Taps: 2: Total: 5836.
BB Steve's school -- open invite to his classes. One brown, one purp and rest blues and Whites.
Back attack -- Bow and Arrow series.
My side control Kimura grip sucks -- they keep getting out of it by getting flat on their backs and pulling their arm out.
Work on X guard if they stand.
Taps: 8. Total: 5834.
I'm such a glutton for punishment. Can't stop going. Gotta drill during the week ... Passes and Side ESC and Back ESC.
I'm officially a Brown Ronin ... got no school but BB Steve was kind enough give me open invite to his school but not that many high colors at his place and i feel bad bullying lower belts.
Reminder: go back to wearing head gear. Ears are sore again.
Rolling with big MMA BB Mike. I tap to Mounted Triangle but still take a nice little nap -- my 2nd ever!!
I can never remember the dream but just that it was a pleasant one.
Taps: 2. Total: 5826.
Keep working Passes - Wiltse.
Taps: 9. Total: 5824.
Practicing Craig Heel Hooks, BB Uday says I can't do Heel Hooks in Gi. First i've heard of it, i said to him and stopped. No one told me before and now i think of it, not sure if that's right.
Just got reminded i forgot to look into Hand Weave Half Pass Counters -- i think Scully has one.
Main Passes:
1. Wiltse Cut
2. Body Lock
3. Long Step.
Getting better with the Wiltse Cut -- have to remember to Cross post.
Body Lock -- fail. He just put me in Closed Guard.
Didn't get a chance to Long Step.
Side ESC -- practicing Frame on his neck. Next -- bridge to to Recover Knee or Underhook to come up.
Taps: 7. Total: 5815.
Brn Felina, who never rolls with me, embarrassed me, keeps thinking I'm a BB. I keep telling her I'm not, and I'm just wearing my very faded Brown.
Was very lazy this week. Didn't drill any of Wiltse Cuts, barely watched his Vid. Got to get on it this week.
Review -- 1, Counter to Hand Weave Half Guard Pass. Couple of the Blues love to use this. I think Scully has a good counter to it, but I could only remember the first step and not the continuation.
Focus: 2. Wiltse Cut, and the 3. Long Step Pass ... pretty effective but i forgot the Last step of hopping over to the other side if they keep defending with the other knee.
that's the Homework for this week, those three things.
Taps: 11: Total 5790.
No easy rolls. Better luck with BB Wade -- nullifying his collar grip helped alot.
Rolled twice with Blue nightmare old Milo -- tapped me 5 and i tapped him once with cheapo ankle lock when he had my back and he tried to body triangle me. Something i only get once on a guy. He loves to Scissor my head and get the armbar. Gotta to defend that Head scissors. He also has a fast Surfer Pass, which i should back up or time and deflect.
Grouchy BB was baiting everyone to take his back so he could trap them with his ankle lock. He got me with it and i heard my knee pop a bit. He got Wade later on too.
Grouchy, Steve, Tarca and Wade -- four BBs i rolled with today.
Carefule with Single X and going for leg locks from there. Heavy pressure coming down and i could see myself getting my knee blown out.
Studying Craig Jones and Wiltse, later Degle.
Taps: 10. Total: 5779.
That’s what happens when I roll with 4 BBs, including Kiwi Rob n Shark Mike, Wade n Tarca.
Need to go back to Wiltse Blast Cut n drill the timing on the Shin Pass.
Revisiting Craig Jones n his leglock DVD. Not doing very well since early days of the learning curve. Been watching a lot of his B team vids n rolls. He does favor the body lock pass.
Taps: 6. Total: 5769.
After two-week layoff. Been watching vids of Wiltse (passing) and Craig Jones (body lock passes).
Keep focusing on Passing. No underhook, no pass. Wiltse mantra. True. Learning the hard way.
BB Steve -- gotta learn his top side control floating control. He is such a small guy, slightly smaller than me and i need to learn how to use my weight efficiently.
Taps: 3: 5763.
Knee cuts: 0. Back to drilling. Going to be out for two weeks. So get some drilling in.
Leglocker Tim was back and i got to see him get promoted to Black. Honestly, i'm happier to see my friends get promoted than my own. Got one last roll with him as a Brown and his transitions was very fast and smooth and he was a step and half ahead of me the whole time.
