Theme & Techniques: Week# 9 Koshi Guruma, Standing Guard Break, Torreando Pass
Partner: Quinn
Had a good group this morning and Conan had us do a couple of cool things for class today. We walked down the floor to generate the kazushi to setup the throw. We played with the torreando and responding to someone trying to prevent the pass a little bit. We also did the stiff arm on the sleeve to regain guard. This may have been an eye opener for some of the guys.
Rolling: Closed Guard, Open Guard, Free Rolling
Rolled With: Quinn, Jesus, Jeff
Had good rolls with everyone. I think Quinn felt a little dejected after our roll but I tried to assure him that I have years of training on him. We talked a bit about having confidence in your frame and when it's best or okay to stand especially if they're hand is occupied.
Open guard was fun with Jesus, he attempted to grab my ankles a few times to flip me to my back but wasn't getting off to the side to pass quick enough. I used the single half guard a few times to help sweep.
As an experiment I decided to try to get sweeps as quickly as I could on Jeff and go a little competition intensity from the bottom. I wasn't trying to force anything but move quickly and directly. I felt pretty good about it and got a few butterfly sweeps out of it.
Office Hours Partner: Jeff, Conan
Craig asked me to help Jeff with smash pass so I showed him a few setups and some of the things that I think are important for the technique. First being keeping the hips down. It seems pretty common that people want to raise their hips to get over the legs but it just gives the bottom person space to get some leverage back. We covered windshield wiping the legs after that.
Had 2 great rolls with Conan. At the end he made the comment "sometimes you're the hammer and sometimes you're the nail." Today I felt like the hammer while most other days he does. The main takeaway was that I felt pretty strong attacking his turtle setting up the crucifix or taking the back. I'm really glad I decided to focus on that recently.
Showing posts with label Gi Class. Show all posts
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Friday, April 7, 2017
Thursday, April 6, 2017
April 6th 2017 - Gi All Levels
Theme & Techniques: Week# 9 Koshi Guruma, Standing Guard Break, Torreando Pass
Partner: Jordan
I enjoy working with someone more advanced once in a while. Jordan and I got to play around with troubleshooting the pass and follow ups. I also showed him the pistol grip trick Jerad taught yesterday. Plus half of it we discussed his trip to Europe.
Rolling: Closed Guard KOTM
Rolled With: Jordan, Jeff, Jesus, Daniel
I challenged myself during rolling by attempting the z-guard when I could. The person that gave me the most trouble with it was Jeff. I just couldn't get around to hand off the lapel for the single leg half guard. I had a little tunnel vision in only wanting one thing and I eventually abandoned it when Greg said we had a minute left. I'll have to think about the setup more.
Office Hours Partner: Jordan
Jordan let me drill the foot sweep a few times after class. I'm feeling better about it but I'm not ready for live yet. No one else wanted to stay and roll.
Partner: Jordan
I enjoy working with someone more advanced once in a while. Jordan and I got to play around with troubleshooting the pass and follow ups. I also showed him the pistol grip trick Jerad taught yesterday. Plus half of it we discussed his trip to Europe.
Rolling: Closed Guard KOTM
Rolled With: Jordan, Jeff, Jesus, Daniel
I challenged myself during rolling by attempting the z-guard when I could. The person that gave me the most trouble with it was Jeff. I just couldn't get around to hand off the lapel for the single leg half guard. I had a little tunnel vision in only wanting one thing and I eventually abandoned it when Greg said we had a minute left. I'll have to think about the setup more.
Office Hours Partner: Jordan
Jordan let me drill the foot sweep a few times after class. I'm feeling better about it but I'm not ready for live yet. No one else wanted to stay and roll.
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
April 5th 2017 - Gi All Levels
Theme & Techniques: Week# 9 Koshi Guruma, Standing Guard Break, Torreando Pass
Partner: Tom (New), Jess
Glad to have a few weeks in a row with more than 2 people in class. I asked Dave to work with me a bit on the Judo sweep and he seemed to enjoy it as well.
Jerad made a cool realization today with something that he uses. While doing the standing guard break he would start with a pistol grip and then hand it off to the other hand with an umbrella grip. It makes a whole lot of sense.
Some tips for this weeks techniques:
Rolling: Closed Guard
Rolled With: Jess, John, Jerad
Jess's open guard is getting quite good and I think I need to take it more seriously. He was able to sweep me today with a spider guard sweep. Then on my turn I got him with a waiter.
John went to a long step pass from the start and almost completed the pass. We did some back and forth with half and deep half. I don't remember what happened when I was on top.
Jerad and I had quite the battle. When I was on bottom I recovered a few times from almost getting passed. My collar grip saved me with some loop choke attempts. When I was on top I did the standing guard break and as I was trying to pass I got pulled to half then he got 2 on 1 and started to arm drag. I put pressure on his opposite shoulder to prevent back mount but he used it to sweep.
Office Hours Partner: Jess
Jess let me drill some crucifix and I think I figured something out with the armbar from the top. I could get a lot more leverage if I kept my knees a little closer and brought my hips down. We rolled after that and I had a tough time with his open guard but eventually passed. I have to work on my spider defense.
Partner: Tom (New), Jess
Glad to have a few weeks in a row with more than 2 people in class. I asked Dave to work with me a bit on the Judo sweep and he seemed to enjoy it as well.
Jerad made a cool realization today with something that he uses. While doing the standing guard break he would start with a pistol grip and then hand it off to the other hand with an umbrella grip. It makes a whole lot of sense.
Some tips for this weeks techniques:
- Koshi Guruma: Don't grab their shoulder and don't push their hips back when you put your arm around their neck
- Standing Guard Break: I would suggest that everyone do some reps with this with a partner where they do 20 in row. One of the best exercises that we've done in the competition practices. You can also add a situp for the bottom person.
- Torreando: I prefer doing this pass more like an x-pass. I won't push both legs equally back but the closer one back and the far one out.
Rolling: Closed Guard
Rolled With: Jess, John, Jerad
Jess's open guard is getting quite good and I think I need to take it more seriously. He was able to sweep me today with a spider guard sweep. Then on my turn I got him with a waiter.
John went to a long step pass from the start and almost completed the pass. We did some back and forth with half and deep half. I don't remember what happened when I was on top.
Jerad and I had quite the battle. When I was on bottom I recovered a few times from almost getting passed. My collar grip saved me with some loop choke attempts. When I was on top I did the standing guard break and as I was trying to pass I got pulled to half then he got 2 on 1 and started to arm drag. I put pressure on his opposite shoulder to prevent back mount but he used it to sweep.
