Theme & Techniques: Hip Throw, Armbar from Guard, Pendulum Sweep, Cross Collar Choke
Thankfully, Air Force Brian and Ross showed up this morning. Apparently Greg had been keeping with a theme this week of armbar and other appropriate techniques from the guard. While drilling the armbar and pendulum sweep, Greg pointed out a couple things that I was doing incorrectly. It's a tough pill to swallow being the senior person in class and having the illusion that I'm good at the techniques we were practicing. So, I made the corrections as best I could.
My cross choke is definitely getting better. Greg talks about it being a technique he had a lot of trouble with until something finally clicked. I'm not sure how to describe what made it click except now I just think about pulling my chest to my opponent while twisting my wrists.
Rolling: Free Rolling (3 x 5 min rnds)
Rolling got increasingly more difficult as my partners changed. Ross is strong and doing very well at picking things up, but he's still only been around for a few weeks. I didn't take it to him like I have been, but my goal was to not give up any points. Eventually talked him through passing my guard to side control. Brian gave me a little more trouble than usual, while I did some good things and kept control of the roll, he kept me from submitting him. Greg seemed to step it up a bit. Possibly in response to the waiter sweep I hit yesterday and partly because I was a little tired from the previous night.
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