back Escapes.

3. Turtle Escapes.

Class, Thu Auig. 25, 2011

Tech 1 - Closed Guard Sweep - Flower

1. Double sleeve control, he lifts one knee.

2. Dive under knee, as I pulls other arm across. My leg comes up, over.

3. Bottom leg swings under and sweeps out his other knee.

Tech 2 - Closed Guard - go into Arm Bar.

Flower sweep, like the Xande sweep, but the Xande I can do even if he doesn't lift his knee up. I just grab at the knee pants.

Taps: 2. Total: 174.

One to footlock, and the other choke from mount.

Still can't quite get the Tozi pass to work. Need to review that. Couldn't pull any Bump Sweeps today. Almost though. Gotta get in my reps again.

Need to Review:

1. Lockdown counter - Ari.

2. Half Guard attacks - Robson.

3. Tozi pass.

4. Triangle escapes.

Need to add Scoot to drill -- keep getting caught in High Mount.

Class, Tue. Aug. 23, 2011

A good, good class. Down-the-line Pass/Guard drill. Love 'em. Starting to see more things. In my roll and others. Surprised lot of Whites, even some Blues don't know the Sit Out.

Tech. 1 - Turtle Turnover (review from Sat.)

1. Grab elbow and same side ankle and push over.

Tech. 2 - Side control Choke - when he has hand across my neck / I have cross face.

1. Push that hand across, control with side of my head.

2. My near knee on his belly, swing over leg over to other side, slide knee down. On his side with the other hand still cross face (under his neck).

3. Cross face hand grabs my bicep as other hand grabs under my other elbow.

4. Tripod my legs, drop hips down.

Detail: make sure my cross face arm/bicep is against side of his neck tight.

There's a new White, White Jim. He's huge, like 6'3" 250lbs or something like that. I think he does MMA. He's quite intimidating, but really a nice guy. I think I scissor swept him last week. Anyway, he's big and strong and others are a little scared of him. He likes to sit up in guard and break your posture by pulling down on your neck. Like all Whites, he uses a lot of strength. He's going to be pretty bad ass once he learns some technique, like swimming inside the arms, then pulling on back of the neck as he curls his legs -- that's going to be unstoppable way to break posture for him.

Taps: 2. Total: 172. Both to Triangle.

Need to Review:

1. Triangle Escapes - Robson's and Xande's.

2. Half Guard - Top and Bottom.

3. Counter to Lockdown.

Sat. Class, Aug. 20, 2011

Tech. 1 - Mount Escape Upa (review)

Tech 2 - Mount Escape - Bridge to Butterfly or re-guard

1. Bridge.

2. Both hands on his hips and press up.

3. Get knees in for Butterfly.

Tech. 3 - Side Control to Arm bar (puts arm over my shoulder)

1. My arm near his head, wraps his arm and grabs my gi, tight under his elbow throughout.

2. Other arm down on mat by his hip to prevent shrimping out.

3. Go north-south.

4. Get him on his side, knee on his belly.

5. Get my weight forward, other leg goes over his head, and finish.

Supplemental techs. after class: Turtle Turnover

1. Get elbow control

2. Same side ankle control.

3. Push over into Side Control.

Turnover 2: 1. Grab gi and pull down into Side Control.

Purple Chris' Takedowns from Knee.

1. Arm drag.

2. Collar drag.

3. Collar and knee, and push.

1,000 rep Hip Bump drill is paying off. I need to remember: 1. Control the arm/elbow. and if he posts, transition to Kimura.

Taps: 1. Total: 170.

More to gassing than a sub, but I was most likely about to tap.

White Belt - Don'ts / Tues, Aug. 16, 2011

Sitting in Guard / White Belt Don'ts (Review)

1. Collar choke. Why: Leads to Arm bar - Bottom guy will: a. control choking arms; b. foot on your hip, rotate; c. get his leg over.

2. Put hands on mat. Why: Leads to either kimura or hip bump sweep.

3. Reach behind and try to break guard. Why: Leads to Triangle. Good tip: swivel/rotate your hips to direction his trapped arm is pointing. Good way to remember.

Back Attack - Don't (Review).

1. Cross your ankles. Why: Leads to Ankle Lock -- he will: a. same side as top leg, get that leg over; b. triangle with other leg; c. fall to top leg side; d. finish by squeezing knees and legs down.

Back Attack Escape - one hand has collar/choke grip

1. Both hands grab his choking hand, one hand on his hand, other on his arm.

2. Fall to side his hand is pointing.

3. Hand that was on his arm (one close to his body), release and control his knee (grip pants at the knee) -- this prevents him from transitioning to Mount.

4. Hip escape out to Side Control.

Taps: 1. Total: 169. Purple Chris got me in Triangle and transitioned it to arm bar.

Need to Review:

1. Triangle and arm bar Escapes. (also remember to transition from one escape to the other.) Got caught in a few triangles. Didn't tap but didn't cleanly escape either.

2. Turtle Attacks.

3. Spider Guard Defenses.

4. Half Guard Attacks

5. Side Control Attacks.

6. Sit out.

Actually getting to top position now and then and it's such a novel situation, I don't have a good plan of attack.

Also could do with more Side and Half Guard Escapes.

Need to also think about Stringing Moves Together. I Scissor Swept a huge White belt, but he was able to push me back into Guard. That's when I could have Hip Bump Swept him the other direction. Or when I tried the Scissor, he was leaning forward to counter and I had chokes available. Something to think about.

Class, Sun. Aug. 6, 2011

Tech. 1 - Takedown - Inner Reap.

1. Standard grips, my left hand gets under arm sleeve; right hand gets collar grip by the shoulder.

2. Pull him in, as he pulls back, my right foot steps between / in front of his feet.

3. My left foot, hop skips, turns my body and like tai otoshi.

4. My right hand pushes his shoulder, off-balancing him as my right foot hooks his outside leg (left) for the takedown.

Taps: 1. Total: 168.

Class was all Whites, all Purples except for instructor and one Blue. Tapped to Blue who got a kind of a paper cutter, that also twisted my body with his other hand. Never seen that one before.

Stream of Consciousness/Common Paths of BJJ

BJJ.

Belts. Colors/Rank.

Frustrations/Addiction.

Judo.

Wrestling.

Instructionals. YouTube. Books. DVDs. Collecting Gi's.

Crossfit. Ginastica Natural.

Yoga. Injuries. Withdrawal. Chiropractor.

Surfing.