Office Hours Partner: Jess
Jess let me drill some crucifix and I think I figured something out with the armbar from the top. I could get a lot more leverage if I kept my knees a little closer and brought my hips down. We rolled after that and I had a tough time with his open guard but eventually passed. I have to work on my spider defense.
Friday, March 31, 2017
March 31st 2017 - Gi All Levels
Theme & Techniques: Week #8 Technical Stand-up, Closed Guard: Hip Bump Sweep, Kimura
Partner: Jeff
Pretty small class today but we got our work in. Both Jesus and Jeff were in yesterday's class so we breezed through the instruction portion pretty quickly. Only had to give Jeff a couple of pointers on hip bump and kimura about body position. Also demonstrated how I would probably get a hand on the mat because it's not always going to work as perfectly as when we practice the wipe.
Rolling: Guard
Rolled With: Jeff, Jesus, Conan
My mission was to hit a hip bump sweep on Jeff. It didn't work out but came close a few times. When his default mode is moving forward with pressure it's difficult to trick him into going back. I did setup a kimura out of the deal so that's good. I did feel him try to go for over/under pass a few times and let him know since we've been working on it. From the top I tried my best to be calm and use structure to break the guard and pass.
Jesus did some good things and worked some spider guard and almost put me in a triangle from it. I did give him a few hints that he wanted to be more on his hip in spider guard and not centered up with his hips.
I felt like I was doing a cardio workout trying to maintain guard and then pass Conan's open guard. He turned it up today and was just ahead of me on a lot of the exchanges. It was super fun and a learning experience. I think the winner between us was generally who acted first and was persistent in what they wanted.
Office Hours Partner: Jesus, Conan
Jesus asked me about spider guard after class. I showed him the basic sweep from the knees and then said that I go to lasso generally if someone stands. Other's in our school are far better at spider than me. We worked on the lasso sweep a few times and I think he could work with it.
Conan let me drill some crucifix stuff and he gave me some different resistance than I'm used to which is good. He also seemed miserable when I went for some of the chokes. One thing that he helped me with was when I can't isolate their hand, I can put my foot on my knee until I can force their arm to be isolated.
Partner: Jeff
Pretty small class today but we got our work in. Both Jesus and Jeff were in yesterday's class so we breezed through the instruction portion pretty quickly. Only had to give Jeff a couple of pointers on hip bump and kimura about body position. Also demonstrated how I would probably get a hand on the mat because it's not always going to work as perfectly as when we practice the wipe.
Rolling: Guard
Rolled With: Jeff, Jesus, Conan
My mission was to hit a hip bump sweep on Jeff. It didn't work out but came close a few times. When his default mode is moving forward with pressure it's difficult to trick him into going back. I did setup a kimura out of the deal so that's good. I did feel him try to go for over/under pass a few times and let him know since we've been working on it. From the top I tried my best to be calm and use structure to break the guard and pass.
Jesus did some good things and worked some spider guard and almost put me in a triangle from it. I did give him a few hints that he wanted to be more on his hip in spider guard and not centered up with his hips.
I felt like I was doing a cardio workout trying to maintain guard and then pass Conan's open guard. He turned it up today and was just ahead of me on a lot of the exchanges. It was super fun and a learning experience. I think the winner between us was generally who acted first and was persistent in what they wanted.
Office Hours Partner: Jesus, Conan
Jesus asked me about spider guard after class. I showed him the basic sweep from the knees and then said that I go to lasso generally if someone stands. Other's in our school are far better at spider than me. We worked on the lasso sweep a few times and I think he could work with it.
Conan let me drill some crucifix stuff and he gave me some different resistance than I'm used to which is good. He also seemed miserable when I went for some of the chokes. One thing that he helped me with was when I can't isolate their hand, I can put my foot on my knee until I can force their arm to be isolated.
Thursday, March 30, 2017
March 30th 2017 - Gi All Levels
Theme & Techniques: Week #8 Technical Stand-up, Closed Guard: Hip Bump Sweep, Kimura
Partner: Bob, Jeff
We did the hip bump a little more dynamic by pulling out partners posture down and then following them up as they postured.
Gave a lot of pointers to Bob and Jeff on getting their hips in the right position to use their body more for the kimura.
Rolling: Closed Guard, Free Rolling
Rolled With: Shane, Bob, Jeff
Had some good rolls. Shane's guard is getting pretty difficult to pass and he's not doing too bad from the top either. Jeff almost passed with the over/under pass that I showed him last week.
Bob and I had fun. I used the z-guard to sweep him and come to the top and said, "That's a sweep" to which he responded, "Nope, I was winning." So I asked him if he was a Trump supporter. Luckily he thought it was funny.
Office Hours Partner: Jeff
Went over over/under pass several times making sure he kept his hips down and head right to my thigh. I also showed him how I set it up from closed and open guard and no gi.
Partner: Bob, Jeff
We did the hip bump a little more dynamic by pulling out partners posture down and then following them up as they postured.
Gave a lot of pointers to Bob and Jeff on getting their hips in the right position to use their body more for the kimura.
Rolling: Closed Guard, Free Rolling
Rolled With: Shane, Bob, Jeff
Had some good rolls. Shane's guard is getting pretty difficult to pass and he's not doing too bad from the top either. Jeff almost passed with the over/under pass that I showed him last week.
Bob and I had fun. I used the z-guard to sweep him and come to the top and said, "That's a sweep" to which he responded, "Nope, I was winning." So I asked him if he was a Trump supporter. Luckily he thought it was funny.
Office Hours Partner: Jeff
Went over over/under pass several times making sure he kept his hips down and head right to my thigh. I also showed him how I set it up from closed and open guard and no gi.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
March 29th 2017 - Gi All Levels
Theme & Techniques: Week #8 Technical Stand-up, Closed Guard: Hip Bump Sweep, Kimura
Partner: Jess
For beginners I think this is the week where they get introduced to techniques that can flow into each other if the other fails. I use kimura to hip bump quite often if they defend.
Rolling: Closed Guard
Rolled With: John, Jess, Dave
Rolling went good. I was able to hit a hip bump and did some cross guard from the bottom. From the top I went for a few standing guard breaks. Had to work hard to avoid open guards from John and Jess. Dave prevented me from attempting a tozi pass.
