19.56 Sunday Confessions 5310

Taps: 13. Total: 5310.

Nine or 10 taps just to Brn Nick on the first flow warm up roll. He was just catching and releasing and going from the position.

BB Ray ... gave me tip on finishing the Step over Armbar from Side Control that i have been having so much trouble with.
 a. Threaten the Breadcutter Choke, when he defends, get him on his side and Step over with the TOP leg first (that will prevent him from coming up, which i keep having to deal with)

BB Tarca ... he's back from injury and showed a sneaky sneaky armbar from Closed Guard.
 a. cross collar grip and same side ELBOW grip on arm i'm attacking
 b. get arm just a little across center line, get the same side Leg on his shoulder, then IN FRONT OF HIS FACE/NECK
 c. switch from collar grip to wrist grip, pinch my knees together, bridge for finish.

Brn Wade ... man, he's always a couple of steps ahead of me. i'm always defending. he's got a good Butterfly Sweep, too.

19.55 Saturday Breakfast Club 5297

Taps: 7. Total: 5297.

BB Chris ... I. Cross Choke from Mount

II. Cross Choke set up to Armbar
 a. When he defends, push his elbow across and pin it with my chest
 b. S Mount to armbar

Holes in the game:

a. BB Z -- keeps Bolo-ing me / back to looking up counters
b. Closed Guard / same side grips ... Rhalan ...
c. Passing
d. Foot Sweeps ... get him to move and put weight on one foot, that's the foot i SWEEP

Braulio Cradle Pass ... Weave to collar grip / Cradle and backstep / into Knee Weave and Dope Mount or clear and Side Control on other side

Rolling with Coach ... slick pass of my Butterfly Guard ... clear one hook, trapped the other leg, then HOPPED to the opposite side. I expected him to keep going in the same direction.

19.54 Sunday Confessions 5292

Taps: 7. Total: 5292.

Closed Guard -- want to dive deep into it. Fake Scissor, push my knee down over their elbow. If they don't post, remember to pull with my legs AND collar grip. They have to pay for not posting.

asked Brn Nick about Closed Guard -- 1. other guy's Head position (posture) will determine what i can do / 2. I have to create ANGLE. Can't attack straight on.

General, I need to get CONNECTED to him / supertight, esp when i have Side Guard.

Side Attack -- 1. Giftwrap armbar; 2. Triangle

Mount -- 1. crossface, padlock armbar -- remember pick up his head and put it on top of my thigh; 2. padlock Triangle

* Also, Nick was showing a Cross Choke from Mount. Need to remember that when i can't get the armbar or set up armbar with.

Next time: need to ask Nick about Passing.

19.53 Saturday Breakfast Club 5285

Taps: 6. Total: 5285

BB Dean was running the class, but he let Brn Liran show a couple of techs. Not sure why.

I. Spiderweb Armbar into Rev Triangle
 a. thread bottom leg in and wrap into Rev Triangle

II. Side Attack ... back Kimura to Scissor Triangle.

Work on Butterfly Pass, hop.

Closed Guard ... same side Collar into Triangle ... working on Whites, drill, drill.

I can work my closed guard and it sucks but it's okay because my Half Guard keeps bailing me out.

Side Attack ... gift wrap armbar ... doesn't yet work on BBs.

Mount Attack ... unstoppable armbar .... crossface to padlock and S mount Armbar.

Foot still sore.

Closed Guard 2 - Underhook / Overhook

Attack 1 -- Butterfly Underhook
 a. He pulls hand out, Overhook and Sweep

Attack 2 -- Overhook
 a. He tries to pull hand out, hand comes in front ... ARM DRAG to back take.

Closed Guard -- Rhalan Gracie / Same Side Collar Attacks

**w/ Right Hand Same Side Collar grip / Left Hand hand same side Sleeve grip

2:00 -- His left hand has to post on my chest / if not, i can pull with collar grip and Break Posture / So get good grip, my elbow on top and outside his elbow

2:15 -- ATTACK 1: Shrimp out to right, left hip on mat / my right knee COMES OVER his elbow (almost like Scissor Sweep), pushes his hand down, Lock in HIGH GUARD on right side, into Triangle.

  **triangle detail: 2:50 -- leg around the world / cover up his shoulder

3:30 -- ATTACK 2: If he uses Right hand to push down on my knee / Shove his hand in with sleeve grip (left hand), lock up High Guard on Left side

4:35 -- ATTTACK 2a -- he has right hand on OUTSIDE of my knee... pull my leg out and High Guard

5:30 -- ATTACK 3 -- he STANDS ... hang HEAVY on the collar grip, keep his posture compromised / sleeve grip switches to UNDERHOOK his right leg ... shimmy up his shoulder, lock up HIGH GUARD on the right side

5:50 -- possible Armbar, if i swing my right leg over his face

6:00 -- if not / keep the grips and SWEEP him over into SPIDERWEB.

19.52 Saturday Breakfast Club 5279

Taps: 10. Total: 5279.

BB Chris ... Arm Triangle from Side Control
 i. he frames against my neck, push it aside to other side of my head
 ii. change base, get near knee against his hip, that same knee comes up on pseudo KoB as i ride it over to get far leg over to other side of Side ... key detail so I don't get caught back in Half
 iii. Finish on other side, sprawl low, Rnc grip or reach my own elbow grip.

II. From Spiderweb -- Armbar Break fail to Triangle
 a. Bottom leg weaves through the two hands
 b. other leg goes off his head, reach behind his head and grab first ankle
 c. Lock in Triangle
  ** might be hard to finish unless angle is right, but the Armbar is there, too.

