Classes 415-417...

A No Gi seminar of sorts in which we did some work on using the overhook to secure a guillotine and also worked on recovery from mount. These techniques went something like this: 

Escape from Mount: Protect neck with left hand and use right hand to frame against hips of opponent;  turn to face left side and ensure left leg is inside leg of opponent and stretched out with kneecap angled towards floor; use right leg to snag right leg of opponent and drag it to quarter guard; lock leg of opponent up and use this lever to road him away; push knee down to secure half guard; fight for left side underhook and come to knees; then knee tap for sweep. 

Standing Overhook to Guillotine: Head and arm tie from standing; step out and use overhook to drive opponent down at an angle; use head control arm to swim in for guillotine; connect arms for arm in guillotine or spike opponent to floor and attack for back. 

A No Gi class in which we did some work on the guillotine and also worked on the following sequence: 

Standing Ten Finger Choke
Standing Guillotine from Head and Arm Control
Standing Guillotine to Arm In Guillotine 
Arm in Guillotine to Spiking Opponent 

We also did a nice set-up to standing guillotine from a faked shot. 

Standing Guillotine from Fake Shot: Face opponent and drop down to shoot and force opponent to change levels; fake a shot and drop down again but spring up as opponent drops down; your back hand catches the back of his neck and pulls it down; your front hand attacks for the guillotine as the back hand passes the neck under your arm. 

I am trying to play half guard in King of the Guard and I am having some success some of the time.

I also did a class on all things guillotine where we worked on the following:

Ten Finger Choke Against a Down Opponent Grabbing a Leg
Standing Guillotine from Head and Arm Control
Standing Guillotine to Arm In Guillotine 
Arm in Guillotine to Spiking Opponent
Guillotine from Butterfly Guard

Sparring was also fine. I am feeling quite relaxed about the competition I have in four days.