Another no-gi class and some work on the kimura and the hip bump sweep and chaining them together. The takehome from this was to hit a weak hip bump sweep so the opponent posts out his rear hand to support himself, then attack for the kimura.
There was also a defence that when the opponent comes up hip bump, the man in guard drives him down flat, then grabs his supporting arm with one hand outside and one hand inside and traps it under him. You then use your free arm to pin his knee and pass into side control.
Another sequence involved a guard attack where you clamp the opponent's arms together, then pull him down, then secure an overhook on one side and shrimp mount to that side. From here, there is a open guard overhook clamping position involving the foot kicking down on the back of the opponent's neck. This is a key detail. You can then attack for triangles, omoplatas and straight armbars.
Sparring was OK. I got tapped by better people and played with my new sweep from bottom half guard with newer people. This is pretty good and I will be refining it and using it a lot more.
I also started experimenting with Williams guard and, based on early success, I am going to be using this a lot. It’s basically a shoulder pin guard where the opponent underhooks, then you connect your arm and leg by underhooking your own knee to pin his shoulder. You then gable grip your hands at a right angle in front of the opponent’s face and there are triangle and omoplata options from there.
My coach also gave me a really good piece of advice. I often get to half guard knee shield and end up getting passed. He suggested using my vertical leg to hook one f the opponent’s feet. This sows down his guard pass and gives me space and a bit of time to recover and lock in half guard.
Things to remember: Chopping foot into back of opponent’s neck detail from open overhook guard; hook detail and moving into half guard when getting passed from knee shield half guard; Williams guard.
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