19.38 Tue am 5200 / tri 60

Taps: 1. Total: 5200 / tri 60

For such a small class (about 10 peeps), there were a lot of BBs, about half i think. Vince, Mike, Freddie, Mordecai.

BB Chris ... Back Attack Series
 I. Bow and Arrow Choke
 a. Seatbelt grip, underhook hand opens lapel and feeds to choke top hand
 b. free hand posts on mat, swivel legs, outside on mat, inside across his belly
 c. grip pants

II. Armbar -- he gets under, and pulls choking hand in front of his head
 a. go to Armbar from Spiderweb
 ** great detail from BB Mike -- torque his head towards me the back of my knee to make it Tight.

III. Kneebar - if he defends armbar
 a. by holding his gi and stuffing my leg between his
 b. dive for far leg, triangle my legs and go for Kneebar.

Keep working the Pretzel Pass of Doom from Closed Guard ... need to review, keep forgetting to underhook his leg so i don't get caught in Half Guard.

Drill: Wrist stuff into High Guard.

19.37 Saturday Breakfast Club 5199 / 60 tri

Taps: 6. Total: 5199 / 60 triangle

BB Chris ... no techs, just Armbar drill from Closed Guard.

new toy to work on:

Crucifix from Side ... most step over and trap far arm, but i'm able to trap near arm, there should be something there.

also the Old Master of Crucifix, from Open Guard.

19.36 Thur Am 5193 / 55 tri

Taps: 2. Total: 5193 / 55 tri

BB Chris ... I. Mount Armbar with Choke threat
 a. continuing on from Tues, threaten choke with the deep grip, elbow down and across ... turn his head, that will bring his elbow up and easy to push on his elbow to get it across
 b. Move up my left knee next to his ear, kill his elbow by getting in trapped up on my thigh and against my belly
 c. Gather up his OTHER elbow and tuck my other leg crooked under it
 d. if near arm is on top, go for that armbar, but if he hides that arm and so the FAR Arm his on top, Switch / Swivel to that arm bar

** i customized and extended the drill -- armbar to Hitchhiker ESC, he transitions to Omoplata, Omoplata ESC.

II. another Armbar Break - X Break
 a. my bottom leg goes through and ankle presses against his bicep
 b. my other foot goes thru to make X on his arm, push with the X

Mini masterclass on Half Guard
 I. Knee Cut Pass ... outside leg staples his ankle, the Knee Cut knee comes up and AGAINST his belly (not on the mat)

II. Caught in Quarter Guard
 a. take him to other side, wedge with free foot and Mount from that side

III. Knee Cut Counter
 a. bump his butt to get him forward
 b. switch from Underhook to grab his ankle and scissor my leg and come up like a Single but on his ankle

IV. (from Tues) Half Bottom Half Butterfly Sweep -- lost the Underhook battle, so Overhook and grab his Belt
 a. Get Butterfly Hook in and Sweep to the Right

V. Overhook and Belt grip / Sweep to Left
 a. Get right knee up and into almost Butterfly Hook
 b. Shrimp to left like J. Wayne Sweep movement

** Slacking off on my Triangle reps. Need to get back on it!!

19.35 Tue Am 5161 / 55

Taps: 5. Total: 5161 / 55 tri

BB Chris ... I. Mount Choke Threat to Armbar
 a. get choke grip in and when he defends, push elbow across and get my knee all the way up to his ear
 b. pull in other elbow and tuck/fold my other leg under his armpit TIGHT
 c. with non-choking hand, fish for top arm, lean towards his feet, get other leg on top of his forehead
 d. lean back for finish

II. Spiderweb Armbar break
 a. kimura grip -- push off with my foot against his bicep
 b. control lower and lower on his arm til i get to the wrist

BB Vince helped me out with that Kimura to Kneebar from Half Guard bottom.
a. really need to get my Knee across to the far hip, get belly down.

Also, he was showing Blue belts a Half Guard Bottom Overhook, grab belt Butterfly Sweep, or just a Push sweep on Other Way bc you're trapping that side with Overhook.

Keenan's Half Sweep vs Heavy Crossface Pressure

Roger Pretzel Pass -- having trouble getting it against long-legged guys, keep pushing me away and i can't quite get the stack on them. prob need to get on my feet more and then step to the side for the angle.

19.34 Sunday Confessions 5191 / 55

Taps: 8. Total: 5191 / 55 tri

Then there were four. Since BB Tarca got hurt, numbers are down.

But i got there early to drill with Savage Alan. Got 10 reps of Triangle -- getting angle and covering right side shoulder, i don't even need to squeeze.

Drilled also -- Kimura Hotdog Roll and DLR truck roll.

