Conan taught class yesterday and the theme was passing half guard. I believe this was the first time I've worked on some of these, most of what I've done from half guard has been from the bottom. However, I now realize I've had many of these done to me.
I had problems with a few of them where we were required to tripod and then place our free knee onto the opponents belly. It was just a little awkward for me. I think I need some more practice time on some of these.
During open mat I went with Ray. As soon as he got me off my back I was not able to improve my position again and he maintained side control. I was able to defend a lot of his sub attempts but he eventually went knee on neck which took me out of my game. I think he armbared me after that.
Ken showed up and we practiced some throws and Randori for a while. I actually felt good about a few of the throws that I did. Beggs and a Judo green belt were observing the mistakes that I was making. Beggs gave some pointers on the sweep that I was attempting. I'm all about doing things right and receiving help but it seemed like there was a communication barrier there because he kept showing me little variations and saying their Japanese name and asking if that was what I was trying to accomplish. I really didn't see that much of a difference in what he was showing me. I didn't know there were so many variations and I was just trying a technique that I've done before. I guess that's what I get for being a casual Judo practitioner.
don't sweat the small Judo details. as long as you do the 3 basic fundamentals you'll do fine. Off balance, fitting in, and throw. i didn't see much difference in what you were doing and what you were shown.
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