Theme & Techniques: Front Headlock: Movement to Side Turtle, Anaconda, Recover Guard
Partner: Jess, Frank
I got jammed up at work for a bit and missed the warm-up and I'm okay with that. Anaconda is one of those techniques that I understand and can teach but have rarely ever hit rolling. I feel like my arms are too short or I don't always feel strong when I'm grabbing my bicep. During drilling it's fine and I'm effective with the choke, but while rolling I can't make the connection.
Rolling: Front Head Lock Position, Free Rolling
Rolled With: Jess, Gavin (New Guy), Daniel, Mike
Gavin came to us with some wrestling experience and he seemed a little out of sorts that he didn't exactly know the goals during the rolling portion. Mike and I both did our best to set him at ease that his wrestling gives him an advantage and he would just have to make some minor adjustments. At the end of class he thanked everyone for helping him out.
Mike wore his MMA gloves as we rolled and asked if we could shadow strikes. It was fun and exhausting to have to think about also defending getting punched. My instincts are still there as I've done some of this training in the past and I think I avoided quite a few blows with my open guard and covering up movements.
Office Hours Partner: Jess
We rolled a few times because I had to get back to work. He's pretty good at going to turtle which helped me work on attacking it to take the back. I also had to improvise getting RNC from some unorthodox positions while trying not to lose position. This felt like a good training day for me.
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