With work
stupid busy, I’ve only made an open mat and two early morning classes in the
past three weeks.
The open mat session was brutal and consisted of me sparring for about 70 minutes with a couple of decent blue belts and a couple of white belts. I did OK for the opening 40 minutes and was tough to tap and even threatened a kimura and a footlock at one point, but then I gassed and I was essentially cannon fodder for the rest of the time.
It was a decent test of my cardio, though, which remains OK, despite me feeling like I had collapsed before crossing the line.
The two early morning classes both focused on the front guillotine choke and drilling the entry, then getting the tap from guard or using it as a sweep. The key points of the entry from standing are to push the head down and to swim the arm around so the blade of the wrist is under the throat of the opponent. The hands connect in a cup and saucer grip, then the top arm pulls the blade of the wrist up to secure the choke.
The sweep essentially relies on securing this technique, then falling back into guard. Keeping everything tight, you insert a foot hook on the opposite side of the choking arm, then drop back and roll the opponent to the side as your hook lifts him in the air. You then come on top to secure the choke or a better position.
There’s also a variation where you can use the guillotine to pretty much flip your opponent over 180 degrees, too.
In specific drilling, my attacking from a seated position against a standing opponent was OK, but my using the guillotine to attack for position from standing was less good.
In sparring, I had some success with the Ezekiel choke, which is rapidly becoming a go-to move for me. But I also got ruined by a couple of blue belts that I can sometimes cause a few problems.
But it’s good to be on the mats and there’s some slow signs of progress. I’m also booked in for a tournament in May and a tournament in July, so I have a few things to work towards.
The open mat session was brutal and consisted of me sparring for about 70 minutes with a couple of decent blue belts and a couple of white belts. I did OK for the opening 40 minutes and was tough to tap and even threatened a kimura and a footlock at one point, but then I gassed and I was essentially cannon fodder for the rest of the time.
It was a decent test of my cardio, though, which remains OK, despite me feeling like I had collapsed before crossing the line.
The two early morning classes both focused on the front guillotine choke and drilling the entry, then getting the tap from guard or using it as a sweep. The key points of the entry from standing are to push the head down and to swim the arm around so the blade of the wrist is under the throat of the opponent. The hands connect in a cup and saucer grip, then the top arm pulls the blade of the wrist up to secure the choke.
The sweep essentially relies on securing this technique, then falling back into guard. Keeping everything tight, you insert a foot hook on the opposite side of the choking arm, then drop back and roll the opponent to the side as your hook lifts him in the air. You then come on top to secure the choke or a better position.
There’s also a variation where you can use the guillotine to pretty much flip your opponent over 180 degrees, too.
In specific drilling, my attacking from a seated position against a standing opponent was OK, but my using the guillotine to attack for position from standing was less good.
In sparring, I had some success with the Ezekiel choke, which is rapidly becoming a go-to move for me. But I also got ruined by a couple of blue belts that I can sometimes cause a few problems.
But it’s good to be on the mats and there’s some slow signs of progress. I’m also booked in for a tournament in May and a tournament in July, so I have a few things to work towards.
Things to remember: Snap the head down when using the guillotine to attack from standing; continue to drill footlocks and the Ezekiel choke.
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