Old Blue Milo only got one sub on me. That's progress. He loves that leg scissors. Got to remember that.
Some success with Side Gift wrap to Bow and Arrow grip and swing leg over and trap an arm to finish.
Working on:
1. Knee Cut
2. Wrestle up.
3. Shin to Shin
4. RDLR
Peeps ask how long i've been training. In Time - 10 years. In Training time: 7.5 years (1. 5 lost to Covid, and 1 to injury and recovery).
1. Blast Knee Cut to Side Control
2. Maintain Side Control ... by killing near Arm ... by turning his hip with my hip down towards his legs ... gets his elbow off the mat / get under his arm by Kesa or grabbing his triceps
3. Square up
4. Try for Dom falling Triangle or
5. Mount and go from there to Roger X Choke ... if he brings his arm up / that exposes his elbow to get to High Mount and Padlock subs
Taps: 7. Total: 5745.
Small crowd today.
Passing -- one step forward, two back. Back to drawing board. Shin step in. Wiltse Knee cut.
Stuck in Side Control under a huge 4-stripe White. He did a great job killing my near arm, and i held off all his sub attempts. He really tried to get under my neck but i stayed heavy on it. Finally decided it was unmanly of me to let time save me and really should get out.
So i recovered to Half and got sweep from there and ended up in Top Side.
Rolling w BB Dio. Got a Heel Hook on him. Damn you Craig Jones!! You didn't tell me i would feel so DIRTY getting a quick cheapo tap on a higher belt. He quickly dominated the rest of the roll as he usually does against me. It was a fluke obviously.
Work on passing. Side to Mount. Side subs, killing near arm. Octopus Half. 92 sleeve guard.
Taps: 0. Total: still 5738.
Techs on Side Esc:
I. Frame shoulder/neck and hip
a. shrimp, get top knee in / or get other knee in first, then top knee
II. Armpit pass over
a. frame shoulder/neck and other bicep
b. pass bicep over my head to other hand / get under armpit-elbow with original hand
c. come up to elbow / push him over or shrimp shrimp, get Butterfly hooks in / sweep backstep into Side Top
III. Stupid Simple BELT frame
a. top hand straight FRAME on his belt, chill, come up on elbow, RECOVER guard.
All Whites and one Blue. Rolled with three Whites and one Blue. Should have worked on my escapes, but they could not pass my Half Guard and i swept to top from there. Worked my top game, which needs lots of work.
Should have let them Pass and work on my escapes next time. But my Half Guard game is pretty effective vs Whites/Blues mostly.
Taps: 7. Total 5738.
Got 14 rolls in. Unbelievable. Old Blue keeps getting me in Triangle, armbar. Diff blue got one of two of Cross Collar choke. If he gets that first deep grip, got to stop the second grip. Stop the second grip. Stop the the second grip.
Got J. Wayne Sweep a couple of times.
Top Side -- needs work. Kill near arm, flatten him. He turns, transition to other side or N/S.
Keep working the Pass / and work in Knee Cut - Wiltse.
Some success with the Shin Step Pass. I like it. Work on the timing and exactly when the trigger to go is. Review.
BB Steve -- killed my Octopus. Need to adjust. How? Come up on my elbow so he he doesn't get so high near my head?
Taps: 5. Total: 5731.
Big crowd. 30 peeps, 9 BBs.
continue -- Side Top maintenance. Back attack, hand fight, Strait Jacket.
Tarca special -- Top Half, get him on side, Giftwrap into Cruxifix ...
Triangle esc - posture. Got out of one of two, tapped to armbar.
Armbar -- old blue, tough Overhook Triangle, got out of that, into armbar, escaped, but later got me with better Spiderweb break.
Diff. blue -- must of been a Keenan special grip into Baseball choke.
Taps: 7: Total: 5726.
Back to the grind and so many Black Belts - 7 or 8 i think, and 5 Browns ... a couple of Purps and Blues but no Whites.
Passing -- 20% improvement just from Shin to Shin practice, and didn't even get to attempt any Side Smash. that's next.