Office Hours Partner: John, Jess
Worked with John on some deep half stuff that works for me. Went over waiter and shin sweeps.
Jess asked to work on de la Riva which I'm not good at but helped him with the basic sweep. We rolled a few times. He had a good foot lock attempt that I was just barely able to squeak out of. Once I got out I went for the back but ended up in side control. He was pretty gassed and I felt him give in a bit and pointed it by saying, "oh, he's giving up!" We discussed gassing out and working through it and the many times where I've been in situations where I wished the other guy would just hurry up and submit me.
Partner: Jess
For beginners I think this is the week where they get introduced to techniques that can flow into each other if the other fails. I use kimura to hip bump quite often if they defend.
Rolling: Closed Guard
Rolled With: John, Jess, Dave
Rolling went good. I was able to hit a hip bump and did some cross guard from the bottom. From the top I went for a few standing guard breaks. Had to work hard to avoid open guards from John and Jess. Dave prevented me from attempting a tozi pass.
Office Hours Partner: John, Jess
Worked with John on some deep half stuff that works for me. Went over waiter and shin sweeps.
Jess asked to work on de la Riva which I'm not good at but helped him with the basic sweep. We rolled a few times. He had a good foot lock attempt that I was just barely able to squeak out of. Once I got out I went for the back but ended up in side control. He was pretty gassed and I felt him give in a bit and pointed it by saying, "oh, he's giving up!" We discussed gassing out and working through it and the many times where I've been in situations where I wished the other guy would just hurry up and submit me.
Friday, March 24, 2017
March 24th 2017 - Gi All Levels
Theme & Techniques: Week# 7 Seio Nage, Back Mount Lapel Choke, Guillotine from Guard
Students: Jess, Jeff, Max
Did some different warm-ups today. Max is pretty new so I didn't want to do drilling. I had us do some takedown fitins, grip fighting, and clinch work. We had a lot of time to work on techniques so I added both the wing choke and we looked at bow and arrow.
Looking back probably the tip I gave the most often was concerning the wrists and canting them out as you choke. With the guillotine it was about moving the hips back enough to make space.
Rolling: Back Mount, Closed Guard
Rolled With: Everyone
Had some good rolls, Max is pretty green so after a few times of executing the technique of the day I helped him defend some stuff. I had a conversation with Jess about this after class and how I usually deal with someone that is pretty new. I'll usually go for what we worked on during class a couple of times, mostly to show that it works and for my benefit of practicing it. If it's too easy I'll then help them defend what I'm doing and give some basic pointers.
The rest of the rolling was good. Controlled Jeff from the back and worked on maintaining the back. In guard with Jess I worked a little cross guard and 2 on 1. When I was on top, my goal was to stay out of his spider guard, so I stayed kneeling and worked for pressure passes.
Office Hours Partner: Jeff, Jess
Went over the over/under pass for both of them and showed some details as they both worked on it with me a little previously. Jess and I got a good roll in. We ended up in turtle again and I tried for crucifix as I'm wanting to do. While he was defending I was able to trap his arm as I went for back mount hook and setup the sliding lapel choke.
Students: Jess, Jeff, Max
Did some different warm-ups today. Max is pretty new so I didn't want to do drilling. I had us do some takedown fitins, grip fighting, and clinch work. We had a lot of time to work on techniques so I added both the wing choke and we looked at bow and arrow.
Looking back probably the tip I gave the most often was concerning the wrists and canting them out as you choke. With the guillotine it was about moving the hips back enough to make space.
Rolling: Back Mount, Closed Guard
Rolled With: Everyone
Had some good rolls, Max is pretty green so after a few times of executing the technique of the day I helped him defend some stuff. I had a conversation with Jess about this after class and how I usually deal with someone that is pretty new. I'll usually go for what we worked on during class a couple of times, mostly to show that it works and for my benefit of practicing it. If it's too easy I'll then help them defend what I'm doing and give some basic pointers.
The rest of the rolling was good. Controlled Jeff from the back and worked on maintaining the back. In guard with Jess I worked a little cross guard and 2 on 1. When I was on top, my goal was to stay out of his spider guard, so I stayed kneeling and worked for pressure passes.
Office Hours Partner: Jeff, Jess
Went over the over/under pass for both of them and showed some details as they both worked on it with me a little previously. Jess and I got a good roll in. We ended up in turtle again and I tried for crucifix as I'm wanting to do. While he was defending I was able to trap his arm as I went for back mount hook and setup the sliding lapel choke.
Thursday, March 23, 2017
March 23rd 2017 - Gi All Levels
Theme & Techniques: Week# 7 Seio Nage, Back Mount Lapel Choke, Guillotine from Guard
Partner: Bob, Frank
Greg had Bob teach the drop shoulder throw today and I was pleased. However, he makes the floor come quickly when he throws me. Both Bob and Frank did a good job with both chokes and there were only some minor adjustments that I made mostly with body position, elbows etc.
Rolling: Back Mount, Guard KOTM
Rolled With: Frank, Jess, Andy, Nate, Tim, Jeff
I think I only made one grave mistake today and it was when I was setting up a choke on Jess and he almost passed my guard. I had to recover to turtle and granby to get back to guard. Otherwise I had a lot of success with sweeping and passing. I probably should have went to half guard and attempted some z-guard sweeps.
Office Hours Partner: Jeff, Jess, Greg
Jeff asked to work double legs again and I did my best to show him what I know about it. Focused on the penetration step, changing levels, keeping posture and turning the corner. It looks like he's taken this on as a personal project to improve on.
Rolled with Jess 3 or 4 times. Had a good time. I was lazy somewhere in the middle and he caught me in a straight ankle lock. It felt like it was a little low on his body and I was going to wait it out, but there was a little pop so I tapped. It turned out to not be anything and I wasn't in any pain. I should have been actively defending the footlock though instead of thinking that he'd eventually let go of it. Did some good things in the roll, had a nice spider guard sweep, attacked for crucifix from turtle but he hid his arm well so I went to the back.
Greg wanted to work takedowns and although I gave him two rounds, my congestion didn't make me very competitive for him. I did feel good about changing levels and moving around a bit, but it kind of felt like anything I extended myself for Greg was ready to pounce on. I did hit a nice butterfly sweep at one point after he took me down but the rest of the times he got me with the takedown that he's been working on.
Partner: Bob, Frank
Greg had Bob teach the drop shoulder throw today and I was pleased. However, he makes the floor come quickly when he throws me. Both Bob and Frank did a good job with both chokes and there were only some minor adjustments that I made mostly with body position, elbows etc.
