Sun 51 / 195

Taps: 5. Total: 195. 

BB Bhashar Pass -- 60% success rate. Keep working it.

new BB -- got me twice w armbar break / calf slicer ... got to ask him about it next time. 

Sun 50 / 190

Taps: 4. Total: 190. 

BB Bhasar still giving me fits with his Lockdown. 

Lockdown Counter -- lift foot, wedge with other foot? 

BB Bhasar also showed me his Knee Shield Weave Pass. 

1. Weave and grip LOW on the pants, pressure on top of knee with my chest.
2. Collar grip with other hand
3. My head presses into his chest/shoudler / TRIPOD pressure and flatten and clear his knee with my right knee.
4. PRESS n PULL - press with my head / pull with collar grip. 

Focus and drill this 100x. 

Didn't get to try the Closed Guard Handcuff Pass from BB Summit. 

**Knee has been bothering me and i took off last Sunday. Yesterday, popped in to watch the Saturday class while i was waiting for my food order next door. Man i was really jonesing for a roll and didn't realize how much i missed it. so i want in this morning and will continue to do so til i no longer have this feeling. 

     

Sun 49 / 186

Taps: 4. Total: 186. 

Passing, passing. Passing Knee Shield. 

Maintaining Side. 

Half Butterfly Sweep w just a cross sleeve grip? or Rev Kimura grip? 

Sun 48 / 182

Taps: 7. Total: 182. 

Passing, passing. 

Matrix entries. 

Armbar spiderweb ESc.

Side ESC. 

Loop choke finish. 

more principles, refinements, not more techs. 

Sun 47 / 175

Taps: 3. Total: 175.

Surprisingly got a three heel hook subs. 

focus: passing, passing. / side esc. 

chain the cross sleeve game. 

Sun 46 / 172

Taps: 6. Total: 172.

Need less tech / more concepts, principles.

One month focus - Mount Esc, Side Eec, Back Esc, Takedowns, Passing, Sweeps from all the different positions. 

One Fun/Flashy tech ... to keep it spicy and fun. Like a cheat day in dieting. 

Sun 45 / 166

Taps: 7. Total: 166. 

Focus:

• Passing passing passing
• Heisen Sweep.
• Roger Cross Mt choke. 
• Drill: Safada takedown

Sun 44 / 159

Taps: 1. Total: 159. 

Passing. Passing Knee Shield ... Pop Up pass?

Octo, rollover sweep. 

Cruxifix escape, rollover? 

Keep working:

• mount attacks
• Side attacks, armbar, Rainbow crossface. 

Sun 43 / 158

Tapas: 2. Total: 158. 

Slowing down. training only once a week. Skipping the midweek class. should get it back in the rotation. 

Forgot about:

• Rollover sweep when they go Neg Half pass. Big BB i rolled with. i tried Octo sweep but he was too heavy and i forgot about Rollover option. 
• tough Brown has good weave Half Pass. Shouldn't let him get collar grip and the weave. Need to get my leg out and Armdrag him. 
• Mount / Ezekiel. 

Drill:

• Safada TD, step one: Pull and back step. 100x. 

Sun 42 / 156

Taps; 3. Total: 156. 

Fear, go where the fear lives. Train with the toughest, no matter the color of belt. Ego. Fear of losing to lower belt. There's no winning, so no losing. Just learning. 

Might take me a couple of sessions, but i will go where fear lives, where the ego fears to tread. Face it head on. What's the worse that could happen? A lower belt taps me? That's happened before. 

Drill: 

• safaaa / uchimata to ankle pick
• armdrag to trip
• open guards / matrix / drl / lasso to sweep or inversion. 

Sun 41 / 153

Tapas: 1. Total: 153. 

Playing aournd: Aoki Lock

Review: 

• Passing n Darce ESC
• Matrix
• SLX
• DLr
• Mount Attacks -- Ezekiel, Armbar, Cross Choke

Takedowns

• go back to Safada / pull collar
• Uchimata to Ankle Pick or Tai O or drop Seio Nage? 
• Christian ARm drag

Sun 40 / 152

Taps: 2. Total: 152.

