Two early-morning classes and an open mat session in a seven-day period. My body is starting to recover.
The early morning classes focused on the extended half guard. The take-home advice from these two classes was as follows:
i) The bottom man should always fight for an underhook on the same side as the opponent's trapped leg, then attack for the opponent's back.
ii) The top man should always fight to prevent the underhook. If the man on the bottom secures the undertook, then the man on top needs to switch base.
iii) The man on the bottom should always have his near arm inside the vertical knee in half guard. If the arm is outside, the man on top can pressure smash through because the integrity of the frame is jeopardised.
iv) The man on top needs to change his angle and secure the legs before attempting to pass. He needs to move round where the frame is strongest.
The open mat session was a bit of drilling with lots of sparring. I did OK in the sparring and I am starting to improve my defence against slightly more senior belts.
Things to remember: Extend the frame in half-guard and keep the elbow inside the knee if you're on the bottom; fight for the underhook. On the top, bypass the legs and pressure pass.
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