Classes 374-375...

My first BJJ classes back after a two-week holiday and a three-week lay off due to new job, and we did some work on Butterfly Guard. 

This went something like this: 

Defence Against Butterfly Guard: Opponent has butterfly guard, so body lock the opponent with double underhooks and push him backwards; keep body lock tight and head driving into opponent; underhook head of opponent; step over butterfly guard to move into side control; connect hands together and keep pressure on opponent. 

If the opponent gives his back up, drop hooks in and get seat belt control. 

If the opponent turns away and gets up on his elbow, secure the Khabib grip and flatten opponent out. 

We then played King of the Guard for a while and I did OK defending the position and OK attacking open guard, too. 

Sparring was fine but I was a bit off the pace. I am starting to use omoplatas and head and arm chokes more, too. 

Next up was a beginners BJJ Gi class in which we did some basic techniques, kicking off with a quite cool movement drill to aid re-guarding. 

Up first was a class on setting up armbars from closed guard, with particular emphasis  on the initial two-on-one grip and cross grip to pin the arm of the opponent that is being attacked. We then added the pull the arm out defence and the move to omoplata and the leg triangle drill.

We then did a sequence on the Kimura from Half Guard on Top: Attack for kimura from top; if opponent stops kimura by grabbing belt, swap hands, then switch hips to full guard; push your elbow to your knee to break grip of opponent, then pull his arm out and attack kimura.

Specific sparring was OK. I am starting to place myself in guard to practice escaping the position. I also need to add Scissor Sweep and Hip Bump Sweep to my offensive arsenal.