Work on: 

• Passing always. 
• Passing Half.
• Mount Attacks -- ezekiel and new armbar set up. 
• Open Guard: Matrix, X guard, SLX, DLR. 
• Takedowns / Gaugart's Armdrag

Wed Nooner 39 / 150

Taps: 5. Total: 150. 

Techs -- 2 Butterfly Guard Passes.

• Getting double unders / flatten / sprawl one leg, trap his leg, step over, then clear the other
• chin under his chin, heavy shoulder pressure

Review / drill

• Silverado / spiderweb breaks - top arm goes thru / other elbow to elbow, twist
• 3/4 Juji / spiderweb breaks - top arm / same as silverado / bottom leg thru, stays on bottom / fall towards his head
• two Side Attacks -- zach choke n side armbar
• Buggy choke / leg scissor defense -- got stuck here a couple of times. 
• Matrix -- Epsen and J. Thomas / part of the Open Guard focus. 

Sun 38 / 145 back after month vacay

Taps: 7. Total: 145. 

Month vacay and recovering from week old cold. 

Half Guard getting smashed. Stuck in Octopus, try to sweep, since i can't get my leg out to take the back. Bump sweep. 

Also, connect Open Guard to my Half. 

• DLR
• X Guard
• SLX

Thu Nooner 37 / 137

Taps: 3. Total: 137.

Focus: 

• Wrist grab to Underhook to Knee Cut Pass.
• John Wayne variation / 
• More takedowns / Kouchi Gari. 

Sun 36 / 134

Taps: 4. Total: 130. 

2nd person to come up and say they saw the podcast. A big Blue Belt that looked like Fred Flintstone. Super nice guy. 

Passing - saw a Wrist grab, Underhook, pin either Hips or Shoulder for the Pass. Tried that a little. Early stages. 

Then Brown Bhasar passed so easily with his two Ankle grab Torreando. 

Don't think, just roll. 

Thu Nooner 35 / 130 + Lights out #3 / guest Brian Mendez - 6 Blades - Podcast i'm in

Taps: 1. Total: 130. 

Guest Brian Mendez of Six Blades (of Riberio brand). He showed a standup and ground tech. I really liked the stand up. I need to drill more stand up. 

Ko Uchi Gari -- 

1. opp grabs w right hand same side collar grip on left side. Grip Break -- near hand grip gi under his hand / outside hand C up on outside. Break by pushing to the Right. 

2. Step in, get close, Left outside hand goes over his back. Left foot traps his front Right foot for Foot Sweep. Usually won't get it. He will step out. 

3. Shuffle step close / right foot in, then Left foot TRIPs his other foot. Takedown into a Knee Cut. 

Lights out #3 -- rolling w Brown Belt. He had a loop choke from bottom. I had a pressure on top. I might have leaned into his choke. Thought, "uh oh" and was about to tap, when next i know he is waking me up from a nice short dream. Not long enough for me to really enjoy or remember. 

* interviewed on Alberto Crane Show #280.

 

Sun 34 / still 129

Taps: 0. Total: 129.

- Lockdown -- specialist Brown Bhasar wasn't there, but a couple of other peeps played Lockdown n i was able to pass with release foot, underhook, shoulder pressure n pass. 

- Heisen -- couldn't get normal sweep but able to push over n come on on top. 

- use Head pressure when passing the half.

- Aoki lock -- came close a couple of times but wasn't use to attacking the far foot, rather the near one. Maybe that's why i couldn't finish. 

- Kimura grip from top side -- can't break grip, can't transition to armbar or anything else ... Tarikoplata? Couldn't remember how to transition to that. 

- Zach choke ... fail.

- Tainan side armbar -- they keep holding their gi or linking hands. how to i stop that?

* Days when i wear White gi, good chance blood gets on it. 

** More passing. Systematic Passin.g 

Sun 33 / 129

Taps: 1. Total: 129.

Should have been one more from BB Tarca. He gets the lapel wrapped around my neck, Brabo style so fast and easy. But he stopped for people to move away from us and time expired. 

