Theme & Techniques: Butterfly Guard: Arm drag, Hook Sweep, Knee Tap
Partner: Richard (new guy), Nate
Worked with 2 of the new guys as they were partnering up with each other and would have been pretty lost left to their own devices. So I would do each technique to each of them to show what it feels like and then I coached them through doing the techniques to each other. One of the difficult things with new people is to not overwhelm them with too much details but still get them to do the technique generally correct. They did fine for their first time with butterfly.
Rolling: Butterfly Gaurd
Rolled With: Greg, Bob, Richard
Felt pretty good about some of my attempts to pass and sweep Greg, although I didn't accomplish much. There was a deep half waiter attempt that was close and a few over/under passes that were almost there (or were they).
Bob gave a good couple of rolls. We had some good back and forth and he said he liked rolling with me in no gi better because it was more forgiving.
Rolled with Richard last and after sweeping and passing a few times I helped him out with some things that he should do. He thanked me for helping him out today.
Office Hours Partner: Greg, Justin
Greg asked if I'd do another round of butterfly and of course I would. It went a lot worse for me than our earlier rounds. He heel hooked me most of the time. There were a couple of times where I thought I was getting somewhere but it just led to the ankle lock positions. Asked a quick question about crucifix and they suck your leg up. Greg told me to triangle when that happens which isn't something I thought of before.
Rolled with Justin a few times and he didn't kick me in the head today. We had some good exchanges and I found myself in positions to do rolling back takes. I didn't succeed at them all but felt good about my timing. He wanted to work on some half guard and did well from there. I gave him some tips on working with his legs a little more instead of just locking them up.
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