Theme & Techniques: Weird Lasso Sweep Type thing with kimura and roll over variation
As I entered the school, Conan said that he heard I was suffering from Jiu-Jitsu withdrawal. Ain't that the truth. I'm assuming my wife made mention of this earlier in the kid's class. With being sick and then having a limited holiday schedule for the next two weeks I'm going to be going crazy without my BJJ fix. Luckily I was able to attend the beginner class tonight.
Conan started off class saying that as a Christmas present we'd work on something a little more advanced in the beginners class. We started out the sweep by moving to a shin spider guard then kicking one leg through and going over to the opposite armpit and kicking through all the way to the knee. Keep holding on to their sleeves and then kicking them forward. If they resisted and moved in the kimura was there, if they sprawled back you just rolled the opposite direction. It's difficult to describe so I won't go into more detail. It seemed to work well and I may try it while rolling. I ended up working with Ross and he did well for only having done a couple classes so far.
Rolling: Up/Down/Out Guard Position, Free Rolling
Had a lot of success in Up/Down/Out but I mostly went up against the new guys. My pass of choice for the evening was Toreando while I used a couple of different sweeps. The scissor has been my stand-by lately while the omoplata has not been bearing any fruit. Mike and I discussed it after class, and it's just natural that the school as a group are learning and responding to a technique that I was good at for a while. I also hit the spider to x-guard to technical stand-up sweep. I think this is the next thing to be added to my a game as it's been high percentage lately.
Conan stayed around after class and let us roll since this would be the last until Saturday. I rolled with Brian first who's kids attend class with my boys. I guess I'll refer to him as glasses Brian not to be confused with Air Force Brian. This is the first time I rolled with him and he asked me what we were doing. The question kind of confused me, but I guess if he's only ever been in beginner class he may never have free rolled. That being said he did fine for a beginner. His posture and base were good but I just have several more tricks up my sleeve than he does for now.
I finished out the evening with Wess. We haven't rolled since classes at Roseberry's so I was interested to see how he's progressed. Soon into our first roll I already started to feel a forearm burn. I did my best to keep top position and spent some time in back mount. His hand fighting was very good and frustrating which just made my forearms and fingers more fatigued. During our last roll I almost felt like asking to quit because my arms had nothing left. I had the best success with collar chokes as every time I tried to do an armbar he was good at keeping them tight to his body. If I were to give him any advice, it would be to focus on standing guard passes and using the pant grabs to setup a pass.
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