Brown Bashar loves the Lockdown. I stayed on top and just could not pass the last 10 % of the pass. He finally had to resort to Knee Shield to keep me away. I needed to finish with BJ Penn's switch to other crossface, really turn his head to get my foot free. 

Nooner 32 / 128

Taps: 5. Total: 128.

Prof Crane -- Half Guard top / back step to Knee Ba ... scoop up and lace both ankles. 

 * sit on his knee, hip before back stepping.

After Class:

Close Guard Cross Sleeve sequence:

• Rev Scissor Sweep
• Old Man Hip Bump sweep
• Sleeve drag to back take
• Heisen Guard

trying to see if i could add the G roll to it, but not really. Or i need to release the grip and go belly down, push up position to see if that works. 

Pass, pass, pass. didn't really get up to try any passes. 

Sun 31 / 123

Taps: 4. Total: 123

Good -- 

1. got two Octo Rollover Sweeps
2. One Old Man Sweep
3. improving Bhahar's Heel Toe Pass / last time, 0%, today about 15%. (he also gave me one more detail -- hand one presses on his opposite shoulder as the foot that's passing.)

No luck - Heisen Sweep -- couldn't get the leg under armpit to generate any power. 

Thu Nooner 30 / 119

Taps: 2. Total: 119. 

BB Crane -- straight ankle lock / switch to Rnc with other hand. 

Passing -- didn't get to try Bhasar Heel Toe / or the Oly two on one leg pass. 

Didn't get to try Heisen Sweep. what the hell? what did i do?

Fail, also -- Silverado Break. Couldn't quite get link my hands. Also couldn't get the 3/4 break either. then again, i was rolling with a huge BB. Who was letting me work, but he was big and strong and a BB. 

Sun 29 / 117 / week off w cold

Taps: 5. Total: 117.

Took a week off with the flu. Good to get back on mats. 

BB Tarca destroyed me as always.

Brn Bhasar always give me great tips:

1. Passing / heel to toe, get pass the knee, knee into hip, and you got the pass. Just turn the knee in pass his knee. 

2. Kob drill - kob to knee on shoulder pin, both sides.

Playing around:

• Heisen Guard. 
• Choi bar

Need: 

• side esc
• bott. half / getting crushed, transition to deep?

Thu 28 / 112

Taps: 6. Total: 112.

BB Crane ... footlock / ankle locks ... dealing with common defenses. 

1. Grab foot with right arm / attacking left foot ... cross over with my left foot to prevent him from hopping over defense.

2. Get my right knee under his knee for leverage and push away.

3. Finally, create max space w my left foot pushing on his far, right side armpit to break his grip, if he's gripping my collar. 

4. Go belly down for finish. 

Post class lab w other BBs -- got some details why i can't quite get Tainan Side Armbar ...

 1. Underhook n pulling up on his arm, i need to pull his arm higher, not at elbow (that gives him room to link his arms)

2. While pulling on his arm, i need to drop my elbow down on his chest for max pressure. 

* Tried Dental Floss sweep from Half. Failed. 

Four rolls, all with BBs. that's a good day. 

Sun 27 / 106 / sunday history 2

Taps: 3. Total: 106. 

Passing passing passin.g BJ Penn half pass. 

Still struggling with S Mount escape. Need to collapse his knee? Henry A. help me. 

Sun confessions started by tarca in 2014, with his four buddies: 

1. wade
2. eric e.
3. tortuga
4. kyle b. 

Thu Nooner 26 / 103

Taps: 2. Total: 103. 

BB Crane ... review of same DLR to X guard series. 

• Half Guard getting crushed.
• Passing passing passing. drill more. 1000 Wiltse Cuts. 

owe - 6 classes

Sun 25 / 101 / Sun confession History

Taps: 4. Total: 101.

on friday, got to be on Prof Crane's podcast. not uploaded yet. first for me. 

some of my personal rules:

• first in, last out. 
• always do the warmups.
• always accept a roll, no matter the belt color
• no excuses

Side ESC

Back eSC

Passes

Sun history

 i started coming to Sun Confessions, aka Masters Open 2 in May 2016 as a Purple Belt. Almost 8 years now. 

Thu Nooner 24 / 97 still

Taps: 0. Total: still 97. 

