Another beginner's class focusing on defending knee on belly.
The key points to this were to bridge while using the nearest hand to push the knee and hip escape to the side. The hip escape, however, turns into a scissor escape as your bottom leg kicks under you body and your top leg spins over so you end up in the position for a single leg takedown as you drive into the opponent.
There was a variation of defending a choke from this position, which involved the opponent securing a grip on your collar and you bringing your hand to your ear so your elbow can apply pressure on his elbow.
I didn't get all the details of this variation but the hand position is similar to a lock I use in another martial art so I'll make a point of remembering this – and using it regularly as I struggle defending against chokes.
The key points to this were to bridge while using the nearest hand to push the knee and hip escape to the side. The hip escape, however, turns into a scissor escape as your bottom leg kicks under you body and your top leg spins over so you end up in the position for a single leg takedown as you drive into the opponent.
There was a variation of defending a choke from this position, which involved the opponent securing a grip on your collar and you bringing your hand to your ear so your elbow can apply pressure on his elbow.
I didn't get all the details of this variation but the hand position is similar to a lock I use in another martial art so I'll make a point of remembering this – and using it regularly as I struggle defending against chokes.
LESSON FROM TODAY: Scissor kick of legs to go into single leg takedown is key move. Allows you to switch from defence into attack. The choke defence allowing you to attack the elbow joint is useful.
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