17.63 Wednesday Night 4181

Taps: 3. Total: 4181.

BB Chris ... Half Guard Top Series.
 I. Darce vs his Underhook and Underhooking my thigh

 II. Kimura

 III. Lapel Cross face, if i don't have Underhook, Reverse Sit/Switch Hips, Knee Cut

 IV. Lapel Cross face 2, -- if he holds on tight to my Ankle: Switch hands on gi, reach back and lift top knee, and get Ankle free.

All 3 taps by Armbar -- need to upgrade my Armbar ESC ... rock/Bridge and get his legs up and light, then break his crossed legs, get my off hand on his ankle.

Black Rain, who used to be Purple Rain when i first met him, had nice tips for me: said i seemed fine, relaxed on Bottom, but was hesitant and unsure on Top. Need to drill Passing and Top game. Limit it to 3 Techs.

Passes:
1. back to Buchecha
2. Lo Torrenado
3. Sky Drag

Can't resist adding: Luta Floating because it's flashy.

Standing to Pass: couple of times, they underhooked my other ankle and passed my hand over that way for Omo ... possible to swing my left leg over for Step Over Pass? Or even a Leg Drag on same side leg?

17.62 Sunday Confessions OG OM 4178

Taps: 8. 4178.

Rolled with BB Tarca twice, that's where most of the taps came from. Brown Ray always letting me work my top game, and I got to work Keenan's Armbar bteak ... and it's a winner! This is my go-to.

Calling it Keenan's Twister Armbar Break - top hand under hooks the arm, bottom hand pulls both legs/kneee towards me to twist his body (takes away his bridge and his ability to scissor my head with his feet); S Mount with bottom leg, other leg lift off his head, puts weight all on his chest; if he's stilll holding his hands, get my leg over his head on other side of neck, pull in with leg - that torques his head, giving more leverage to arm break.

Backup with Silverado and Bicep Slicer Armbar breaks.

Work on - Judi roll and invert to spider web when getting stacked.
 Huni Sweep off Knee Shield.
 closed Guard/ Side Guard series.

A couple of Purples today seeme to be giving up, mentally giving my Brown belt too much credit. I've rolled with them in the past and they seemed to concede too easily. At my home academy, the Purples give me a hard time ... because half of them are competitors and the other half came up with me. So they know my Brown belt doesn't mean much and there isn't that big of a gap in skills.

Need to remind myself not to do that with Browns and BB that I roll with ... respect but do not fear them.

17.61 Saturday Breakie Club 4170

Taps: 5. Total: 4170.

Small crew, i think lots of regular crew at a tournament and supporting our competitors.

Roll call: 4 browns, Purple and 2 Blues.

BB Chris ... Closed Guard / Side Guard Series.

Nice,  the Basics.

I. from Closed Guard - Sweep
 1. left hand same side gi grip at wrist; right hand reaches under and goes cross grip on that same hand behind elbow.
 2. Left leg on him, pinch in -- bridge up and on the way down, bring his arm down to the right, across center line and get into Side Guard.
 3. Left hand reach over his shoulder, grab under his armpit, get my chest tight against his body and elbow so he can't get his arm out. Close my legs in Side Guard.
 4. Open legs, rock back and forth and Sweep to the Left.
  var. Reverse shrimp to the right to make space for the Sweep.
  var. 2 -- come up on my right elbow, Hip Bump to the right (if he doesn't resist, then Sweep to right); if he resists, use momentum for original Sweep to the Left.

II. Armbar
 1. Same all to step 4 above but can't get Sweep. Arch back to create space, reach in with my right hand, go over his bottom arm and trap that.
 2. When he postures to get space, throw my left leg over his head, arch back to Armbar his bottom arm.

III. Choke
 1. from Step 4. Reach over with left hand, two finger collar Choke grip.
 2. Get left over his back, reach with my right and grab that ankle with Choke for leverage and finish.

IV. Sweep 2 to Right.
 1. Left hand reaches in front of his face, grab behind his far elbow.
 2. Bump and twist into him for the Sweep.

Getting lazy, just pulling, defaulting to Half Guard. Then comes the battle of their Knee Cut vs my Underhook game, or my Giggler Sweep. But i have been slowing it down and getting to Knee Shield, but stuck there. Not sure what to do from Knee Shield. Huni Sweep, of course. Look that over.

Also, trying out that Frame ESC from Side Control. I'm doing something wrong. Framing but not quite getting my knee through to recover.