Rolling: Back Mount, Guard KOTM
Rolled With: Frank, Jess, Andy, Nate, Tim, Jeff
I think I only made one grave mistake today and it was when I was setting up a choke on Jess and he almost passed my guard. I had to recover to turtle and granby to get back to guard. Otherwise I had a lot of success with sweeping and passing. I probably should have went to half guard and attempted some z-guard sweeps.
Office Hours Partner: Jeff, Jess, Greg
Jeff asked to work double legs again and I did my best to show him what I know about it. Focused on the penetration step, changing levels, keeping posture and turning the corner. It looks like he's taken this on as a personal project to improve on.
Rolled with Jess 3 or 4 times. Had a good time. I was lazy somewhere in the middle and he caught me in a straight ankle lock. It felt like it was a little low on his body and I was going to wait it out, but there was a little pop so I tapped. It turned out to not be anything and I wasn't in any pain. I should have been actively defending the footlock though instead of thinking that he'd eventually let go of it. Did some good things in the roll, had a nice spider guard sweep, attacked for crucifix from turtle but he hid his arm well so I went to the back.
Greg wanted to work takedowns and although I gave him two rounds, my congestion didn't make me very competitive for him. I did feel good about changing levels and moving around a bit, but it kind of felt like anything I extended myself for Greg was ready to pounce on. I did hit a nice butterfly sweep at one point after he took me down but the rest of the times he got me with the takedown that he's been working on.
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
March 22nd 2017 - Gi All Levels
Theme & Techniques: Week# 7 Seio Nage, Back Mount Lapel Choke, Guillotine from Guard
Students: John, Frank, Jess
Got to teach class today. Had everyone drill something as the 2nd half of the warm-up, I chose crucifix. I'm liking adding this section to the classes that I teach, I may need to include some neck exercises too though.
I taught drop seio nage after showing the standard way we teach it. I showed it with the leg grab setup that the kids also are taught. Everyone looked pretty good during reps.
Everyone did well with the sliding lapel choke right away so I showed the bow and arrow too and only gave out a few critiques here and there.
Showed the guillotine as a precursor to next weeks techniques of hip bump and kimuara, as all of these techniques have the same setup. The big tip that helped everyone was to move the hips back enough to make the space needed to get your hands together properly. We also discussed the Marcelotine variation.
Rolling: 8 Minute Escapes, Free Rolling
Rolled With: Jess, John
Since we had a lot of time after drilling and it was on my mind from yesterday I decided to do the 8 minute escapes drill. I believe I was defending first and did my best to not get submitted. Jess did come close once with an armbar from mount as I executed the bridge and roll. I was able to stack and get out of it but his intuition to attempt it was right on. Felt good about my turtle attacks and got to crucifix a couple of times. The last one ended up with Jess arms trapped and then he trapped my legs with his. As I worked for the choke it put the armbar on.
Rolled with John next and he said something like "my goal is to not get choked from north/south." I started with a z-guard and swept, but I kept it for too long and he eventually got the underhook from half guard. He ended up in mount and I had some ground to recover. Somewhere along the line I made it back to the top and just as I was setting up the NS choke the timer goes off so he completed his goal.
Office Hours Partner: John
We went over a lot of stuff after class, maybe teetering on over-information. We discussed my series from 2 on 1, some stuff that I do from mount, and even some deep half stuff.
Students: John, Frank, Jess
Got to teach class today. Had everyone drill something as the 2nd half of the warm-up, I chose crucifix. I'm liking adding this section to the classes that I teach, I may need to include some neck exercises too though.
I taught drop seio nage after showing the standard way we teach it. I showed it with the leg grab setup that the kids also are taught. Everyone looked pretty good during reps.
Everyone did well with the sliding lapel choke right away so I showed the bow and arrow too and only gave out a few critiques here and there.
Showed the guillotine as a precursor to next weeks techniques of hip bump and kimuara, as all of these techniques have the same setup. The big tip that helped everyone was to move the hips back enough to make the space needed to get your hands together properly. We also discussed the Marcelotine variation.
Rolling: 8 Minute Escapes, Free Rolling
Rolled With: Jess, John
Since we had a lot of time after drilling and it was on my mind from yesterday I decided to do the 8 minute escapes drill. I believe I was defending first and did my best to not get submitted. Jess did come close once with an armbar from mount as I executed the bridge and roll. I was able to stack and get out of it but his intuition to attempt it was right on. Felt good about my turtle attacks and got to crucifix a couple of times. The last one ended up with Jess arms trapped and then he trapped my legs with his. As I worked for the choke it put the armbar on.
Rolled with John next and he said something like "my goal is to not get choked from north/south." I started with a z-guard and swept, but I kept it for too long and he eventually got the underhook from half guard. He ended up in mount and I had some ground to recover. Somewhere along the line I made it back to the top and just as I was setting up the NS choke the timer goes off so he completed his goal.
Office Hours Partner: John
We went over a lot of stuff after class, maybe teetering on over-information. We discussed my series from 2 on 1, some stuff that I do from mount, and even some deep half stuff.
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
March 14th 2017 - Gi All Levels
Theme & Techniques: Week #6 RNC Defense with O-soto gari, Back Mount: Escape, RNC
Partner: Jeff, Giovanni
Small class tonight, what happened? I want to get some sleep so I'll make this short.
Tips on techniques of the week:
Rolling: Back Mount, Free Rolling
Rolled With: Everyone
Had some good rolls. Both Jeff and Giovanni are strong and have decent body control. I helped them both a bit with back mount related stuff and some guard passing for the gi.
Mike and I had a couple of good battles from the back. He had a nice toe hold attempt that he turned into a knee bar when I defended it.
Partner: Jeff, Giovanni
Small class tonight, what happened? I want to get some sleep so I'll make this short.
Tips on techniques of the week:
- O-soto gari: Take them down
- Back Mount Escape: Get out of back mount
- RNC: Choke them
Rolling: Back Mount, Free Rolling
Rolled With: Everyone
Had some good rolls. Both Jeff and Giovanni are strong and have decent body control. I helped them both a bit with back mount related stuff and some guard passing for the gi.
Mike and I had a couple of good battles from the back. He had a nice toe hold attempt that he turned into a knee bar when I defended it.
Monday, March 13, 2017
March 13th 2017 - Gi Advanced
Theme & Techniques: Deep Half Waiter Sweep!