BB Crane ... Butterfly Guard lift to push off to side to X guard

• to Triangle
• or belly down Armbar

Side ESC

Guard retention 

play with:

• Williams Guard
• K Guard

Sun 23 / 97 / Not a Convert

Taps: 6. Total: 97.

Had a feeling that BB Uday misunderstood my BB speech where I count taps. He's created a spreadsheet to keep track of his TAPs, and has been going around telling everyone about it, and also saying that I was the inspiration for it.

But but, he's counting when He taps others, whereas I am counting when OTHERS tap ME. It's like collecting scalps or notches on your belt. It's the opposite of what i am doing and what BB Keith Owens (RIP, 2022). 

“I have tapped 10,000 times… that is the quota you need to give to become a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.” He stresses in this inspiring video, that the journey to a black belt is not about tapping others out, but rather about being tapped out yourself, a process that fosters learning and growth.

Also rolled with a JJ Machado BB, who was quite good at Truck and nullified by Octopus game by rolling into Truck and its subs, calf slicers etc. He mounted and baited me, giving me an ankle for quarter guard so he could roll me. 

There was a moment where we were inverted and in equal position, where Ryan Hall talks about either person could roll the other and i couldn't remember, until i asked him about it and i could see better when he was doing it on someone else.

Basically, it's the HIPs. My hips were up and higher than his, so i had no leverage. Whereas his were on the mat. Also, my leg was in too deep in the crook of behind his knee. Had to be out more on his calf. 

Thu Nooner 22 / 91

Taps: 4. Total: 91. 

cont on with X Guard / crab ride back take n come up in Leg Drag into Bow n Arrow. 

thinking:

• crucifix 
• lasso
• octopus
• FLOW State, not flow roll

Mount / top n bottom

Side / top n bottom

Back / attack n esc

Passing, passing, passing 

Sun 21 / 87

Taps: 9. Total: 87.

BB Tarca is such a tough roll. He's at the top of the pole. He even gives Prof Crane a tough time. I haven't seen anyone give him a tough time. 

Pass, pass. 

Fails:

• Clock Choke
• Roger Mt choke / couldn't get second grip, thumb in 

Thu Nooner 20 / 78

Taps: 2. Total: 78.

BB Panda ... DLR to SLX knock down sweep

2. SLX to under chop sweep

3. SLX to X Guard push/knock down sweep. 

Flow state possible? look into it. 

Passing, passing. 

Thu Nooner 19 / 76 n Convert #1

Taps: 1. Total: 76.

Prof Crane - DLR to X Guard x 3. 

I. Back Take

1. Regular DLR on left leg, switch to right side, hook his left leg/pants grip with my right hand. X guard - right leg on top/left leg hooks under
2. Stretch him out w X legs / pass his left leg over my head to other side / Crab knee in / Crab ride to the back

II. Sweep to the Right / Leg drag to Bow n Arrow Choke

1. can't pass his leg over / flare open his knee to the right and make him sit down
2. left leg hook lifts him high / reach for collar and come up into Leg Drag pass
3. pass collar grip into Bow n Arrow choke

III. Overhook ankle sweep to straight ankle lock

1. Overhook the near leg w right arm
2. Left foot on his near hip / push n make him fall into Straight ankle lock

BB Uday ... "i took a page out of your playbook. I started counting my taps. I have a Taps Tracker." 

Sweet. Got Convert #1. One more n it's a trend. 

Benefits of counting taps:

1. Roll w tougher guys. 
2. Feedback loop. Tells you what to work on. What to learn, if you opp. has good attacks. 
3. Reduces ego by 20% -- a scientific number i just made up. 

BB who's good at Half Guard n has similar game as mine ... practice / drilling w him about Octopus Roll Over Sweep. Gave me good tips:

• i need to control near arm on the sweep or else he posts w it. Just like Shaolin Sweep, which controls that cross sleeve.
• he's got two more Backtakes ... one hooks n other one where he lets you pass, then takes the Back. 

Man, i didn't attempt ONE pass w the Jthom HQ system. sheesh. 

