3805 at Sunday Open Mat

Taps: 5. 5 or 6 rounds of 6 min. Total: 3805.

BB Tarca showing a Side Control Gi Choke.
 1. Use my own gi, pass to cross face hand.
 2. Other hand comes up on other side of his head, and to the crook of my hand like a RNC.
 3. Pull with gi grip hand, getting him almost to his side to get Tap.

Purp Christian asked me about my Armbar ESC because I just got out of two his armbars with it. And it is my latest favorite and I've had some success. I saw a YT video recently and it clicked. And now I realize my own instructor had shown me a similar tech. But that's when it clicks. I need to see the same tech from two or three different sources.

Brn Steve got me with the Scully Side Armbar. One that I've been trying and not getting. He was able to get the step over and sit back, which I've haven't yet been able to do.

Ran out of rashguards. Guess it's a good week of training when I don't have any clean rashguards left.

Turtle Attack -- BQuick's sit back Crucifix. Top hand gi grip and other hand together like modified seatbelt.

3800

Taps: 5. Total: 3800.

Why only 5? The leg lock guys were not there.

BB Chris -- Mount Gi Choke.
 1. Get low, my head on right side, next to his head so he can't see me getting my gi with my right hand.
 2. Pass gi under his head to my left hand; move up, getting my knees under his armpits.
 3. Now there's space for me to get my right leg bent to Kob.
 4. Get off Mount, right hand blocks hip; right knee slides down and blocks hip.
 5. Face his feet, get my head to that hip for the Finish.

Side Control Attack -- Baseball Choke.
 1. Pass gi under his arm to my left hand (cross face hand); my right hand cups that elbow and pulls in.
 2. Get KoB; my right hand lets elbow go and grabs top of Baseball grip on gi and DROP elbow down on his throat.
 3. Move N/S as right knee goes near his head, left leg bases out far, and head goes on the right side again for the Finish.

*Purp Pierre the Nightmare tip on Americana defense -- my free hand pushes on his elbow.

• Armbar Break -- top hand goes under (palm mostly up), other hand comes over top. 
• Armbar Break 2 -- bottom hand goes under, grabs my own gi and Tucks his elbow into my armpit deep; lean forward toward his head (11 o'clock), then back for the break.

• Belly down Armbar ESC -- scoot back and surf over his body to the other side. When I've been hopping over, I just end up back under regular Armbar position and end up tapping.
• Side ESC -- practice Henry bridge.

3755

Taps: 10. Total: 3755.

Nogi -- BB Vince. Half Passes.
 I. Pop knee out and Knee Cut when they try to turn other way to transition to DLR and ankle grip.
      a. Get Underhook and crossface.

 II. Foot wedge behind his knee
   a. move left and down to get trapped knee out; pop up above his head and get Butterfly wedge -- just before Mount.

Gi - BB Vince -- Side Control Attacks.
 I. Elbow stake, backstep to other side to Back drill, and into Kimura.
 (**partnered with Brn Anthony: man, he had some nice details to make everything much much tighter!)

  Ex. 1: from Side Control, my top hand gathers in his head (not neck), and my knee steps over his head and pinch his head between my knees; gather in his legs so his WHOLE body is fetaled up and uncomfortable.

 Ex. 2: from other side, control under his elbow and grip top of his elbow and when I release he will Turtle, get Hook in, use other leg to gather his his leg to Lockdown from the Back; pull on his gi behind his head and take him to the left to get better Back control and pressure.

 Ex. 3: with Kimura grip, use my whole core and push AWAY to straighten his arm away from his body and make it weak, then come back and behind his back for the traditional finish.

 II. He defends Kimura, switch to Americana on the other arm that is trying to push my leg from coming over his face.

Ex 4: on Americana -- use Monkey grip (no thumbs); get his elbow down to his waist and then lift use a wee bit to get the tap.

Working on:
1. Passes -- Brusch / Sky re-direct
2. Closed Guard -- Breaking Posture / High Guard to Armbar or Sweep.
3. Side Esc
4. Back Esc.

3745

Taps: 11. Total: 3745.

Nogi -- BB Mike ... Armbar from Mount, Counter to Hitchhiker ESC.
 I. Corkscrew
    1. Kimura grip on his arm, he rolls away to Hitchhiker ESC ... follow him and I'm turtled up, butt in the air, forehead on the mat, but still got grip on his arm.
    2. Move my leg from in front of his face to the back of his neck for the Corkscrew -- make him flip back over.
    3. Turn him to face his feet to have room to get leg over his face to finish.

