The first class of the new year and an early morning one to boot. And my body was not as wrecked as I feared it might be after drinking craft brewery stout and stuffing my face with Christmas cake.
No gruelling warm-up today and straight into work on the single leg takedown from a collar and sleeve grip on a standing opponent. The details went something like this:
i) Confirm the collar and sleeve grip on opponent's gi jacket. The right hand on the collar stays in place until the takedown and guard pass is complete.
ii) Using the sleeve grip, stuff the opponent's arm and move 90 degrees so your back leg is behind the leg of the opponent and your front leg is in front. The back leg is standing while the front leg is kneeling. Use the collar grip to break the posture of the opponent and drive your head in for both protection and off-balancing the opponent.
iii) Once down, grab the opponent's leg with your free arm and pick it up and trap it between your legs by pinching your legs together.
iv) Once this is secured, step out the back leg and transfer the weight of the leg. As this happens, pull the opponent down using the collar control and take him down to the floor.
v) Once on the floor, pass into side control and use the collar grip to threaten a choke. This distracts the opponent and helps give you time to pass to side control.
We also worked on a couple of variations of this takedown.
Version one happens if an an opponent is stiff-arming: shorthand for the technique if to look at your watch.
Version two happens if an an opponent is stiff-arming: this involves securing the same side collar and sleeve grip, and involves a push/pull to off-balance the opponent.
Sparring was OK. I did OK against my fellow white belts and got ruined by a blue belt. It was good to be back, though.
Things to remember: Attack on the takedowns.
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