Did BJ Penn Half Pass, but not that efficient, took a long time to Pass Brown Anton. I need to push on his knee with my right hand. then? He had such a tight grip on my ankle with his legs. 

   I need to Crossface w the right hand, underhook left side. 

Still having trouble picturing the KoB ESC. Turn INTO the KoB. Top leg goes between. My knee goes over his ankle, my elbow locks his over his knee, my hand under his crotch, behind my knee, Reverse Shrimp, come up to Leg Drag or Double Unders. 

Fail on Tainan Side Armbar. Need to step over his head, get his head between my knees. 

Thu Nooner 18 / 75

Taps: 2. Total: 75. 

BB Marco teaching review of DLR Pass, steering wheel to Knee Cut. 

Both taps to Darce. One of them to Prof. Crane. Only the second time i've ever rolled with him. Known him for almost 6, 7 years? He did promote me to Black. crazy. 

Review:

• Octopus, Octopus, Octopus. esp the Shaolin Roll over shoulder sweep. 
• Darce ESC. 

Sun 17 / 73

Taps: 3. Total: 73. 

Ego and Fear. 

Ego wants to roll with the toughest, biggest dudes. Fear of embarrassment prevents me from rolling with the biggest, toughest ... especially if they are non-Black belts. 

Passing ... keep getting off-balanced, esp with higher belts, or getting sucked into SLX. 

Subs ... fail with Tainan Armbar from side. Didn't control that arm very well, let it link with the other arm.

Subs ... from side, got Zach Choke twice. 

KoB ESC ... got it once vs BB; he asked about it after roll / Turn INTO the KoB, my top leg goes on top, my knee on top of his ankle, my hand reaches behind my calf, that elbow clamps down on top of his knee, Reverse Shrimp to sweep. 

3 Directions / angles of Octopus Sweeps, esp when they reach for Crossface. 

Thu Nooner 16 / 70

Taps: 3. Total: 70.

Real hard time getting myself to the mat today. Jammed fingers still sore, my right shin is bruised and tender from staying in someone's Lockdown too long. Really didn't want to go today. But sooo glad i did. 

BB Marco taught some DLR passes. 

My focus, stay focused:

• JThom Pass from HQ
• Tainan Side Armbar
• Braulio Cradle Half Pass

Blue Yee Yo showed me his go-to Takedowns bc i asked bc i noticed he's got a slick TD game. 

• Blast Double: He sets it up with a Cross Ankle Pick. They will step back with their right leg, and when they bring the leg back -- Blast into Double.
• also Ouchi Gari -- high collar grip, Leg work first (step, backstep), then push collar and twist him, just before the inside trip. 

I've been thinking about:

• Ouchi Gari to Osoto Gari with the high collar grip ... pushing then bringing him close for Kouchi, then Osoto. 

Sun 15 / 67

Taps: 6. Total: 67.

Graugart Focus / 3 months/ Quarterly ... til Aug 1. 

• Passing / JThomas HQ
• Side Control Attack -- Tainan Armbar
• Roger Cross Choke from Mount
• from Closed Guard??? 

Passing -- got swept to left, couple of times by different peeps. Need to react with Knee Cut? Or don't press into the knee, but swing that knee side to side. 

Also need:

• Takedown
• Pin ESCs / Side, Back and Mount

Fri 11a Aside 14/ 61

Taps: 1. Total: 61.

Visited BB Arman's place for a class. Been helping with his little tots' class now and then. 

Tap to Blue to toehold, which is my Achilles' heel. ha ha. First roll, he spins into a Triangle and i spend nearly the entire roll getting out of it, then he gets me in a Calf splicer that i nearly tap to, and i try a footlock into a toehold, which fails miserably. Then he locks up a toehold himself which i tap to. 

Lots of new people, lots of young, strong, fast Blues and Purps. Slightly out of my comfort zone, definitely out of my familiarity zone as i get feedback on the holes in my game. 

Injury Inventory:

• Right pinky jammed. 
• Sore throat, like i have a cold, but i think someone was prob trying a choke on me. can't remember.
• Right calf sore. Been thinking that i was cramped from dehydration, but it just it me last night that it was the Calf Splicer that i didn't tap to. 
• Left knee sore. has been for a few weeks and feels like permanent arthritis. 

