Classes 424-427...

First up, a No Gi class. The techniques we focused on were:

Choke combination from rear mount: 

Hooks in and seatbelt with choking hand hidden by non choking hand under armpit of opponent. Sequence follows:

Grab hand and use one armed choke

Let arm and gable grip own hands to choke

Slide hand in for rear naked choke.

Sparring was a bit of a non-event as I was operating with one working arm.

Next up, a Gi class. The techniques we focused on were:

Choke combination from rear mount: 

Rear mount with hooks and seatbelt and choking hand grabbing collar.

Rear mount collar grip two handed choke.

Rear mount single collar grip with own arm attaching to bicep choke.

Rear mount baby choke.

In sparring, I spent time escaping side control and trying to attack using single x.

Next up, a No Gi class. The techniques we focused on were:

Armbar basics:

Armbar from side.

Opponent uses spider web defence.

Push off.

Leg in gap and kick.

Choke distraction.

Spider web arm pushing leg and come to knees defence and stacking defence.Sparring was OK as I was focusing on closed guard.

Next up, another No Gi class. The techniques we focused on were:

Positional escapes:

Mount escape grab arm and bridge and roll.

Rear mount and hold choking hand, move it onto other side of own head the turn, remove hooks and come to side.

Bottom turtle and granby roll to guard or triangle.

Bottom turtle and grab inside hand, angle hips out and put other hand under leg of opponent, then roll over and come to side.

In sparring: there were lots of white belts, so I played with hip bump sweep from full guard and hook sweeps from half guard. I tried to be technical and half-succeeded at this.