Brn Nick suggested King of Mat with just three of us, Blk Ray and me and of course he stayed on the whole time.

But he gave me a great combo tip -- Half Guard Kimura combo:
 1. Got for regular Kimura from Half, he pulls back, push with the Knee shield knee to create space to make space to dig under his thigh and Roll to Kimura side into KNEE BAR, make sure to tuck ankle in against his hip.
 2. If he presses back into to defend, then go back to Kimura and SWEEP to the right.

Def adding to the Drill List.

19.33 Saturday Breakfast Club 5183 / 45

Taps: 4. Total: 5183 / 45 tri

BB Chris ... I. Half Guard Butterfly Sweep
 a. Knee shield in, prevent cross face, kick in to get up and get Underhook, and belt grip
 b. Scoot n get Butterfly Hook in
 c. Let him get Crossface, and Sweep him to that same side and hop over into Side

II. Turtle Turnovers
 a. gi grip, near side over his hip with my right hand
 b. left hand on his elbow, push into him to create space on his legs
 c. my left knee goes over back of his near shin as i pull with gi grip and turn him into Back Take.


Review:
 1. Octopus
 2. Roger Prezel Pass ... x 2 / Roger and Invis JJ guy.

Focus: calm down and get Side Control to Dope Mt, then Mt attack, Choke to Armbar. just calm down and focus on that.

fun stuff ... dlr roll to truck back take.

19.32 Saturday Breakfast Club 5179 / 45

Taps: 1. Total: 5179 / 45 tri

Packed house, over 30 peeps. Too crowded.

BB Joel ... stand up drills, grip breaking leading into pull down Seoi ... same side grip, elbow up into his armpit, back step and down onto knees.

Turtle Turnover
I. belt grip and pants grip flip over

II. Gi grips push and pull into Side

III. if he wrist traps and rolls, hop over and Americana

Didn't get around to drilling Triangle.

Love the Roger's Pretzel Closed Guard Pass of Doom! Got it a couple times.

Fun drills i want to add:
 1. Kimura Hotdog roll
 2. DLR top to Ninja Roll backtake
 3. Side to Truck
 4. Overhook Butterfly Sweep
 5. TD Single
 6. TD Underhook Duck under.

19.31 Thur am 5178 / tri 45

Taps: 6. Total: 5178.

BB Vince - Turtle Esc

I. Trap wrist (i usually try to get higher up and get elbow, but it works with wrist)
 a. drop, straighten near leg, roll him over

II. He pulls wrist out
 a. Outside leg goes behind, put it up between his legs, just behind his butt
 b. my near knee gets closer to him
 c. near arm frames in front of his stomach / waist -- Push back to sweep

III. He comes in front for Clock Choke grip
 a. protect and pass that hand over to other side
 b. go for Single Leg on either leg.

Passing Knee Shield
 a. get knee up
 b. get control of bottom knee and don't get him get squared up
 c. smash knees, and knee cut

* var. -- x pass on the knees, or Rev. Half with putting my hand in front / make sure to go forward and to the other side of him.

Passing X Guard
 a. fall forward /put both hands on mat, and cross my legs

after class bonus:

X Guard Sweep w/ tech stand up
 a. stretch him, than push on the thigh as i get up.

** Triangle reps 5 / 45
and even worked a little bit of Kesa esc.

Rolling with BB Gors, we started STanding up and realized my Stand Up game does not exist, and it if did it would SUCK! He foot swept me twice and maybe got a Double Leg and i pulled guard.

Then came Bleu Carlos -- and we started on our feet again and everyone watching. This was the closest to a competition i've come to, even though i've got 7 or 8 years experience on him but he's about 30 years younger and we weigh about the same.

And i'm thinking i'm ahead on points and then he gets Mount and I'm so disappointed that i don't properly defend the Americana and i've basically given up and i TAP. And it's a MENTAL thing.

So i have to work on my STAND UP and my MENTAL game.

19.30 Tue am 5172 / 5 n 40

Taps: 8. Total: 5172.

BB Chris ...

I. CG Sweep, arm across, side guard sweep
 a. Reach over grab lat / Rev. Scissor Sweep with the open knee

II. Armbar pulls out into Omo

III. Omoplata to toehold
 a. triangle my legs, reach back for near foot
 b. far arm goes over/under his ankle / grips my other wrist / other arm grips his foot

Triangle reps 5 / 40
 *BB Mike says to hold onto under lat grip for finish.

BBs in the house: Ger, Vince, Mike, Freddie, Steve.

Rolled with 3 of 5.

Work: Old man sweep n Overhook Butterfly Sweep.

also, got the KoB escape a couple of times but must REMEMBER to underhook the leg to come up instead of just laying there. sheesh.