December 3rd - Gi

Jerad led us through a pretty good warmup and then handed the class over to Greg. Greg had us work some sweep and omma platta and triangle from the lasso spider guard.  This was pretty fun although I had a little trouble at times with the sweep.  It seems like an easy position to screw up if you don't keep your legs in the right place. 

We setup four partner groups for king of the mat but instead of the winner staying we would rotate so everyone would get equal time on top bottom and then go to the end of the line.  We worked from open guard with some sleeve grips.  I had some successes and some not so much.  It was really good hard training that I've been missing.  I had a few wars with Fuji, Jerad, David, and Ken.  Jerad seemed to be especially annoying by keeping a hold of my sleeve.  I had a heck of a time trying to keep my posture and defend his attacks while trying to get my hand free.  Mike and Jerad gave me some pointers after class to help get out of it.

I was pretty tired but decided to roll a bit with Ken.  Ken took off his gi top though so it made it a little difficult with mine still on.  I had to remind Ken a couple times to let go of his grips.  I must have been pretty tired because I don't remember much from this match.  In the end he submitted me with an armlock but I can't really recall how.

The rest of the night was kind of messing around.  I showed Jerad and Mike some of the darce and deep half guard stuff I learned from the Jeff Glover DVD.  I think I might have given Jerad some new ideas so fair warning to everyone else.  My body was very achy after that class.  My fingers hurt from all of the gi grips and my lower back and knees were fatigued.  It's good to be back.

Retraction: Last post I stated that Jerad submitted me with 2 ankle locks.  When actually he submitted me with 2 ankle locks and a darce choke. Hopefully this sets the historical record straight.