Friday, May 31, 2013

May 30th 2013 - No-Gi

Walked in on the last 15 minutes of the beginner class.  It looked like they were drilling a triangle setup from guard.  Oh, how I wanted to throw my gi on and train with everyone but I got some good stretch time in while watching them train.

For no-gi after the regular warm-up and stretching we also drilled the triangle but from the SW (Shawn Williams) guard.  We talked a little about defending ground and pound and how this guard will allow you to control your opponent's posture as well as keep them from effectively punching you and then setting up the triangle or omaplata.  I worked with Adam on this and we were both having a little trouble with the initial setup of getting up and bracing ourselves before pulling them into the SW guard.  Otherwise everything else about the technique worked great.  I did feel some fatigue in my knees while practicing this mostly because Adam is pretty heavy and I had to spend a lot of time on my knees while he worked the setup.  I kept stretching though in between reps and took a few breaks.  I'm probably overreacting a little bit but I want to make sure I don't re-aggravate anything and stay healthy.  The felt much smoother with the technique when we switched to omaplata, triangles have always been difficult especially against Adam.

We trained guard passing from closed guard king of the mat style.  I'm at a little bit of a loss for effective passes that work for me in no-gi.  I may have to go back to YouTube and research some viable options.  I think leg drag is where it's going to be at, so I'll start there.  I rolled with Jerad after class and had one shining moment in deep half but made the mistake of not hiding my inside hand.  Something I should already know to do but Mike informed me about it later and we delved into deep half a little bit more. 


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