Like how Arman has his peeps start their rolls on the feet. Man, i need to work on my Takedowns. It's non-existent. 

• Safada
• Ankle Pick
• Uchimata
• Single Leg

Passing

• JThomas system

Watching the Globetrotters' doc on Christain Graugart. He said he used to work on two techs for a whole year. Need to borrow that model for a bit. Maybe one or two months. 

Sun 13 / 60

Taps: 4. Total: 60. 

Focus:

• Passing
• Side Control / top n bott
• Mount / top n bott
• Turtle ESC / sit outs drill

Thu Nooner 12 / 56

Taps: 1. Total: 56. 

Rolled with two tough Browns. Second one had a Bow and Arrow on me but let it go. Later, i told him he had to finish it. 

Last roll w BB who taught class. A seven min roll, and there was 7 seconds left and i relaxed, thinking the round was going to end. That's when he spun into an armbar. Sheesh. Lesson learned. 

Sun 11 / A-side JJ / 55

Taps: 3. Total: 55. 

Trying out new alarm clock. Failed. Slept in to reg. OM at 8am. So had time to hit up ole Arman's place, A-side. 

Still growing. Only two Purples, one Blue and rest Whites. Other than BB Arman, who got me with the 3 taps, two with heel hooks. Not sure why i got in a leglock battle with him. He's so much better at it and I don't really know what i'm doing. Kinda like what happens against BB Tim. 

Keep to:

• Passin
• Side Control
• Mount
• Back 

Sun 10 / 52

Taps: 4. Total: 52.

Focus:

• Mount attacks / esc
• Side attacks / esc
• Back attacks / esc
• Passing
• IG Footlock esc -- leg pummel

What worked:

• octo sweep / blocking their near knee / hip bump 

Sun 9 / 48

Taps: 4. Total: 48.

Tips:

• Brn Bhasar about the Mount Cross Collar Choke -- first grip deep n get pressure down on chest, then second grip -- use elbow to turn his away, exposing the collar to get my thumb in or get grip on top of his shoulder
• Other BB -- cradle grip, inch by inch get better and tighter grip

Passing passing passing. 

Ankle lock esc

BB bully had me in Rev Kob w the gi grip pulling and was painful but come on, i was not going to tap to those bully tactics. i would ride it out. 

Mout seq to try

• threaten Ezekiel to get to High Mount under his elbows
• Cross Collar choke, if they defend n bring elbow up
• S mount into Armbar

Thu 8 / 44

Taps: 5. Total: 44. 

Tech 1 - Stand up tech -- Pull Guard, into Closed Guard

• Same side sleeve grip left hand / right hand - cross collar grip
• right foot steps across, to outside his right foot as i pull on collar grip / make him step forward his left foot
• my left foot posts on his same side hip, pull him down into closed guard

Tech 2 - Closed Guard / Omoplata or Triangle

• same side sleeve grip / cross collar grip w right hand
• left foot posts on his same side hip
• right knee comes inside his arm, flares out and posts on his shoulder
• pinch his elbow w my left knee as i push on his shoulder w right foot
• turn his body to get angle on OMOPLATA or shoot right foot in for TRIANGLE

Bonus tech: Lasso Sweep 1

*after class, the two super heavy BBs were rolling and one swept other in the basic lasso sweep. i was surprised to see him pull it off. i know the tech. i should revisit it. 

• left side lasso
• right foot comes all the way across and onto left side mat
• bring him onto me w lasso n dive under his leg, underhook his thigh w right hand for the sweep.

Work on:

• Mount ESC
• Arm Triangle ESC
• Footlock / straight ankle lock ESC
• Roger choke n armbar

Sun 7 / 39

Taps: 3. Total: 39.

Working:

• Tech mount ESC -- collapsing their knee but need to get my arms under so i come up in double unders rather than under mount. 
• Back ESC
• Armbar ESC ... arm under, get parallel esc. 

Keep drillin - passes. half guard knee levers / john wayne / octopus. back attacks / mount attacks esp cross choke. keep workin that. 

