Noon Class
Theme & Techniques: O-Soto Gari, Half Guard Knee Slide Pass, Granby Roll from Turtle
Partner: Shane
I feel like I've seen O-Soto Gari a lot lately because the kids just did it the last 2 weeks. Shane was a good partner, maybe a little spazzy at times but he has a good attitude and is willing to learn.
Some things to remember for this week's techniques:
- For O-Soto Gari: punch around their head and pull down on their arm (drive the bus) putting their weight on the leg you are about to sweep
- Half Guard Pass: practice this pass a lot with lifting the knee and sliding your hip down, this will be useful for other situations as well.
- Granby Roll: Figure out which side your head should go based on which side the opponent is on
- Roll under yourself instead of rolling forward
- Once you have that stuff down, trust this technique.
Rolled With: Shane, Bhuvana, Robert
Rolling felt good today with no joint problems holding me back. Shane did pretty good in half guard for being new. Bhuvana was a trooper from turtle. She kept trying the granby even though I would put her into side control, I don't think she was diving her shoulder deep enough and rolling under herself.
Had a good roll with Robert and did some good things. Wrestling is still a problem for me and I think I may need to commit to sitouts and sprawling and practice them more. There was a point when I swept him from half guard at one point but as soon as I did he got up and caught me with a single to double leg.
Office Hours Partner: Robert, Zack
Did a couple 5 minute rounds for Robert. I had some success with a triangle to omoplata setup. He eventually rolled out into side control but he got up again and took me down with a single leg again. I really need to find an answer for this.
After that with Zack I worked on a shaolin sweep variation that Greg showed me it's coming along, but I need some confidence in it before I use it during rolling. We did some positional sparring from half guard and Zack did very well against me, I'll have to up my top half guard game.
No-Gi Takedowns
Theme & Techniques: Hand Fighting and Positioning, Single Leg
Partner: Henry
This was a tough class mostly because I'm not used to doing standing up lately. After some floor exercises Adam had us partner up with 1 partner being defensive and the other on the offense. The former was just supposed to maintain their stance and keep from getting tied up. There were times when I felt awkward mostly not knowing what to do with my hands or when was the best time to move in.
Rolling: King of the Mat Takedowns
Rolled With: Tyler, Mike (New), Henry
I had some success mostly with guillotine chokes or reversals once I got taken down. Adam reviewed an ankle pick off of a tie up that I like. I could feel my lower back tightening up a bit, I'm really not used to this but it was still fun and I think I learned some things.
Drilling Open Mat
Parter: Adam
Drilled: Shaolin sweep, Spiral Armbar
The sweep felt great. It helped that Adam did the sweep as well and me and Greg had to help him with it a little. The big takeaway was that Greg is not trying to load the opponent on top of him but trying to push him over past him.
All Levels
Theme & Techniques: O-Soto Gari, Half Guard Knee Slide Pass, Granby Roll from Turtle
Partner: Adam
I really started to feel tired during drilling. We had a tough time at first figuring out how to get our knees free but with time we saw the value in smashing their leg down.
Rolling: Turtle Position (4 x 2 min), King of the Mat Half Guard
Rolled With: Adam, Mike, Greg, Darijo, Casey, Jerad, and Others
I had a tough time in turtle with both Adam and Mike. Adam scraped my face across the mat a couple times and Mike was putting me in the crucifix. I definitely need to be challenged from this position more. King of the mat went well. I surprised myself a couple times with recovering guard. I didn't see an opportunity to hit the new shaolin but I was on the lookout for it.
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