Two classes in the same week!
The beginners class was all about avoiding guard and moving into side control and securing side control. For the man on the bottom, it was all about recovering guard.
The mixed class was all about guard passes and sweeping drills.
I did OK in the sparring with my fellow white belts at the end of the class, but I fatigued quite badly in the last ten minutes.
More training and stamina needed methinks.
Things to remember: Off-balancing and hip escapes are basic tools. Drill them over and over again.
Tuesday 31 December 2013
Friday 13 December 2013
Class 92...
Today was an open-mat session. It was also my first class for about two weeks and my body felt it afterwards.
We spent a while playing with a few no-gi hip throws, then I got to roll with one of my very good blue belt friends. I got nowhere near tapping him, but I did survive for lengthy periods until he finally got something locked in. I fell for a few triangle chokes that I didn't have enough time to escape from but I could have postured up in.
I then got to roll with a relatively new white belt. This was quite a good experience because I was suddenly the senior belt and I knew what I was doing to escape his positions and launch my own attacks. I obviously didn't go crazy and spent some time showing him a few positional escapes.
Then it was back to rolling with another very good blue belt, who was all over me. I did manage to defend myself for periods but he was just too slick and too strong. He did, however, show me how to increase the efficacy of a basic guard break by grabbing his belt line and rolling my knuckles into his stomach then driving the elbows into the pressure points inside his thighs.
Things to remember: React don't think; roll the knuckles into the opponents stomach to increase pressure on the pressure point in the opponent's thighs.
We spent a while playing with a few no-gi hip throws, then I got to roll with one of my very good blue belt friends. I got nowhere near tapping him, but I did survive for lengthy periods until he finally got something locked in. I fell for a few triangle chokes that I didn't have enough time to escape from but I could have postured up in.
I then got to roll with a relatively new white belt. This was quite a good experience because I was suddenly the senior belt and I knew what I was doing to escape his positions and launch my own attacks. I obviously didn't go crazy and spent some time showing him a few positional escapes.
Then it was back to rolling with another very good blue belt, who was all over me. I did manage to defend myself for periods but he was just too slick and too strong. He did, however, show me how to increase the efficacy of a basic guard break by grabbing his belt line and rolling my knuckles into his stomach then driving the elbows into the pressure points inside his thighs.
Classes 90 & 91...
This week it was an open-mat session followed by a beginners class.
The open mat session was great fun as I spent some time doing some no-gi sparring, which I'm increasingly liking as there are no gi attacks to worry about and it's harder for an opponent to land handles on you. I'm also allowed to use wrist locks and leg locks so I get to play with more toys.
I also used the session to pick the brains of a very helpful purple belt when it came to drilling guard breaks. I went through the three breaks that I use most commonly and he showed me another one that relies on just controlling one hip by applying huge downward pressure, then stepping back and cracking the legs open. The main lesson he emphasises, though was to always apply downward pressure on the opponent's hips.
The beginners class was all about drilling guard passes and moving around a grounded opponent. The key move here was your right hand on the opponent's left knee and moving round to your right side, then pulling down the knee, moving the left hand to the stomach, moving the knee forward and dropping down into side control.
Things to remember: Play with new guard break and remember to avoid opponent's legs when moving around the opponent's guard.
The open mat session was great fun as I spent some time doing some no-gi sparring, which I'm increasingly liking as there are no gi attacks to worry about and it's harder for an opponent to land handles on you. I'm also allowed to use wrist locks and leg locks so I get to play with more toys.
I also used the session to pick the brains of a very helpful purple belt when it came to drilling guard breaks. I went through the three breaks that I use most commonly and he showed me another one that relies on just controlling one hip by applying huge downward pressure, then stepping back and cracking the legs open. The main lesson he emphasises, though was to always apply downward pressure on the opponent's hips.
The beginners class was all about drilling guard passes and moving around a grounded opponent. The key move here was your right hand on the opponent's left knee and moving round to your right side, then pulling down the knee, moving the left hand to the stomach, moving the knee forward and dropping down into side control.
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