II. Smash to Back
  1. If he won't flip over ... control his elbow, and move back to lock in Body Triangle.
  2. Remove that hand to get Choke on his neck and turn him onto his Back.

III. BB Vince - Wrestler Move / Double Leg and Sitout Counter
 1. He shoots, I sprawl on top, lock my hands to control briefly, but let go when he goes to Sit Out.
 2. Side he goes, that side hand I put between his legs and kind of "cross face" with my knee as I step over/toward into Mount.

Drilled Side Esc a little. Need to do more.

Rolls: BB Vince kept attacking with Honeyhole Kneebars/footlocks/double ankle slicers; PB Web kept doing same and also from 50/50, and kept getting to my Back and I can't escape because too busy defending Chokes but he gets my with Reverse Triangle. Same thing with BrnB Steve -- he gets my Back and only thing he can finish me with is the Reverse Triangle/Arm bar or Crank.

Need to look up Escapes for Reverse Triangle. Also, need to bust out X Guard for Web. He likes to start standing and sit into Honeyhole.

And work High Guard sequence from Closed Guard.

3734 Open mat, feeling low Plateau?

Taps: 8. Total: 3734.

Could not get a handle on my rolls. Random, chaotic, no themes emerged. Feeling low. Is this what a
Plateau feels like?

Arm bar escape ... Saulo -- need to come up and straddle his leg; triangle escape... Arm in side knee comes up and twist my body.

Find YouTube vid of new fav arm bar escape ... Trapping the leg, Rolling over the other one. Joe mora.

BQuick ... Crucifix from turtle attack.
Side escapes...drill.

3726 and Sunday Open Mat

Taps: 6. Total: 3726.

Big crowd today, including 3 women (all Blue). Rolled with two of them, both tapped me. First, I got lazy, but she won the Underhook battle in Half and Passed to Side, and wrapped me in my Lapel for the choke. She was really grunting for the Finish, so I was a little distracted by that. Never had anyone making sounds like that.

Second Blue Female - I dominated most of the roll, then let her work a little, so she Passed into Side and I rolled out to escape right into a Triangle. Very impressed considering it was at the end of the roll and I knew she was gassed.

Sexist but I don't like to roll with women. They don't smell like jiu-jitsu so it's very distracting. But that's my problem. I should roll with them more but there are not that many that train.

Study on this:

Side ESC - roll away and elbow push sit up.
Half Guard Bottom (got Underhook) vs the Step Back.
X Guard - tech stand up, Back Take and one more (scissor the leg sweep?)
Electric Chair ... PB Ira suggested I was very close to it several times in my X-Guard/deep half attempts against him
Romulo Sweep

3720 and Adv tech Side and Half Underhooks

Taps: 5. Total: 3720.

BB Chris ... Open guard to DLR ... Double sleeve grips; Push on his thigh with right foot, stretch him out, DLR hook in with other foot, sit up and pass right hand grip to other hand going under the hooked dlr leg, right hand grips far collar (Palm down), pull down for Sweep.

Tech 2 ... If he breaks grip and pulls away his left hand ... Switch to cross grip, left hand goes to his ankle, my right foot goes under his armpit and pushes and stretches him, then right foot comes down on back of calf ... To crab walk Back Take.

Tech 3 ... Back attack ... Fall to underhook side, push head away to swing leg over and in front of his head for arm bar. Bonus: Armbar break -- far arm tucks under his arm, gets deep over his elbow and grabs my own collar, fall at angle toward his head like 11 o' clock for the break.

Purple Wolfe let me drill Side top ... Zachary choke and Dope Mount -- key detail: need to underhook that far side before I drop my knee in then other knee for Mount.

Advanced Side tech to kill the near arm ... 1. Use my hips to turn him on his side then come back and get my knee into his arm pit; 2. Leg weave start of Dope Mount turns him on his side, then come back into his armpit.

Advanced getting Underhook in Half Guard bottom: 1. #1 bridge into him; 2. This is my favorite -- swivel knees left to right like almost sweep.

3715 and Who was that visiting BB?

Taps: 2. Total: 3715.

No gi -- BB Vince.