Partner: Henry
I'm on a bachelor's week with my wife and kids out of town for their spring break. I really miss advanced classes.
Greg has been teaching deep half lately and tonight was waiter sweep. Henry sought me out to be his partner and said I might have some things to share.
A couple of small suggestions that make a difference are:
Rolling: Half Guard KOTM
Rolled With: Henry, Ben, Adam, Greg, John, David, Jerad
Rolling was tough, everyone was dangerous and had a chance to sweep or pass. I had quite a few close battles. Unfortunately I didn't go for deep half very much, I was looking more for the z-guard, knee shield twist sweep, and loop choke. I had some successes and some learning experiences.
I probably will keep most of the posts short this week as I need to get more rest than usual to do a couple classes a day. Oh and I swept Greg today, so there's that.
Partner: Henry
I'm on a bachelor's week with my wife and kids out of town for their spring break. I really miss advanced classes.
Greg has been teaching deep half lately and tonight was waiter sweep. Henry sought me out to be his partner and said I might have some things to share.
A couple of small suggestions that make a difference are:
- During the entry protect against the cross face until your head can get to their hip.
- After that extending your arm to move under them instead of pulling them over you.
- During the sweep direct your pressure toward their knee
Rolling: Half Guard KOTM
Rolled With: Henry, Ben, Adam, Greg, John, David, Jerad
Rolling was tough, everyone was dangerous and had a chance to sweep or pass. I had quite a few close battles. Unfortunately I didn't go for deep half very much, I was looking more for the z-guard, knee shield twist sweep, and loop choke. I had some successes and some learning experiences.
I probably will keep most of the posts short this week as I need to get more rest than usual to do a couple classes a day. Oh and I swept Greg today, so there's that.
Friday, March 10, 2017
March 10th 2017 - Gi All Levels
Theme & Techniques: Week #5 Double Leg, Mount: Cross Collar Choke, Upa
Partner: Matt
Probably a combination of the cold whether and too many cross collar chokes this week but my fingers were aching this morning. Not much new in the technique portion of the class for me. It was fun working on the double leg with Matt as he's a former wrestler so we went at a pretty good pace.
Rolling: Mount, Free Rolling
Rolled With: Matt, Jess, Jesus, Conan, Bauer
Attempted the collar choke several times but couldn't pull it off. It didn't get me into trouble either. I also attempted the upa when I could and hit it often or got an elbow escape.
Free rolled with Bauer and had to deal with his base when I was attempting to sweep. His flexibility allows him to widen out quite a bit to prevent sweeps, although I am having more success than I have had in the past. He's also good at smothering in half guard.
Conan took me apart pretty handily. He's been working on tying up my hands with my lapels while in side control. It is so frustrating to deal with. I wasn't able to escape this time, but on our second roll we had about 20 seconds left and he gave me side control. I went right to knee on belly and he turned away a bit so I went for a toupee lock and got him to tap right away.
Office Hours Partner: Bauer
Bauer wanted to start rolling from half guard bottom to work on it. He was able to sweep the first time and hooked up a kimura later. I was able to turn the tables most of the time but we had some good back and forth.
After rolling I showed some of my knee shield concepts and kimura from half with the butterfly hook and the spinning back take.
Partner: Matt
Probably a combination of the cold whether and too many cross collar chokes this week but my fingers were aching this morning. Not much new in the technique portion of the class for me. It was fun working on the double leg with Matt as he's a former wrestler so we went at a pretty good pace.
Rolling: Mount, Free Rolling
Rolled With: Matt, Jess, Jesus, Conan, Bauer
Attempted the collar choke several times but couldn't pull it off. It didn't get me into trouble either. I also attempted the upa when I could and hit it often or got an elbow escape.
Free rolled with Bauer and had to deal with his base when I was attempting to sweep. His flexibility allows him to widen out quite a bit to prevent sweeps, although I am having more success than I have had in the past. He's also good at smothering in half guard.
Conan took me apart pretty handily. He's been working on tying up my hands with my lapels while in side control. It is so frustrating to deal with. I wasn't able to escape this time, but on our second roll we had about 20 seconds left and he gave me side control. I went right to knee on belly and he turned away a bit so I went for a toupee lock and got him to tap right away.
Office Hours Partner: Bauer
Bauer wanted to start rolling from half guard bottom to work on it. He was able to sweep the first time and hooked up a kimura later. I was able to turn the tables most of the time but we had some good back and forth.
After rolling I showed some of my knee shield concepts and kimura from half with the butterfly hook and the spinning back take.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
March 9th 2017 - Gi All Levels
Theme & Techniques: Week #5 Double Leg, Mount: Cross Collar Choke, Upa
Partner: Jess
Some tips on the techniques of the week:
Rolling: Mount, Free Rolling
Rolled With: Jess, Tim, Frank, Greg
Had a couple of opportunities to go to the shin across armbar/kimura position during the mount exchanges that I had. I'm feeling better about the transition but still need to tighten it up. From the bottom transitioned between my 3 main escapes of upa, ankle drag to deep half, or elbow escape.
Frank is improving on his grip fighting although he may have overemphasized on trying to control my arms too much where he should have probably been focusing on controlling my legs when trying to pass. But he addressed any collar grab which is a huge improvement.
Got to roll with Greg and had a good couple of exchanges. There were a couple of times where I felt like I was getting somewhere but something would happen to turn the tables and everything would unravel and I'd be defending from the bottom of side control. I was able to get to the z-guard and transfer the lapel but he went to reverse half guard and then came back and drove his hand through to get the under hook.
Office Hours Partner: Greg
Greg asked if I would do some standup sparring with him and I couldn't have been happier. We did two 3 minute rounds. I had a few "almosts" with some drop seio nage attempts, double leg attempts, a decent single leg, and a cross guard pull but he figured out a way to stuff them all. He also hit me with the takedown that he's been working on at least 3 times, which I may switch to in the near future.
I asked Greg about people hiding their arm when I was going for crucifix and he told me to just start going for their back and hopefully the arm will present itself again for crucifix.
Partner: Jess
Some tips on the techniques of the week:
- Double Leg: It's so important to get down the penetration step and level change. I feel like it's coming around for me now I just need to figure out when to do it.
- Cross Collar: Something that I noticed today that I hadn't previously was that Greg put his head to the mat before attempting any type of choking motion. I think this may have costed me the submission in the past.
