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.