Work on:
1. Armbar Breaks.
2. Side Attacks
3. Side to Mount Transitions.
4. Back Attack ... strait jacket
Both wrist bones sore from Footlocks and Heel hook attempts.
Rolling with One hand Blue -- had Spider web armbar then he stood somehow and stacked me and i couldn't transition fast enough to roll under Armbar and had to tap bc he has crunching my back. So practice roll under Transition from Stack.
Same roll - i tried a heel hook on him and he rolled three times and i followed, and we were about to crash into someone else and i let go, but i didn't finish bc i don't know what i'm doing in heel hooks and maintaining tight control to finish and stop the roll.
Taps: 0. Total: 5719.
BB Steve has a nice little school in Noho. A great little place if you're starting out your MA journey.
Went to visit and get a workout.
He went over Footlocks, which was good bc i suck at them and i've actually given up on them and went to Heel Hooks bc everyone's doing them and Straight Footlocks are actually much harder to finish.
They were all practically kids, and all White belts and one Blue. Had to remember to dial it back and not go for subs and just try to maintain top and let them work.
If i was being selfish i might not go back but i need to give back to the community and not just go to the toughest places just so that i can benefit.
I need to work on my subs and top game and maintaining, Side and Mount into subs. And Armbar Breaks. Never get to practice bc i never get here except there were so many lower belts today.
Taps: 10. Total: 5719.
Keep working: Passing, Side and Mt maintenance.
Armbar escapes -- got three of 4. Got one Giggler. Telles Turtle sweeps. Work on transitions.
Taps: 6. Total: 5709.
Three taps to big, strong White to ... what else? Kimura from Mount. That is my Achilles heel/Kriponite.
Need to figure it out. Slowly finding ways to avoid it, but if i can't or am too gassed, then i am screwed.
Work on: passing, maintaing Side and Mount. Notice nothing about Subs. Not gonna get any if i can't maintain the top.
Taps: 5: Total: 5703.
Rolled w four BBs, two Brwns (from old days), couple of Purps.
Spent a lot of time under Spiderweb, defending my arm, usually hanging on til time ran out. Need to work on escapes ...
and Passing, and Side top maintenance, Mount maintenance, and Passing, and Passing.
Going to miss the next couple of sess, due to being out of town.
Fingers starting to cramp up again; it's been awhile since that has happened, prob before the pandemic.
Taps: 4. Total: 5698.
Twenty-one peeps in attendance. Nine Black Belts.
BB Tarca showed a Guard Pull to Butterfly Sweep Takedown. Make sure post foot on same side as you have arm/sleeve control, fall then hook/sweep with other foot.
BB Mike showed a Snap Down to Fireman Carry Takedown (one of my favs).
Not many peeps asking me to roll bc they are confused by my faded Brown Belt. It looks almost White. Or maybe a faded Black.
Def getting less rolls in, but that's ok bc i'm slowly working my way back into shape.
Doing better w/ my Half game, but still ways to go.
Need to work on Side ESC, Side top maintenance, Passing.
Taps: 5. Total: 5694.
Wore headgear. Right ear colored purple from last sess.
Black Steve (who runs his own school) was there, and shut down my Half game w back step into Saddle and knee bar twice.
Blue one hand -- tapped me three times. Slowly slowly trying to shut down his game. Heavy Half passer into Mount, threaten kimura, then transitions to Arm Triangle. Heavy pressure.
My half game -- need Knee Shield to get create distance, need to STOP cross face to get space for Knee Shield.
Saw Blue girl using High Guard from Closed Guard -- i forgot how much i like that. Need to look into that again.
Last week, back tightened up after third roll. This week, not til 5th roll, so that's progress.
Taps 5: Total: 5689.
Last training before surgery: Dec 8, 2019.
One session post surgery: Mar 9, 2020.
Back today: May 9, 2021 -- year and half layoff.
So i've forgot about 50% of my techs. Gassed out on the second roll, back seized up on the third, and played defensively the rest of the three rolls. Tapped to Blue and a White.
Rolled with Brown, 2 Black, Blue, and a White. Stepped backwards bc i forgotten alot of my Half Guard techniques that bailed me out in troublesome situations.
Need to review: Mount Esc, Passing, Leite Half, and host of other stuff, but so good to be back.
