I trained by far more classes last year than any previous year. A lot of that has to do with being able to attend multiple day classes a week and it was common that I trained 6 days a week. My growth feels pretty steady and I don't feel like I spend too much time on a plateau. I had a lot of fun teaching and watching people use techniques and positions that I showed them.
2016 Improvements:
- I got in a lot more no gi training this year since we started the noon Tuesday class last November. Here is where I've dipped my toes (ha ha) into leg lock positions and submissions mostly with the help of Mike but also because I've felt like his dummy for him to practice on.
- I had a huge push to get better at dealing with athletic people. I've improved my attacking, aggression, wrestling, and ultimately my attitude when rolling.
- With the inclusion of Judo Bob earlier in the year, I've also come a long way with Judo throws and have narrowed down my focus to Tai Toshi, Drop Seio Nage, and foot sweeps which I'll continue to work on.
- I've continued to improve my "A" game with cross guard, omoplatas, deep half, over/under pass, north/south chokes
- Continue with leg lock stuff
- Improve my back control and finishing
- Feel comfortable with the Judo throws that I outlined above
- Flowing during transitions from sweeps and guard passes
Theme & Techniques: Tripod Escape from Side Control
Partner: Bob
Got some good drilling in and got some good resistance from Bob. We got off on tangents a few times but it was better than just being a push over. The most important detail that I worked on today was during the pass and moving to smash pass/dope mount. I didn't totally get it figured out, but could feel what Mike was doing when demonstrating it on me. The twist of their spine is important.
Rolling: Free Rolling
Rolled With: Bob, Mike (Visitor), Justin
I took the attitude of attacking from butterfly guard, but it didn't work as well as expected.
Nonetheless, I performed fine and eventually ended up in good positions. Bob and Justin both presented similar challenges with their strong base and their ability to put pressure effectively.
Mike was pretty good at keeping posture and had some strong positional work. Never know what to expect with a visitor especially since I didn't know what belt he was or how long he trained. I had a good deep half waiter sweep but in the transition from sweep to pass he got his knee free, will need to figure out how to prevent this.
Office Hours Partner: Justin, Mike A
Mike and I discussed butterfly in no gi and how my approach to butterfly was crap. I should just hand fight with good posture and be patient like MG. So I'll work on that.
I attempted to apply the butterfly stuff with Justin as we rolled and it took some mental effort to avoid bad habits.
Rolled with Mike and he mostly whooped me, but I'm happy with an exchange that we had with 50/50. We were there for quite a while as I attacked heel hooks and toe holds. I applied a lot of what I've picked up from the 50/50 DVD like "rule of thumb" and pushing the free leg away. He also commented that my choices for when to attack and defend were feeling more natural.
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