- Upa: One thing that still sticks with me is how Greg does this in live rolling. Everything happens at once with trapping the arm and foot and bridging. My upa improved exponentially after working on that.
Rolling: Mount, Free Rolling
Rolled With: Jess, Tim, Frank, Greg
Had a couple of opportunities to go to the shin across armbar/kimura position during the mount exchanges that I had. I'm feeling better about the transition but still need to tighten it up. From the bottom transitioned between my 3 main escapes of upa, ankle drag to deep half, or elbow escape.
Frank is improving on his grip fighting although he may have overemphasized on trying to control my arms too much where he should have probably been focusing on controlling my legs when trying to pass. But he addressed any collar grab which is a huge improvement.
Got to roll with Greg and had a good couple of exchanges. There were a couple of times where I felt like I was getting somewhere but something would happen to turn the tables and everything would unravel and I'd be defending from the bottom of side control. I was able to get to the z-guard and transfer the lapel but he went to reverse half guard and then came back and drove his hand through to get the under hook.
Office Hours Partner: Greg
Greg asked if I would do some standup sparring with him and I couldn't have been happier. We did two 3 minute rounds. I had a few "almosts" with some drop seio nage attempts, double leg attempts, a decent single leg, and a cross guard pull but he figured out a way to stuff them all. He also hit me with the takedown that he's been working on at least 3 times, which I may switch to in the near future.
I asked Greg about people hiding their arm when I was going for crucifix and he told me to just start going for their back and hopefully the arm will present itself again for crucifix.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
March 8th 2017 - Gi All Levels
Theme & Techniques: Week #5 Double Leg, Mount: Cross Collar Choke, Upa
Partner: Jess, Dave
For some reason I was excited to work on double leg this week. I'm always feeling better about this technique in practice but don't have too much success hitting it in sparring. Mostly because I hardly do any takedown sparring but also because wrestling has always been difficult for me.
Jerad had us do both the palm up way and his way for the cross collar. I have a lot more success with his way. It feels right when I practice the palm up way, but I just can't seem to get the grips I want during rolling.
Rolling: Mount
Rolled With: Dave, Jerad
Rolled with Dave first from mount. I attempted both techniques as often as I could and completed each a couple times. We discussed coming up to the armpits while on top to help isolate arms. He has such a great attitude.
Jerad whooped me from the bottom. It was odd but I couldn't keep him in mount today. The hip push was key, I don't think I have a good answer for that, yet.
Office Hours Partner: Jess
Jess and I had a good couple of rolls after class. I saw an opportunity for crucifix from turtle at one point, but he defended it well and pulled his arm way inside. I'm so intent on the crucifix but I should probably put my hook in for back control at that point.
Jerad gave some pointers to lift their shin to get them to base out on the arm that I want. I drilled the crucifix a few times and I'm feeling better about the armbar from the top.
Partner: Jess, Dave
For some reason I was excited to work on double leg this week. I'm always feeling better about this technique in practice but don't have too much success hitting it in sparring. Mostly because I hardly do any takedown sparring but also because wrestling has always been difficult for me.
Jerad had us do both the palm up way and his way for the cross collar. I have a lot more success with his way. It feels right when I practice the palm up way, but I just can't seem to get the grips I want during rolling.
Rolling: Mount
Rolled With: Dave, Jerad
Rolled with Dave first from mount. I attempted both techniques as often as I could and completed each a couple times. We discussed coming up to the armpits while on top to help isolate arms. He has such a great attitude.
Jerad whooped me from the bottom. It was odd but I couldn't keep him in mount today. The hip push was key, I don't think I have a good answer for that, yet.
Office Hours Partner: Jess
Jess and I had a good couple of rolls after class. I saw an opportunity for crucifix from turtle at one point, but he defended it well and pulled his arm way inside. I'm so intent on the crucifix but I should probably put my hook in for back control at that point.
Jerad gave some pointers to lift their shin to get them to base out on the arm that I want. I drilled the crucifix a few times and I'm feeling better about the armbar from the top.
Friday, March 3, 2017
March 3rd 2017 - Gi All Levels
Theme & Techniques: Week# 4 Standing Headlock Escape to Tani Otoshi, Kneeling Guard Break, Single Under Pass
Partner: Bob, Craig, Jesus, Morgan
Conan skipped right to the guard break and he added in the double under and defending by moving the legs out and hooking their thighs. I like that each of us present a few alternatives each class.
Rolling: Guard, Free Rolling
Rolled With: Bob, Jesus, Morgan
Had good rolls with everyone. My main objective today from the bottom was to get to the z-guard and sweep and I accomplished it at least 3 times. Bob was able to pass my guard today after a few sweeps. Morgan had just transitioned into deep half when the round ended. He just needed to keep his posture because he was letting his neck bend a little too much when he got under me. Conan showed Bob some tips on defending my over/under pass.
Office Hours Partner: Morgan
Morgan drilled some de la riva with the help of Conan. Conan was insisting that he grab the belt to do the overhead sweep and he made a pretty good case for it. I drilled some armbars and chokes from crucifix, it was good to go with someone with longer arms. I'm feeling better about my knee in to separate the arm.
Partner: Bob, Craig, Jesus, Morgan
Conan skipped right to the guard break and he added in the double under and defending by moving the legs out and hooking their thighs. I like that each of us present a few alternatives each class.
Rolling: Guard, Free Rolling
Rolled With: Bob, Jesus, Morgan
Had good rolls with everyone. My main objective today from the bottom was to get to the z-guard and sweep and I accomplished it at least 3 times. Bob was able to pass my guard today after a few sweeps. Morgan had just transitioned into deep half when the round ended. He just needed to keep his posture because he was letting his neck bend a little too much when he got under me. Conan showed Bob some tips on defending my over/under pass.
Office Hours Partner: Morgan
Morgan drilled some de la riva with the help of Conan. Conan was insisting that he grab the belt to do the overhead sweep and he made a pretty good case for it. I drilled some armbars and chokes from crucifix, it was good to go with someone with longer arms. I'm feeling better about my knee in to separate the arm.
Thursday, March 2, 2017
March 2nd 2017 - Gi All Levels
Theme & Techniques: Week# 4 Standing Headlock Escape to Tani Otoshi, Kneeling Guard Break, Single Under Pass
Students: Daniel, Jess, Jeff, Ben, Shane, Frank
I was the teacher today and had them drill for 3 minutes each again on a technique of their choice. I had them each do it a few times before I started the time to make sure everyone had their technique correct and their partner knew what they were doing. I think everyone got some good work in.
