A morning class followed by an open mat session.
In the morning class, we continued to work on spider guard and did specific drilling to defend and attack the position from sleeve and bicep control. The take-home here was to keep tension if you're defending the position or using it to attack, and get rid of the sleeve control by grabbing the pants and walking the hands and using the hips if you are attacking the position or trying to get round it.
Sparring was good and I'm starting to get back into a groove with it. I'm still not very good, but I'm not making daft mistakes and I even hit a few sweeps and also got my first tap with a foot lock.
The open mat session was fab and exhausting. I sparred with my small but mobile blue belt friend and held my own, but the speed of his movement is extraordinary... even when he's carrying rib injuries and a damaged knee. I then sparred with a couple of white belts and did OK keeping guard and attacking from guard.
I also did a bit go no-gi. I did OK at this against one opponent, but I got comprehensively ruined against a much higher belt. I don't really do no-gi, though, so I'm not too worried about this. I did remember not to surrender the undertook, though, and I rolled to the correct side to escape a body triangle, so little victories among the carnage!
Things to remember: How to defend and attack spider guard.
Saturday 28 November 2015
Saturday 21 November 2015
Private Class No.9...
A private class and some work on the arm bar, omoplata and
leg triangle combination. The armbar was OK, and the take-home on the omoplata
was a reminder to cross grip and use the nearest arm to grab the opponent's leg
to make the attack easier.
The leg triangle mechanics needed a bit of work and the emphasis was on establishing wrist control on both wrists of the opponent, the left hand stuffs the right arm of the opponent, the right foot on the hip, hips rise, the left leg comes over, the right hand grabs the left leg to close, the right arm underhooking the opponent's outside arm and the right leg pivot left underhook to angle off. then lock leg and flare our foot.
We then did some work on the breaking the guard using the standing guard break of pushing one of the opponent's hand to the side, then pushing the leg off one side, dropping to combat base, with knee up and one knee hooking the leg, driving for head control, shoulder pressure like a Pez dispenser, step out trapped leg while flattening hips, securing positions.
We then used this guard break and pass as an entry into a leg lock. The basic mechanics of this are to get the nearest arm under the nearest leg, drop down to the side of the trapped leg with the leg secured; leg under the opponent's leg has heel on hip of opponent with toes pointing out; other leg pinches trapped leg of opponent with foot under trapped leg; then go backwards on elbow to apply pressure; then rooster chest out and turn.
Classes 190 & 191...
First up, a lunchtime class with some specific techniques and specific drills, followed by sparring.
The technique taught was spider guard and leg lasso, followed by a couple of sweep options.
The take-home of the technique class on spider guard was to keep the sleeve grips tight and use the legs on the arms/hips to stretch the opponent. The leg lasso works by looping the knee to the outside of the opponent's arms, then the foot goes under the armpit with the foot hooking under the arm.
The two sweep options relied on using the lasso to ensure the opponent can't base himself. One stretches the opponent out, the other relies on spinning to get both knees under the opponent to take his weight before sweeping him back. There are also options to switch to an omoplata and a bicep cutter.
In sparring I did OK. I held my own with a blue belt, then rolled with a new white and took it quite steady. It's about getting used to rolling again at the moment.
In the second class, we worked on a defence from the leg triangle. This involved the trapped man posturing up and framing, then using the non-trapped hand to drag the opponent's knee to the floor. This creates space to feed the other hand through and either break the guard or move to a guard break/pass.
The second version of this involves a more dynamic movement with the same idea but throwing the leg over to protect the attack on the arm bar.
Things to remember: Leg lasso and spider guard used for unbalancing; leg triangle escape.
The technique taught was spider guard and leg lasso, followed by a couple of sweep options.
The take-home of the technique class on spider guard was to keep the sleeve grips tight and use the legs on the arms/hips to stretch the opponent. The leg lasso works by looping the knee to the outside of the opponent's arms, then the foot goes under the armpit with the foot hooking under the arm.