17.60 Wed. Night 4165

Taps: 5. Total: 4165. 

BB Chris ... Back Mount ESC. 

 1. Two on one on the top choking hand. 

 2. Saulo scoot scoot down. 

 3. Kick out, clear one hook, get on side, kick out and clear other hook.

 4. Escape to the side choking hand is pointing / scoot out and step on/sit on that side leg. 

 5. Let go top hand on choking hand, reach over and control hip/and top leg from coming over.

 6. Scoot back, back, come up in Reverse Kesa Side Control.

Roll call: Only a couple other Browns, besides me, lots of Whites, and tons of viciously tough Purples, majority of them competitors. 

All five taps to BB Chris, who absolutely demolished me, as usual. His PRESSURE, though. During warmups, he saw me standing on sidelines.

 - You okay?

 - Just my knee.

 - What happened?

 - Kneebar.

 - Who did it?

He discourages Footlocks and Kneebars, etc and even has a sign up about it.

 - Not here, i said. 

But glad i didn't have to name any names or point fingers. Not my style. 

Work on:

1. Rodolfo half pass

2. Lepri knee cut, especially part about killing the Knee Shield. 

3. Closed Guard / still don't have a GOTO. Work the Posture Break, then High Guard, and Lapel Guard, Sit Up Arm Drag to Bump and Scissor Triangle. 

* Improve every session.

** Seek out the toughest guys.

Breakdown: Rodolfo's Half Pass to Mount Armbar

1. Cage his Hips: right elbow against his hip; left hand on his biceps and my left knee pinches in on other side of his hip.

2. Instead of Crossface:  Right hand on shoulder/bicep; Left hand gets Underhook, reaches up and lifts his hand/elbow and he can't pummel and grabs behind collar. My head starts below his, then moves up to the Right of his head.

3. Double Underhook: Right hand reaches in and gets Double Underhook and locks Padlock.
4. Pressure: Lean my head above his, apply pressure, get both his arms above his head, lift my butt in the air.

5. Mount: Left leg steps on same side thigh to open his legs and step into MOUNT.

6. High Mount: Gather both his arms in Padlocked, grabbing my own elbows, move my knees up high under his elbows.

7. S-Mount: Lift and bring him to one side; get on my right knee, bent left leg goes under his armpit, heel near his head and almost touching my other knee.

8. Finish: Lean forward, get my right leg over his head.

17.59 Sunday OG Om 4160

Taps: 5. Total: 4160.

Father's Day Roll ... someone put on an 80|/90s mix while we were rolling and it was distracting. First roll with BB Tarca and he's going for footlocks and Footloose is playing on the mix. He eventually gets me with a kneebar on my sore knee, then again with kneebar on other knee.

Rest of the rolls were acccompanied by Jesse's Girl and other songs like that.

Review: Lepri knee cut, Alberto knee slide, closed guard lapel attacks, hip bump-kimura-guillotine-crucifix-Triangle sequence, Bat choke and Kang choke, Godoi Loop.

Breakdown: Far Side Knee Slide - Alberto Serrano

1. Grab bottom knee, pull him towards center and get his knees pointing up, then double collar control; pinch his knee with both of mine.
2. Right hand pushes his knee down and goes over, post right hand on mat.
3. Other knee comes in and weaves between his legs, knee on mat, Right foot posts out wide.
4. Right foot circles back and hooks his top leg; other leg that was Weaved in comes over his thigh in a Slide for the Pass.

Breakdown: Lucas Lepri Knee Cut Pass

starts 2:05 -- vs. DLR

1. Right hand (same side as DLR hook) grabs collar grip, and pulls his shoulder/back off the mat. Elbow bent, tight, push against DLR thigh.
2. Left hand pants grip, top of shin, step to the left and put his non-DLR foot on the mat and start Knee Cut.
3. (3:24) Keep him on his side, back off the mat, elbow closed to prevent Pummel/Underhook and Knee Shield; Left hand staples other leg on mat to prevent RDRL.
4. He will most likely frame with both hands on my shoulder, switch from leg grip to ELBOW of his bottom arm.
5. Lean forward, get my head over his head, and Knee Cut with Knee straight down on mat (NOT sliding down and away), then PIVOT with outside foot to complete PASS, and follow with my grips if he shrimps away.

5:00 Gets knee in for KNEE SHIELD
1. Control elbow again, push his chest, get him flat on his back, brings bottom leg up, both his knees pointing up, and my knee in between his legs.
2. Now there's space to get my Elbow back INSIDE to take away Knee Shield, then Knee Cut again, swivel, pivot.