Toughest Rolls

 at Street Sports

• BB Joel
• BB Gors
• BB Vince
• BB Z

at Legacy

• lower belt / one hand man
• lower belt / flexible old guy in brace
• BB Marco Polo
• lower Ira
• Brn Judo smashing Nick / who got kicked out of gym
• BB Tarca
• BB Wade
• Brn Bhashar
• BB Tim 

Thu Nooner 6 / 36 - Ouano w another famous Bjjer

Taps: 3. Total: 36. 

Techs w another OG, who was super, ridiculously happy, n enthusisatic. he had a mustache and was super-friendly with anyone else with similar facial hair. 

His tech 1 - Closed Guard Sweep, Far Lasso, sweep into Armbar

1. Closed Guard, double sleeve grips ... open, right foot on same side hip / left hip on side, left leg loops over like a regular Lasso, but goes over to far side armpit, the right side, instead of the usual same side.
2. Right foot posts on mat, pushes off, gives leverage to Lasso and sweeps him over.
3. Pull him into Armbar.

Tech 2 -- G Roll Sweep

1. When you open and try to sweep, he collapses my knee down and tries to pass
2. X his hip, making sure right knee gets back deep, next to his knee ... post both hands on the mat and push backwards ... G Roll sweep. 

Review:

• Back ESC
• Tech Mount ESC

Sun 5 / 33

Taps: 6. Total: 33. 

• Passing
• Side ESC
• Back ESC

Don't force anything. See what they give me. 

Nooner 4 / 27 / OGs visit

Taps: 2. Total: 27. 

Train long enough and you get to meet all your BJJ heroes. 

OGs and legends of BJJ. Leo Viera of Checkmat and John Ouano. Wow. Lil Bro used to train with Ouano back in the day. And of course, i knew all about Leo V. Mainly from his famous Backtake off the Turtle. 

Anyway, he showed a Closed Guard Break off the Knee and Pass, Passing Half Guard. 

Closed Guard Break

1. Double gi grip on chest, raise up on knee and push on his knee to get guard open
2. Wiper Staple his bottom leg
3. If he gets Knee Shield and he gets sleeve grip on my outside hand ... move my hand closer to his knees, then pass his hand over to my other hand (which is weaved between his legs)
4. Circle out and break his grip from my outside hand ... which is free to reach behind his head for a Cradle style pass. (also put chest pressure to collapse his knee shield)

Stuck in Half Guard / to disengage ...

1. Weave inside hand, then onto the mat / other hand posts on mat
2. Scoot back until his bottom leg is down on the mat
3. Wiper staple and finish with Cradle pass. 

btw both taps to BBs. Who are like sharks, circling and circling, not engaging each other bc realizing how dangerous they are and that they are the only ones who can inflict damage on each other. ha ha. random BB thoughts going through my head. 

Sun 3 / 25

Taps: 1. Total: 25. 

Tap to ankle lock. Boot in or roll out. didn't want to chance rolling wrong way. 

Focus:

• Armbar esc
• Passing passing
• Side attacks / rainbow / tainan armbar / 
• Side ESC
• Baratoplata / off the kimura side

Thu Nooner 2 / 24

Taps: 1*. Total: 24. 

*because it was a newly White belt girl and i was letting her work. so not a true tap. but that's the kind of BB i want to be. that's the question that will be on my mind.

Also rolled with Prof Joey for first time. known him all this time and first time we rolled bc he wanted to break in my BB. There are depths and depths. i got to see the deep end of the pool. that's why you should always roll w a BB when you can. 

Thinking:

• Mount Attacks / no gi Ezekiel / Cross choke / armbar
• Lasso
• DLR / RDLR

New Year Gen Open Mat 1/ 23

Taps: 3. Total: 23. 

Alright, alright. Booked first session of 2024. 

Heavy BB, who kills me every time. Kinda lets me get good position then just reverses my advantage. And he's not using his weight on me, except when he gets on top. sheesh. 

Thinking:

• Choi Bar / knee under chin to stop getting smashed?
• Lasso Sweep
• No grip / 3 points pass
• JSL mount armbar
• Tainan side armbar
• Padlock armbar