Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Taps 1126 and Simi Open Mat

Taps: 6. Total: 1126. 

Nice to see a couple guys from my school at this Open Mat.

Noticed three different guys try the same Mount Attack ... under elbow control, walk up with hands, then Arm Triangle. They must have learned it recently.

A Purple let me work my attacks. Tried Henry's Gift Wrap to RNC. Could. Not. Finish.

Kind of thinking about some of the Purples at my school that I've come up with ... they're doing a little bit more fancy stuff, Berimbolos and such, but mostly they're techniques are getting tighter AND the biggest difference is their WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION. They are starting to feel a little bit like Black Chris.

Watch Vids.

Deep Half.

Monday, May 19, 2014

Reverse Scissor Sweep + two variations

Really been trying to work this Sweep into my toolbox, and now I have three variations to go with it.

1. Standard Reverse Scissor Sweep, with the regular grips.

2. Push Knee to unbalance.

3. Hook knee, if he lifts that side leg. (Haven't tried this yet).

Having some success with the first two, but need to got to Three, if they lift a leg up or stand up.


Thursday, May 15, 2014

Taps: 1120

Taps: 5. Total: 1120.

Black Chris. Review of Lasso Guard to DLR to sweep and Lasso to Invert, then Omoplata.

Having problems, kept getting swept going for the Reverse Sit Half Pass.

Then as I was walking out, saw Blue Angel showing Purple Chris the Reverse Sit Pass:
1. with the lapel grip under the head,
2. then controlling between his legs, grabbing the thigh and shrimping away and pulling the trapped leg out.
3. Top hand pulls in the guy's outside elbow, gets him on his side a little;
4. Then KoB, and that same hand grabs the outside of the lapel, and that elbow comes down on his neck.
5. Turn into a Baseball choke with the lapel, go North-South. Wicked.

And I realized a day later that I have the same grip setup, and can go for the Zach Choke from here, too.

Purple Arman got me with a Hage Choke from bottom as I was passing. I knew it was coming and tried to armbar him, but failed and I was dizzy. A couple more seconds and I would have been out.

Failed miserably with the Nerang Bypass Armbar. They keep pulling their arm out. Plus I've never drilled it and I don't really commit to it, but jumping into it.




Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Taps: 1115

Taps: 2. Total: 1115.

Black Vince. Top Half Guard Series. vs the Underhook. 3 Chokes.
1. Whizzer and grip collar.
2. Like Brabo, pass Lapel to other hand.
3. If he frames and makes distance, pull arm across, between my leg and come down on it.

Blue Brian is getting so active in his guard and trying all lapel grip over and keeping my posture broken.

Purple Chris. Been awhile since I rolled with him. Loves the Bow and Arrow from the S Mount. He rolled passive and let me attack and then he got bored and reversed and got S Mount but didn't get the Bow and Arrow til he swung me to his favorite side. Then he gift wrapped and trapped my arm and reached under and got his grip and that's all she wrote. Bow and Arrow.


Thursday, May 1, 2014

Taps: 1113

Taps: 7. Total: 1113.

Black Vince still on the Half Guard. Bottom -- two on one on the sleeve, preventing the crossface, and if he knee cuts, open and bait him to pass. Switch to one hand and other hand get foot and push him over.

And two Side ESC, if I'm getting crossfaced and smashed, get left hand over his smashing shoulder to alleviate the pressure; get right forearm under his neck, and frame and push, and when he pushes back, Bridge, scissor my legs -- right leg under and flip him over.

Tech 2 -- if the smashing hand comes over other side, then right hand comes under and grabs his far elbow; come up on my left elbow and flip him over.

So on Tues, while rolling with the only woman (two stripe White) in the school, I guess I went a wee bit too hard and there was me trying a studpid BS move with a reverse Triangle and pulling on her lapel, and she got pissed because she couldn't tap. I was very apologetic, and felt horrible and for penance, I watched all 57 minutes of Rener and Eve Torres talking about how to roll with women.

Good news, she came back today, and I got paired with her again, and I rolled a little bit easier like I was rolling with my kids. I keep getting paired with her because I'm the closest in weight to her since I lost at weight.

How much did I lose? Glad that you asked. Since February (two and half months), I've lost 17 lbs.

Saulo's Armbar ESC -- from BJJ Uni book, escape from top side. A lot of success with it. Turn away from him; arm attacked grabs my free wrist; free hand gets under his leg and ideally, gets the ankle (but I've usually get closer to under the knee); then push up with both hands as I sit up.

I have to look up his Triangle ESC. I usually go with Scully leaning tripod, which I need to review right now.