Classes 371-373...

Three classes in quick succession.

First up was a Gi Class in which we went through the transitions between different types of guard and we drilled moving through them. The hand initial hand grips began with a cross collar grip and same side sleeve control. The guards were:

Butterfly Guard to Half Guard to Full Closed Guard to Double Wrist Control in Open Guard to Butterfly Guard to De La Riva Guard to Single X Guard to X Guard.

We then played with a few techniques from these:

Butterfly Guard and Arm Drag to Back Take

Half Guard and Knee Shield Collapse to Back Take

Full Guard and Push Arm and Own Arm Under Leg Sweep

De La Riva Leg Kick Out Untrapped Leg Spin Under and Behind Grab Belt and Back Take

Sparring was mainly positional. I am asking to start in people's guards to encourage me to posture and pressure and break correctly. This is inspired by my failure to watch my Ps and Qs at the recent competition.

The MMA Class focused on drills to move on and off the cage wall. These were:

Turn opponent round on cage using under/over control and pulling overhook down to elevate undertook side and spin opponent.

Jab and overhand right combination to set up attack for single leg.

Defend single leg by framing back, stepping out and coming back with knee in face of opponent.

Defend single leg by guillotine.

Defend single leg by kimura and kimura sweep using leg on as hook to toss.

In the next gi class, we worked on moving from butterfly to half guard to full guard to half guard to butterfly. We used a cross collar and same side sleeve control to do this. 

Triangle from Guard:left hand has cross collar grip and right hand has wrist control; open guard and shrimp out to right foot on hip and bring left knee in for knee shield,; kick knee shield out and use knee to rest on arm of opponent; then kick the arm out and close triangle.

To Finish Triangle:If the opponent postures up, unhook triangle and swap foot position so feet hook under one another, then bring opponent back down and lock up triangle.

Tee Pee:If opponent hides choking arm, kick legs into loose guard and finger grip hands behind your own legs, then extend legs for tap.

If he hides arm, you can also switch triangle and attack his other arm for an armlock. 

If he defends by bringing his arm in, you can save his arm across and attack both arms. 

Sparring was fine. I gassed a little bit and I got tapped by the senior belts. I nearly hit a nice omoplata, though