17.58 Sunday OG OM 4155

Taps: 5. Total: 5155.

Purple Mike, who likes leglocks, also put his right foot up, but he wasn't using it to bait. He pushes forward or pulls back that leg and if i try to DLR hook it, he traps it for a footlock.

Anyway, i had moderate success using that to start my roll.

BB Tarca showed a cool Kneebar from Half top, where he Back Steps just a half a step, and weaves that foot between the guy's, then scoops the leg for Kneebar. Very nice. Wanna to try it.

Review:

Closed Guard ... lapel panza grip
Back Attack ... cannonball grip.
Turtle attack ... juji to spider web.
Half Pass ... Rodolfo smash.
Side escape ... different path

17.57 Saturday Breakfast Club 4150

Taps: 7. Total: 4150

BB Chris... Side Control Escape Series
 I. Basic prevent crossface, bridge and recover Guard
 II. Get knee in, other leg over, then recover Guard
 III. Throw leg over for Armbar
 IV. Ghost escape into Darce choke

Could not get any offensive thing going. Defending the whole time. Purple David got his Lockdown working, need to address that. Watch my feet, getting lazy about defending the leg locks.

Rolling with BB Dean: he got a Kimura from Side, and transitioned to Paper Cutter Choke and I tapped but he held for a sec longer bc he didn't hear me and i could NOT move; i was awake and could see and I spasmed for about 5 seconds and then came out of it.

First time for Half Choked Out.

Nice roll with Brown Eddie, who BB Chris says is a Night Guy only. He had an interesting start to Roll game plan -- he started with Right Leg up in Combat Base, which left me only two choices: grab that for Single or DLR it. Interesting strategy. He's the one who got me with all the footlocks and Kneebars today.

Review: Graugart hop butterfly passs and Rodolfo Half Pass to Mount.

17.56 Sunday Og OM 4143

Taps: 6. Total: 4143.

Asked Purple Brazilian Girl to show me her Mount Ezekiel.
 1. Get to High Mount, crossface with the Left hand.
 2. Get my face on right side of his head, side of my head to the cheek so he can't see what i'm doing.
 3. My right elbow clamps down over the shoulder and locks their arm down to their side, so he can't use that hand to defend.
 4. Get Ezekiel grip (right hand gets my left wrist gi, right hand blades, slides over the throat).

More Practice: Knee shield, prevent crossface; from Side, prevent crossface.

Revisit: Recovery Guard Drills, Butterfly Passes, Sit Up Esc from Side, Closed Guard Goto, X Guard Drills.

17.55 Saturday Breakfast Club 4137

Taps: 6. Total: 4137

22 people in class today and 1 White belt, who ended up being promoted to Blue before class ended. Three Blues, 4,5 Purple, 6, 7 Browns and 3 Black.

BB Chris... Side Attacks
 I. Let him turn away and come up into Turtle
 1. Into Clock Choke... flick of wrist on choking hand; heavy hip on near shoulder, other hand controls his far wrist

 II. Modified Seatbelt control ... crossface hand controls his top wrist, my right hand grips my own crossface wrist
 1. Swivel my right knee behind his back, pull him over to the right and take Back and get my hooks in.
 2. Left hand gets collar grip, right hand pants grip, lean down into Bow and Arrow Choke.
 3. If he defends by get my choking hand over his head and in front of him, then switch to Armbar.

Brown Ryan and other browns sharing new control grip fro back, and for lack of a name, I will refer to it as Brown Straight Jacket ... from the Back -- left hand Underhooks and grabs far collar, Right hand grabs behind the neck.
   Quite a tight control, just not sure where to transition to from there.

 Reminder: Half Guard - knee shield and prevent crossface, Side control - prevent crossface.

Drill: swim move, sit outs.

Pathways: Attacks from Side Control 17.6

Attacks from SIDE CONTROL

I. Submissions
 A. Zach Lapel Choke / Baseball
 B. Triangle -- DDom Falling
 C. Bow / Arrow Choke
 D. Crucifix
 E. Evil Rainbow to Back / Rnc

II. goto N/S
 A. Stepover Armbar
 B. Kimura-Arm Triangle-Ezekiel
 C. Magic Grip / Crucifix Choke / Rnc

III. MOUNT transitions
 a. Reverse KoB Backstep
 b. Reverese Kesa / Step Over and Sneaky Foot
 c. Heavy Roger / Knee Slide