Conan taught class today. The theme of the day was chokes (Darse, Anaconda, and Guillotine). We rotated through partners executing them from different positions. Most of the stuff with the Darce I knew already but it was good to get some more pointers because I still have some problems with where to put the pressure.
I especially liked the no arm in darce if that’s what it’s called which ends up being more like a neck crank. I also learned a couple things about Guillotine from the guard. Like posting up on one arm and moving my hips back and then doing a crunch and bridging.
In Open mat I rolled with Gina for the first time. Her blog is located here: Ginger Snaps. She was a lot like Sara very quick and good at defense and hip movement. I then rolled with Adam who has a lot of wrestling experience and a huge neck. I think he’s a blue belt. He helped me out with some half guard stuff after schooling me with a couple of kimuras. I then rolled with Patrick before we bowed out. I feel like my defense is getting a little better. I’m still spending a lot of time in side mount but I’m able to get half guard a little more often. I finished the day with Ray. I don’t remember anything out of the ordinary ass kicking that I usually get.
There was a visitor there named Greg (I think) that just moved back from California. He’s a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and it really showed when he rolled. Everyone was very impressed with him. He probably only weighed 150 or so and he was schooling everyone. Now that is cool. Hopefully he sticks around.
No one showed up for the Daito Ryu class which was disappointing.
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