This is a rare week where I'm more excited about the self defense technique than the other stuff. The single under pass is just not something I use that often along with the kneeling guard break, but they are important to know. I showed the elbow push as a counter to the single under pass and everyone seemed to do well with it.
Rolling: Closed Guard Up/Down/Out
Rolled With: Everyone
Gotta give props to Shane today he was able to come up on a sweep when tried a long step pass. His guard is getting pretty good and he's doing an especially good job of recovering. Otherwise had some good rolls and saw some good things when I wasn't rolling. I did complete one single under pass and in the process I almost got caught by the elbow push escape. Saw some good hand fighting from Ben and Jeff they both kept me working to get grips.
Office Hours Partner: Shane, Jess
Shane asked about getting the overhook and people attempting the tozi pass on him every time. I showed him he could go right for a collar grab to frame against their neck.
With Jess, I drilled some z-guard for a while with a little resistance. We also troubleshooted some problems he was having with the over/under pass. We rolled and he did pretty well navigating my guard. I attempted to attack crucifix but wasn't able to get his arm out before we changed positions. We ran into a footlock battle where I was just a little quicker and in a better position.
Students: Daniel, Jess, Jeff, Ben, Shane, Frank
I was the teacher today and had them drill for 3 minutes each again on a technique of their choice. I had them each do it a few times before I started the time to make sure everyone had their technique correct and their partner knew what they were doing. I think everyone got some good work in.
This is a rare week where I'm more excited about the self defense technique than the other stuff. The single under pass is just not something I use that often along with the kneeling guard break, but they are important to know. I showed the elbow push as a counter to the single under pass and everyone seemed to do well with it.
Rolling: Closed Guard Up/Down/Out
Rolled With: Everyone
Gotta give props to Shane today he was able to come up on a sweep when tried a long step pass. His guard is getting pretty good and he's doing an especially good job of recovering. Otherwise had some good rolls and saw some good things when I wasn't rolling. I did complete one single under pass and in the process I almost got caught by the elbow push escape. Saw some good hand fighting from Ben and Jeff they both kept me working to get grips.
Office Hours Partner: Shane, Jess
Shane asked about getting the overhook and people attempting the tozi pass on him every time. I showed him he could go right for a collar grab to frame against their neck.
With Jess, I drilled some z-guard for a while with a little resistance. We also troubleshooted some problems he was having with the over/under pass. We rolled and he did pretty well navigating my guard. I attempted to attack crucifix but wasn't able to get his arm out before we changed positions. We ran into a footlock battle where I was just a little quicker and in a better position.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
March 1st 2017 - Gi All Levels
Theme & Techniques: Week# 4 Standing Headlock Escape to Tani Otoshi, Kneeling Guard Break, Single Under Pass
Partner: Jess, Dave
Jerad taught the follow up of the bread cutter choke after the pass. During drilling we discussed using analogies to help people learn techniques like me saying to put your arm like you're holding Captain America's shield.
Tips for Techniques of the week:
Rolling: Closed Guard UDO
Rolled With: Jess, Dave, Jerad, Frank, Ben
Had some tough exchanges today. Jess was keeping me from sweeping him pretty well and I ended up working pretty hard to get to the top on our first roll. There was a point when Dave was in guard and I believe Jerad was starting to pass and I yelled out "Get a grip, Dave!" I meant a collar or a sleeve not that he was losing his self control or anything.
Office Hours Partner: Jerad
Jerad and Jess rolled a bit after class and Jess setup a lapel choke that he had seen on youtube and it almost worked. Too bad he burned his forearms out and Jerad just kind of outlasted it. Cool to see him attempt and almost complete something that he had only seen.
Jerad and I rolled and I did some good things. I was able to setup a z-guard while he brought his knee up to pass. He didn't let me get to his other knee but it setup a single leg x and full x and finally an x-guard sweep. He ended up catching me with an armbar.
Partner: Jess, Dave
Jerad taught the follow up of the bread cutter choke after the pass. During drilling we discussed using analogies to help people learn techniques like me saying to put your arm like you're holding Captain America's shield.
Tips for Techniques of the week:
- Standing Headlock: Once you get a hold of their far arm use it to turn them as you do the trip
- Kneeling Guard Break: Having a straight arm and keeping their hips down is so important but really difficult for beginners. I like to align my shoulder over my fist for added pressure.
- Single Under Pass: I like to think of my inside arm as a triangle shield. Keep a hold of their pants and your elbow checking their thigh and don't let them pull that arm into the triangle.
Rolling: Closed Guard UDO
Rolled With: Jess, Dave, Jerad, Frank, Ben
Had some tough exchanges today. Jess was keeping me from sweeping him pretty well and I ended up working pretty hard to get to the top on our first roll. There was a point when Dave was in guard and I believe Jerad was starting to pass and I yelled out "Get a grip, Dave!" I meant a collar or a sleeve not that he was losing his self control or anything.
Office Hours Partner: Jerad
Jerad and Jess rolled a bit after class and Jess setup a lapel choke that he had seen on youtube and it almost worked. Too bad he burned his forearms out and Jerad just kind of outlasted it. Cool to see him attempt and almost complete something that he had only seen.
Jerad and I rolled and I did some good things. I was able to setup a z-guard while he brought his knee up to pass. He didn't let me get to his other knee but it setup a single leg x and full x and finally an x-guard sweep. He ended up catching me with an armbar.
Friday, February 24, 2017
February 24th 2017 - Gi All Levels
Theme & Techniques: Week #3 O-Goshi, Armbar from Guard, Cross Collar Choke
Partner: Bauer
Bauer's making a resurgence at the gym and it's good to see him around again. Was happy to work with him although we were forced to choke each other repeatedly.
I noticed that Conan taught each thing just a little differently or with different details than I gave the day before. I think this is great because I know when I teach I usually will say some of the tips that helped me finally make a technique work and those things can be different for everyone. Part of being an instructor is also being able to tailor your instruction to the best way the student learns. So the more ways I hear a technique presented the more ways I can teach it to someone else.
Rolling: Guard, Free Rolling
Rolled With: Conan, Jess, Jesus
Had some good rolls, my goals were to look for turtle and crucifix or Z-guard. So while I was in full guard I worked my way to half and started controlling the collar to loop it under the leg. I was able to complete the sweep with it twice although I had to work through Conan's cross face. Try as I might I wasn't able to find a way to crucifix but was in turtle at one point trying to isolate the arm. My partner tried so hard to prevent the crucifix that I was able to go for a regular back mount hook, which may be my go to.
