Sun 19 / 426

Taps: 7. Total: 426.

if i'm not limping off the mats at the end, i didn't roll enough. 

passing. side esc. 

mount attacks. side attacks. back attacks: trap arm n also the back triangle. 

Sun 18 / 419

Taps: 8. Total: 419.

happy father's day, my pap.

less rolls, more taps. shouldn't be that way, but that's what happened. knee bars and toe holds. gotta tap early. don't suffer thru cranks. 

BB Bhasar pass -- pull on same slide sleeve, same side knee w other hand, twist him into a pass, esp if he's holding on to your sleeve grip;  use that against him and just pull up. 

- pulling up his ankles for sit up guard to pass / when he comes up, go into my pass already. either shoot underhook and blast knee cut or run around. 

Sun 17 / 411

Taps: 3. Total: 411. 

Entries into but Subs can't finish:

1. N/S choke

2. Zach Choke

3. Circle / Loop Choke

Drill: Tarca foot sweep. plus Roger Mt Choke

Sun 16 / 408

Taps: 5. Total: 408. 

BB Tarca ... he got me w his foot sweep, with the first decoy before i could attempt it on him. 

Also showed his passing detail -- right foot pointed out, and heavy, prevents the sweep. 

- still getting smashed in Half guard. fix it, drill it. 

Sun 15 / 403

Taps: 6. Total: 403. 

Three taps to BB Nogi Uday - so quick and dangerous. tiny little mistake in angle and he transitions to a Darce or guillotine ... 

Three taps to BB Tarca. No surprise there. No sense of my progress bc he's always learning new things and maintaining our gap. 

Tarca Foot sweep

1. Double collar grip, same side
2. My right foot taps/kicks, fake sweep his Right ankle, just to make him step back or to side
3. Half sec his weight on that foot, i shuttle step, left foot, then with my Right foot, Sweep his front, Left ankle ... from outside kick
4. at same time, steer to the Right w my two grips ... he falls. 

Draw it. Drill, drill, drill. 

Sun 14 / 397

Taps: 4. Total: 397. 

Keep going where the hesitation and FEAR are. 

what's the worst that can happen? Death, injury, tap. Ok, now go to it. Did any of that happen? 

No, the guy even went easy on me, i think, bc he's younger, heavier. sheesh. 

passing drills, leg pummels, prevent cross faces in side and half. 

Sun 13 / 394

Taps: 5. Total: 394.  

two Loop Chokes -- Fail. 

- headlock esc / fail. 

- John Wayne sweep 

- Rubberband Hip Bump.

Passing - hip / knee slide by. n Stomp pass? 

Sun 12 / 389

Taps: 5. Total: 389.

BB Tarca -- his top game, getting his knee heavy to the right, completely heavy heavy, shutting down any Half Guard game and passing into Mount. Can't find a counter. got to incorporate that into my game when i'm on top.

- Cornelius Stomp Pass. 

-- keep drilling: Rubberband hip bump n Mount Choke

-- collar drag tø the back, had some success. 

Sun 11 / 384

Taps: 4. Total: 384.

passing, passing, passing. 

Drill:

1. "Rubberband Hip Bump Sweep" -- cross sleeve grip, pull on back of the head. When he resists n pulls back, let go and lift hip into SWEEP. using his momentum, should be UNSTOPPABLE. we'll see.  

2. Choi bar from Half

3. John Wayne from Half. 

Sun 10 / 380 - back from break

Taps: 4. Tot: 380. 

Back from 3-week non-injury break. 

All 4 taps to Calf Slicer ... he thought he invented a whole new system. Not OG like me who recognized it for what it was -- Sean Roberts' old calf slicer that he got everyone at in the original Lloyd Irvin's Kumite. 

not sure if anyone found a counter for it.

Nine rolls: four taps. 

Sun 9 / 376

Taps: 5. Total: 376.

rolls 11: taps: 5.

Side control attacks - Zach choke, still can't quite finish / where does off hand go? 

- why don't just Baseball choke? 

BB Bhasar - couldn't get his Closed Guard open. 

Sun 8 / 371

Taps: 6. Total: 371.

Rolls 9. 

Passing, pass pass. esp Knee shield. n Half Butterfly. 

Esc side. 

drill Uchi to inside trip.

can we talk about Brown Milo who's been beating me up since he was a Blue? 

usually lower belts who beat me are Huge and young or Huge and Old. Or young and athletic. But he's old and just flexible and technical and finds all my weak spots.

Sun 7 / 365

Taps: 4. Total: 365.

rolls 12.

2 taps to Tarca, two to Bhasar. 

Pass, pass. Bhasar has wicked Lockdown, need to drill BJ Penn pass more. 

Half sweeps, Choi bar? Crab rides, matrix? 

doing more Arm drags. med success. do more. 

Sun 6 / 361

Taps: 2. Total: 361.

11 rolls. 

- pass, pass, knee cut blast? / be decisive.

- forcing half guard to pass ... some success. 

- step over armbar ... luta livre. Milton Viera. 

set aside a day. Drill. 

Sun 5 / 359

Taps: 4. Total: 359. 

Rolls 7. 

Post session - Tarca tech - Anaconda ESC

1. reach around inside leg, away from choke
2. Roll away like you have a single leg, Deep half / 
3. come up w sweep

Uchimata combo / into ...

1. fail into block or sweep up other leg / or push as you block that leg

pass pass pass. 

Sun 4 / 354

Taps: 2. Total: 354

- Passing, pass, passing. 

- elbow push Side / marcelo esc

- BB Bash got me on high mount, then Americana ... should have swung my legs the other way to get momentum to escape. 

-- guys working on SLX, to X when they push off that leg to push Sweep. 

Sun 3 / 352

Taps: 1. Total: 352.

Only two sessions in month of Jan. Cold kept me away for two weeks. 

BB Bhasar -- tips on Marcelo's elbow push escape -- all in the grip just below elbow, come up on other elbow ... timing timing timing he says. also control near wrist w both hands ... before the timing. 

arm drag tip -- get his palm down, then lift his elbow n it will be easy to move (but usually i move myself). 

then the passing, passing, passing 

also the BJ Penn Half pass ... keep forgetting the last step: push down on his knee, switch to other side w head. 

then there's the Gordon chest to chest Half pass. 

Sun 2 / still 351

Taps: 0. still 351.

i keep getting in bad positions, n since i've been there so long, i can hang out, but i can't escape. something too work on. and they muscle, muscle, but the top top people use tech n leverage, n when they don't i can hang on. 

- Buggy Choke defense, look it up. not tapping but got swept from it twice. 

-- Gordon's game? Side escape n Sit up Game. 

- easy sit up Sweep / shawn melanson. 

- Gordon pass? 

Sun 1 / 2026 - 351

Taps: 0. Total: 351. 

First rolls of the year. Rolls: 7. 

Getting smashed in Half. Brown n up. 

Talking w BB Daniel after the sessions. Pressure, slow passing w Half Drags, just weight and position. 

What to work on this year? same as it ever was.

    - escapes

    - passing

    - takedowns, which i never get to drill. maybe foot sweeps? 

2025 year in review / 351

taps: 154. total training sessions: 41 - less than one a week. total taps as Blk: 351. 

- struggled w Kesa ESC. Passing. Open guard. 

- get some standup / foot sweeps / 

* back in the grind in 26. start over w Sun 1.