A couple of classes working on grip fighting, pulling guard and shooting for the single leg from an opposite collar grab.
I am sometimes sort of OK at pulling guard and I get how securing the grip on a collar or a sleeve is the trigger to pull guard and put a foot on the hip of the opponent, then pull him from the top while falling backwards. I still, however, totally suck as defending single and double legs against decent wrestlers. I need to work on this and my defensive sprawl big time.
The single leg from standing relies on establishing the opposite collar grip and using that to collapse the frame of the opponent, then stepping to the side to scoop the opposite leg, then continue the turning and collapsing momentum to ground the opponent. Once he is collapsed, continue with a guard pass and establish side control.
In sparring, I did OK. It was a tough couple of classes and I struggled to contain a couple of dynamic white belts, but I wasn't disgraced by higher belts. Tough and determined is sometimes OK when skill levels fail. I also caught a nice collar choke at one point.
I am also experimenting with wrist locks from unlikely positions. I sometimes get close to hitting these, but even if I can't get them I can use the threat of getting them to move to a better position if escaping a bad one.
I also asked one of my two coaches about using a certain type of z wrist lock. He said it's totally legal but also suggested I was unlikely to catch anyone good with it. He then showed me the crunching wrist lock from standing I'd been working on, plus a very sneaky one where you use the flap on your gi and bring it inside then over the wrist of the opponent to trap the wrist before applying pressure. That's getting worked on and used!
Things to remember: Be first to the grip when pulling guard.
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