Class 321...

An open mat no-gi class with just a few of us, so a welcome chance to do some light rolling and some drilling. This was fun.

I also sought some advice on a couple of new techniques. The first was a submission chain linking a kimura and a guillotine. This relies on using the elevated shoulder from a kimura attack and switching the position to a wraparound under the armpit guillotine attack.

The other was an escape from bottom side control. This went something like this:
i) Bottom man secure grips as normal to defend side mount pass from man on top.
ii) Shrimp out a bit, push head away and clamp it in position, secure tight overbook using hand blocking hip.
iii) Bridge up and keeping the opponent clamped, roll over at a 90 degrees angle and end up in side control.

A senior belt told me this was a reliable escape, so I will be using it.