Taps 2249 and JJ League Open Mat

Taps: 3. Total: 2249.

Man, need to work on the Half Pass - Marcelo's Smash. Keep getting rolled. Also, check out Keenan's Pass on Oli Geddes.

Keep working Lovato's Side Transition to Mount, need to tuck my leg after after the Mount - so as not get caught in Half.

Also, start thinking about Subs from the Mount.

Keep working:
1. Thorton's Choke series.
2. Lovato's Triple Threat
3. Otavio's armbar
4. Terere's Side to Triangle.

Lil Bro Brown says don't stay flattened in my Half -- shrimp out and get on my side. Need to drill that.

Taps: 2246 and Christmas Day Open Mat

Taps: 10. Total: 2246.

Best Christmas gift -- Black Chris opening up the Academy for Open Mat.

New mantra since getting my Purple -- Don't Beat Up the White Belts. Don't shut them down. Let them work.

Ironic. Now that I CAN beat them, I'm choosing Not to.

Still not getting anywhere with the J. Wayne Half Sweep. Can't get my leg out far enough, and keep getting flattened. Just keep working the Reverse Scissor and the 2on1 Roy Dean Scissor.

More faith in the old school Closed Guard ever since Kron won his MMA debut with an armbar from Closed Guard.

And Blue Mike kept getting threatening the armbar from Guard and I was too busy defending, and got me with the Xande/Flower Sweep (no gi version with the hand dives under my thigh) TWICE.

I'm going back to the Xande Sweep, and review:

1. Side ESC - Lovato
2. Back ESC - Lovato
3. Armbar Break - Luta and Kurt O.
4. Xande Sweep - Lovato and Liera.

Taps: 2236

Taps: 2. Total: 2236.

Tech. 1 - Closed Guard to Lasso, he stands, switch to DLR Sweep.

Tech 2 - Half Guard ... Getting Smashed, create space, push knee away, shrimp, get knee shield in, get underhook, cup bicep to prevent cross face ... lockdown, dive under and lift with lockdown, if he bases, go to Deep Half, go left, left, then sweep to the right.

After class, Black Vince was showing White Jordan some Mount/armbar stuff. I need to work on that.

1. From Mount, get knees under armpits and got High Mount.
2. Armbar -- don't fall back, control the arm, lean FORWARD, then lean to the side and swing leg over. No gap/space between his shoulder and between my legs.

3. From Mount, he turns on his side, protects neck, protects arms ... windshield wiper and knee on belly to side of his back, to make pressure him to open up arms or neck.

** drill that windshield wiper from Mount, too.

Drill:
1. J. Wayne sweep.
2. Anaconda finish.
3. Pass - Cyborg.

Also, advice from Vince about rolling with White Belts -- go easy. let them lead. react to them. no need to shut them down or really submit them.

2234 and Purple Belt

Taps: 4. Total: 2334 ... Blue at Dec. 17, 2011 ... now Purple received Dec. 9, 2014.

Black Vince - showed: 1. frame, and get head outside in North-Side ESC.
2. Side Top, he gets underhook, step over into Mount.
3. Double underhook, wicked Half Pass. Smash, smash.

Black Chris - review of the three DLR sweeps.

Man, purple. Trying to enjoy the moment, not looking back or forward. Stay here. Now.

Review:
1. J. Wayne Half Sweep.
2. MG Smash Half Pass.

3. Side to Mount - Lovato.
4. Side ESC - Lovato.
5. Back ESC - Lovato.

Taps: 2330

Taps: 1. Total: 2330.

Techs. Attacking the Turtle from the Back/Top, Seatbelt, Roll over into Back.
  1. Choke 1.
  2. Choke 2, hand behind the neck.
  3. Bow and Arrow.
  4. Trap the arm, choke or Armbar.

Review:
MG top Half concepts - where he puts elbow in armpit.

Lil Bro Brown came over for dinner and gave me lots to think about.

1. Brabo choke from bottom of Half Guard.
2. check out BJJ Scout's Shin to Shin.
3. Deep Half -- swing the hips all way to other side to stretch and unbalance the guy.
4. Wicked Brushecha lapel choke from Mount.