A special week of classes with Checkmat head coach Leonardo Vieira and, luckily for me, I made one of them!
In this class, we did some work on takedowns and worked a single leg takedown that involved confirming a collar grip on one side and stuffing the opponent's hand into his stomach on the other side, then shooting for the leg. The man under attack had to sprawl to defend the takedown.
He also demonstrated a move where you attack by pretending to go for the collar grips, but then switch to the secure higher collar grips that allow you to move the gi over the opponent's head and drag him down.
Next up was an open mat session and I got to roll with two very good blue belts.
The first showed me a good way to escape spider guard, which was essentially to go into a standing posture and thrust forward with your hips and drive into the seated opponent to break the grips.
The other blue belt showed a very effective choke from the guard. This involved securing a deep diagonal collar grip then swimming the other arm over the back of the opponent and grabbing onto his belt so there's an X shape with your arms. Then it was a matter of tightening the grips and extending the legs and puling the arms together.
Key tips: On takedowns, use fakes and look to attack one area while in reality going for another; ensure the front leg is defended by the front arm when standing; drill the collar choke from guard as it's highly effective.
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