The two sweep options relied on using the lasso to ensure the opponent can't base himself. One stretches the opponent out, the other relies on spinning to get both knees under the opponent to take his weight before sweeping him back. There are also options to switch to an omoplata and a bicep cutter.
In sparring I did OK. I held my own with a blue belt, then rolled with a new white and took it quite steady. It's about getting used to rolling again at the moment.
In the second class, we worked on a defence from the leg triangle. This involved the trapped man posturing up and framing, then using the non-trapped hand to drag the opponent's knee to the floor. This creates space to feed the other hand through and either break the guard or move to a guard break/pass.
The second version of this involves a more dynamic movement with the same idea but throwing the leg over to protect the attack on the arm bar.
Things to remember: Leg lasso and spider guard used for unbalancing; leg triangle escape.
Sunday 15 November 2015
Classes 188 & 189...
My first proper class for a few weeks and some work on the spider guard.
This was more of a theoretical class than a technique class, and the take-home was about keeping tension through extending the legs on the same side that the opponent moves, but also confirming the grip on the opponent's sleeves to control his movement.
We did some specific sparring and I nailed a few sweeps for different positions, but I wasn't good enough in normal sparring. I was still hard to tap but I was too slow and not sharp enough. That will come back in time, though.
At the open mat session, I drilled some techniques and worked on defending seated guard. I also managed my first sweep from x guard. This was something of a milestone.
I also rolled with a very agile and mobile purple belt. We were just rolling for position but he was just too fast most of the time.
Things to remember: Maintain tension in spider guard; train more and sharpen up attacks.
This was more of a theoretical class than a technique class, and the take-home was about keeping tension through extending the legs on the same side that the opponent moves, but also confirming the grip on the opponent's sleeves to control his movement.
We did some specific sparring and I nailed a few sweeps for different positions, but I wasn't good enough in normal sparring. I was still hard to tap but I was too slow and not sharp enough. That will come back in time, though.
At the open mat session, I drilled some techniques and worked on defending seated guard. I also managed my first sweep from x guard. This was something of a milestone.
I also rolled with a very agile and mobile purple belt. We were just rolling for position but he was just too fast most of the time.
Things to remember: Maintain tension in spider guard; train more and sharpen up attacks.
Classes 186 & 187...
It's been three busy weeks at work and I'm also nursing a recurring knee injury, so I've only made it to a couple of open-mat sessions.
The somewhat limited goal at these sessions was essentially to keep remind my body what it was like to roll so I didn't feel too out of it when I got back proper. I did pick up a few good pointers as well, though.
In the first session, I seemed to do a lot of no-gi and I rolled with a very good purple belt. I was much better at not surrendering the underhook but in focusing on that, I ended up giving up a lot of leg locks.Leg locks still escape me a bit. I have a rough idea how to enter into them, I have a rough idea of how to apply them and I'm getting at defending them, but I need to spend some serious time on them.
In the second session, I did some drilling and worked on some gi submissions and moving for position. A senior belt then did some work on showing the lateral drop, which is a technique I'm going to spend proper time on.
Things to remember: Do not surrender underhook; work leg locks; work lateral drop.
The somewhat limited goal at these sessions was essentially to keep remind my body what it was like to roll so I didn't feel too out of it when I got back proper. I did pick up a few good pointers as well, though.
In the first session, I seemed to do a lot of no-gi and I rolled with a very good purple belt. I was much better at not surrendering the underhook but in focusing on that, I ended up giving up a lot of leg locks.Leg locks still escape me a bit. I have a rough idea how to enter into them, I have a rough idea of how to apply them and I'm getting at defending them, but I need to spend some serious time on them.
In the second session, I did some drilling and worked on some gi submissions and moving for position. A senior belt then did some work on showing the lateral drop, which is a technique I'm going to spend proper time on.
Things to remember: Do not surrender underhook; work leg locks; work lateral drop.
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