Partner: Bauer
Bauer's making a resurgence at the gym and it's good to see him around again. Was happy to work with him although we were forced to choke each other repeatedly.
I noticed that Conan taught each thing just a little differently or with different details than I gave the day before. I think this is great because I know when I teach I usually will say some of the tips that helped me finally make a technique work and those things can be different for everyone. Part of being an instructor is also being able to tailor your instruction to the best way the student learns. So the more ways I hear a technique presented the more ways I can teach it to someone else.
Rolling: Guard, Free Rolling
Rolled With: Conan, Jess, Jesus
Had some good rolls, my goals were to look for turtle and crucifix or Z-guard. So while I was in full guard I worked my way to half and started controlling the collar to loop it under the leg. I was able to complete the sweep with it twice although I had to work through Conan's cross face. Try as I might I wasn't able to find a way to crucifix but was in turtle at one point trying to isolate the arm. My partner tried so hard to prevent the crucifix that I was able to go for a regular back mount hook, which may be my go to.
Thursday, February 23, 2017
February 23rd 2017 - Gi All Levels
Theme & Techniques: Week #3 O-Goshi, Armbar from Guard, Cross Collar Choke
Students: Bob, Jess, Frank, Shane, Jesus, Tim
Thought I'd try something different for the warm-up and had everyone drill something for 3 minutes after the regular floor stuff. Probably wouldn't have done it if we had a first day person but it worked out pretty well. I remember some side control escapes, an omoplata, an o-soto gari, and a loop choke. I was able to get in some crucifix work while a partner went to the restroom.
Here's some tips on the techniques of the week:
Rolled With: Everyone
Had 2 groups and it moved along pretty well and I was able to get in and work as well. From the bottom I was able to hit one cross choke and one armbar and tried to set up each of them a few times. The rest were
Office Hours Partner: Shane, Frank
During my last roll with Jess he had stood up at one point and I had an opportunity for a sickle sweep but he was against the wall so I had to switch to something different, but made the comment that I wanted it. So Shane asked me to go over the sweep after class. I showed it from feet on hips and also as a response to the standing guard break. Frank and Shane drilled it a few times.
Rolled with Frank after that and was hunting the crucifix big time but couldn't find a way to make him turtle or the side control setup that I saw in the Cobrinha video below. I don't think I got the grip on the arm quite right to control it. Frank said afterward he thought I was hunting something in particular because I was skipping other opportunities for submissions.
Students: Bob, Jess, Frank, Shane, Jesus, Tim
Thought I'd try something different for the warm-up and had everyone drill something for 3 minutes after the regular floor stuff. Probably wouldn't have done it if we had a first day person but it worked out pretty well. I remember some side control escapes, an omoplata, an o-soto gari, and a loop choke. I was able to get in some crucifix work while a partner went to the restroom.
Here's some tips on the techniques of the week:
- O-Goshi: I had Bob teach this and probably the biggest point he got across was distance control in your step during the fit in. You want to step at the tip of the triangle as you off balance them and get your belt (hips) below theirs for the throw.
- Armbar: The tip that I gave today that I was told was the most helpful was raising the leg into the armpit to bring their head forward and make the angle better to get your leg over. DON'T CROSS YOUR FEET (most of the time).
- Cross Collar: The first grip needs to be very deep. The other thing that was important to me was the position of the wrist. Don't let your wrist bend around the shape of their neck but jut it into the direction of your neck.
Rolled With: Everyone
Had 2 groups and it moved along pretty well and I was able to get in and work as well. From the bottom I was able to hit one cross choke and one armbar and tried to set up each of them a few times. The rest were
Office Hours Partner: Shane, Frank
During my last roll with Jess he had stood up at one point and I had an opportunity for a sickle sweep but he was against the wall so I had to switch to something different, but made the comment that I wanted it. So Shane asked me to go over the sweep after class. I showed it from feet on hips and also as a response to the standing guard break. Frank and Shane drilled it a few times.
Rolled with Frank after that and was hunting the crucifix big time but couldn't find a way to make him turtle or the side control setup that I saw in the Cobrinha video below. I don't think I got the grip on the arm quite right to control it. Frank said afterward he thought I was hunting something in particular because I was skipping other opportunities for submissions.
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
February 22nd 2017 - Gi All Levels
Theme & Techniques: Week #3 O-Goshi, Armbar from Guard, Cross Collar Choke
Partner: Dave
There was only me and Dave today so we were kind of free form and worked on some different things. We started with O-Goshi and then I switched to working on morote seio nage. Which got Dave working on drop seio nage and we gave him some pointers on that. Jerad showed us some setups using a leg sweep motion to get them into position.
Then Dave asked to work on over/under pass and I gave all of the details that I could. In the end he was doing it pretty well and we got over some initial bad habits. I think if he repped it a couple 5 minute rounds he'd be hitting it on white belts consistently.
I then switched it to me and showed him my z-guard basics and taught that. Jerad helped me with some of the problems I've been having with the takedown and keeping my head tight to their body as I hook it up. I'm going to review Faria's DVD again and find some alternate solutions.
We rolled a round and I gave him some room to work. He also saw the opportunity at one point to use the z-guard and he went for it and got Jerad to ring the bell for it. Very cool thing to teach someone something and see them use it. I could have used more rolling but I'll make up for it tomorrow.
Partner: Dave
There was only me and Dave today so we were kind of free form and worked on some different things. We started with O-Goshi and then I switched to working on morote seio nage. Which got Dave working on drop seio nage and we gave him some pointers on that. Jerad showed us some setups using a leg sweep motion to get them into position.
Then Dave asked to work on over/under pass and I gave all of the details that I could. In the end he was doing it pretty well and we got over some initial bad habits. I think if he repped it a couple 5 minute rounds he'd be hitting it on white belts consistently.
I then switched it to me and showed him my z-guard basics and taught that. Jerad helped me with some of the problems I've been having with the takedown and keeping my head tight to their body as I hook it up. I'm going to review Faria's DVD again and find some alternate solutions.
We rolled a round and I gave him some room to work. He also saw the opportunity at one point to use the z-guard and he went for it and got Jerad to ring the bell for it. Very cool thing to teach someone something and see them use it. I could have used more rolling but I'll make up for it tomorrow.
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