Work on ... Pass to Side Control

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

Sunday Confessions - Sess 11: 5749

Taps: 4: 5749. 

1. Should have a series on Lower Belts who Kick my Ass -- One-handed Blue and Old man Blue. Although haven't rolled with One-hand in awhile. 

2. After drilling a 100x on each side, debuted the Wiltse Blast Knee Cut and had a little bit of success. Passed 2 of 3. Failed bc i didn't break the collar grip before attempting pass. 

3. Stuck in Half Top alot, and Deep Half top. Funny, didn't even roll with the Brown that i studied the Deep Half for. But it still came in handy for dealing with it, mainly getting that Underhook, but I didn't pass cleanly, mainly avoided trouble, for the most part. 

4. Breathe. Breathe. Breathe. Found myself holding my breath alot. 

Sunday Confessions - Sess 10 - 5745

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. 

Noho class - 5738

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. 

Sunday Confessions - Sess 9 - fourth of July special

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?