Partner: Harvey
Tips on Techniques of the week:
- Seio Nage: with the shoulder I emphasized that he needed to connect me to his upper body a little bit more before leaning forward. It seemed to help Harvey a lot. We also worked on drop seio nage which is my probably my highest percentage throw when we do stand-up (not saying much).
- Cross Collar Choke: has been working for me a lot lately. When previously I thought the bow and arrow was king, I've gone to making this my goto from the back. It's more direct and requires less movement, but I also have the bow and arrow in my back pocket in case I have the collar grip but can't finish the choke.
- Guillotine: The major thing that we emphasized today was getting the hips back to get the right angle with the choking arm.
Rolled With: Harvey, Tom
I feel like I'm starting to figure out back mount. How to use my legs, how tight to hold my harness grip, when to let them move, when to come to the top, etc. I'm pretty good with escapes too except lately it's been more difficult to bridge into them without my back bothering me a bit. Today was good but damn Harvey really can hold on to a grip. I helped Tom with tightening up his harness grip and using his chin on my shoulder. In my opinion it's a necessity to get cheek to cheek with your opponent to maintain back control.
Office Hours Partner: Mike
Mike and I had some great rolls after class. The first couple ended fairly quickly after he set up some straight ankle locks. He insisted that I needed to keep defending rather than try to escape or at least do both at the same time. So I'm not totally sure of the mistakes that I made. On our third roll we had a lot more back and forth and ended up in some pretty crazy positions. These type of rolls hold the true meaning or why I consider this sport fun, I have to challenge myself both mentally and physically to attack and defend until one of us makes a mistake.
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