Partner: Sara
Ray walked into class today after a long time (years?) of not training. He taped his ankle like it was in a cast and spoke about expecting to be humbled upon his return. I hope his fears about not being as good as when he left don't keep him away since most of us consider him family.
Tips on Techniques of the week:
- Valley Drop: I find this to be one of the more fun self defense techniques because you really get to whip your opponent around. Sara did a great job with it against me. Make sure you pull on their far arm as you step in a circular motion.
- Escaping back mount: Fighting to get your head on the side that you want to escape to is the #1 priority, followed by getting your shoulders to the floor.
- RNC: I feel more confident in my gi chokes than this one in the gi, but would like to get better at it. The more I work on trapping my opponent's arm the better I feel about the choke.
Rolled With: Bhuvana, Ray, Sara, Ben, Tim, Justin
Had some good rolls today. Didn't hit any RNCs but did escape with deep half and saw some others do it too. It's a very valid back mount go to escape. Then when we did some half guard I saw some more deep half.
Rolling with Ray was an experience as always. He complimented me saying that I'm a lot better than I was. He did try the ankle lock from inside my back mount that I was a worried about but was able to find the angle to avoid having to tap this time. He was able to escape to deep half as I was with him. I was torn about being concerned about hurting him but also wanted to give him a good roll. Hopefully we'll see him again on the mats soon.
Office Hours Partner: Tim
Was happy that Tim stayed after today to roll a few times, even though I forgot that I had to get back to work for a meeting. I showed him some deep half entry stuff as he was getting caught in half guard with a cross face when he went for it. We also discussed some passing basics about grip fighting etc.
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