Injury -- had Mount on Brn Liran, he tries to buck me off and his body comes back down on my foot. Can't move my big toe.

Got to roll with Coach Chris. Always a good day when that happens. And with BB Dean, who is same age (52) as me.

So, still sucking at Closed Guard. Keep having get bailed out by Half Guard.

Passing sucks, too. Trying Floating Passes. Keep forgetting to Wiper off the Hook. Needs lots of work and reps.

Tried Giftwrap Armbar on Brn Eduardo, couldn't quite get it. Didn't cross my feet. Keep at it.

recap:

1. Closed Guard / armdrag or high guard and Scissor setup to Triangle
2. Floating Pass
3. Giftwrap armbar

Closed Guard / Danaher and BQuick notes

Danaher -- Arm Bar from Closed Guard

Key Details:

1. Control Elbow: His elbow INSIDE my hip / two on one grip (wrist and behind elbow) (2:00)
2. Control Head: Break posture with Collar Tie / Back of the head (2:33) ... ideally get his head over the elbow
3. get small angkle to get Top lock (aka Pitstop, High guard, Diamond etc) -- (2:40), (3:40)
4. Pivot, Hook arm and Underhook the leg (3:11)

B. Quick -- Closed Guard Arm Drag options

1. Wrist and cup Arm and his hand under my armpit (1:30) / come up on my HAND ... if he pulls out, HIP SWEEP
2. 1:55 -- Arm Drag, take the BACK / 2:30

* His REACTION / 2:50 lifts his foot, Swing leg over for Arm Bar
 3:10 Drives shoulder down into me, Same deal, swing leg over for Arm Bar.
 3:35 ... if he presses in, swing into Back Take

19.51 Sunday Confessions 5269 / record taps?! 14?

Taps: 14. Total: 5269.

Is 14 the record for number of taps in one sesh?

Only got in four rounds, i think. Eight to Brn Nick, a couple to another two Brns ... one hand Blue got me in Arm Triangle as i was trying new ESC.

So no dice on:

* Floating Pass
* Arm Triangle rollover ESC
* Top lock/ pitstop / high guard entry

Back to drawing board on all of them.

19.50 Saturday Breakfast Club 5255

Taps: 0. Total: 5255.

Lots of peeps, lots of Browns, only one BB other than Chris.

BB Freddie Po Po ... leading us with Leg Drag Pass drill to Robot Legs onto other side.

BB Chris ... Brabo Choke from Half Guard

* felt bad for the all Whites, and first day Whites ... there's like 10 steps to this tech. Mayhaps teach it like a dance -- instructor at front and everybody follows each step of the way.

1. Near non-trapped knee close to guy's hip, trapped knee to the right to FLATTEN him out
2. Crossface, other hand opens his gi and pass it under his arm and to crossface hand
3. Crossface pressure as i switch base and go to Reverse Half and bring trapped knee up
4. As he pushes on that knee, underhook that arm, reach far up the mat
5. Come up in a kind of KoB style stance, left leg based far left, trapped knee up
6. Underhook hand comes in front of his face, and takes gi grip from Crossface hand
7. Other hand reaches behind for crease on gi for the Choke finish.

Okay, maybe only 7 steps, still though. All the lower belts around me struggled to get through the whole tech.

Latest Focus:

  Side Attacks
I. Gift wrap Armbar (Brian P)
II. Grape Popper (Brian P)
III. Near side stepover Armbar (Scully and Milton)

 Closed Guard
I. Pitstop / high guard entries
II. Flower Swp
III. Heisen

Arm Triangle ESC
 I. Rollover (Brandon Q)

19.49 Sunday Confessions 5255 / 75 tri

Taps: 8. Total: 5255 / 75 tri

Brn Nick, the monster, has no set game. He sees what's there and takes the submission. That's why it's so hard to get anywhere with him. Plus he's got great balance on top and good escapes.

Think i rolled 4 times just with Brn Wade. He doesn't get to train much so he was trying to pack as much in as poss today. He kept trying D'arce and I rolled out it pretty well each time. Not completely, but 75% out.

Keep drilling -- Closed Guard, 93 to Old Man Sweep.

19.48 Saturday Breakfast Club 5247 / 75 tri

Taps: 0. Total: 5247.

Rare to not tap. Need to roll with tougher, higher belts. Came close a couple times but got out somehow.

BB Chris ... I. Side Control Attack 1 -- Triangle
 1. Kill near arm and have crossface and tuck near leg in
 2. My other hand presses far arm into his belly so i can swing leg over it and grab it with my crossface hand
 3. Roll forward into Triangle from Bottom, lock it in, adjust and finish.

II. Attack 2 -- Kimura grip Armbar
 a. get K grip, and push him onto his side, make sure his elbow is tight against my chest so he can't turn back in
 b. lean toward his feet, swing top leg over his head / lean toward his head, get bottom leg over his belly area
 c. Armbar Break -- bottom hand underhooks his arm, grab my collar, push his ELBWOW into my armpit / my free hand posts on mat for balance as i lean toward his head to break grip.

BB Mike -- kept getting me in Overhook Butterfly Sweep. Gotta put that in my toolbox.

Close Guard Series
 I. Collar Tie and Elbow to get to High Guard / a la Danaher / Gordon
 II. 2on1 (wrist and elbow) to get to Side Guard

III. 93 Shotgun -- Old Man Hip Bump
 a. Trigger -- soon as he pulls his arm back
 b. Doesn't pull -- try Flower Sweep.