Kimura from N/S ... step over his head. He defends, pushing foot away and turns flat or inward. Swing other foot over, Gift Wrap around his head, free hand controls his other hand so I can get my foot over his hand and under his chin. Fall forward on my elbow, Triangle my legs ... forward roll into Triangle adjustments from bottom.

Visiting BB Eduardo with the Gi.

I. Elbow Tuck Butterfly Sweep Either Way
 a. Right hand cross collar grip, left hand same side sleeve grip. Pull him a little with cross collar, lead in with left elbow into his armpit, keeping sleeve grip and tucking my elbow into my body, locking his right arm.
 b. Right hand controls his other arm like a normal Butterfly Sweep ... fall to the right, and lift him that way ... 9/10 times I will get the sweep.
 c. BUT ... da dum. I can underhook his thigh with my right hand, reverse shrimp, and SWEEP him to the LEFT very effortlessly.

II. Closed Guard vs. When They Stand
 a. Left hand cross sleeve grip his left side, Underhook his leg on same side.
 b. Pass grip over the the right hand.
 c. Open legs, pivot hips, come down to regular Omoplata I.
 
 Omoplata II - he postures up, BACK FLIP  and come up Side Control with his arm.

Omplata III - Log Roll, come up in Side Control with the Arm.

IV - Armbar ... his free hand near my knee, grab it and swing leg over his head, underhook his other leg and Armbar.

Bonus:

vs. Double Unders ... Sit up and grab back of elbow and lock in RNC grip.

vs Pass ... Lasso and let him pass, Triangle legs and bicep slicer.

vs. Flattened Half Guard Bottom Sweep ... Lapel Grip over his shoulder with the left hand (normally my Underhook hand), Bridge in to make space and get my other hand under him and unto the other side, Swing my legs and come up on top; keeping Lapel grip on the back of his head, move around to the right and turn him over get Side Control.

Brown Izzy was back and told me to RELAX and flow more. I need more people to tell me that. Because I think I AM Relaxed!!!! And that I am flow rolling. But obviously I AM NOT. So thankful, but wish I had more guys like him to remind me to CHILL. CHILL. CHILL.

3713 and more Half Guard

Taps: 5. Total: 3713.

No gi -- BB Vince.

Double Leg (he sprawls), into Single Leg pull in.
 a. Hook leg with same side, wrap his waist ...
  1. If he puts both hands on mat, take Back.
  2. If he Wizzards ... i. Knee tap push over; ii. link hands, dive under, roll over; iii. if he posts out with his leg -- crank on shoulder, push down on back of his head to roll him over ...

BB Mike showed a Guillotine from there, switching hips, or even letting him come up into Half Guard and finish him there.

Gi -- BB Vince

Knee Shield Half Guard Pass -- Over/Under.
 1. Under and outside pants grip; shoulder into his belly, straighten my leg; switch hips and swing leg out.
  a. If he keeps legs locked, bring other leg onto KoB.

*** in general, vs. Knee Shield, bring my KNEE UP and make him react and move. He'll probably try Butterfly Guard.

Bonus tech: Blue Tony the Tiger got me with Kimura from Half Guard Top twice and BB Vince was coaching me how to reverse but I couldn't understand, but he was saying...

* My free hand dives under for Deep Half grabs his trapped (inside) leg; when he tries to finish, I scissor my bottom leg under and come up in Half or Side.

 

3708 and Kimura Grip Rollover AB

Taps: 3. Total: 3708.

BB Chris ... Closed Guard Kimura Grip Rollover Armbar.
1. Left hand grips wrist on same side, right arm goes behind elbow of same arm (like in armbar setup).
2. Shrimp left and bring his arm down in gap in the right, and create bend in his arm as I lock in Kimura grip (left hand still on his wrist, right hand grabs my own wrist).
3. Shrimp to create space to get my left leg over on his back and knee on back of his neck to force his head onto mat. He will flip over.
4. Shrimp other way to get left leg out and over his face for traditional armbar finish.

Tried working the Corkscrew but ended breaking posture with Double Collar grip and went into Overhook grip and eventually Omo that Blue Ali flipped over but I still ended up on top.

Also, worked with Blue Eddie on 3/4 Quarter Guard Ninja Roll. He didn't really commit to it so I drilled it with him after the roll.

All the Blues are getting better at defending. I really need to work on better attacks. Could work on Side ESC as always.