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.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
March 7th 2017 - No Gi All Levels
EBI Slap-Jitsu Champ: Nick Honstein
Nick participated in the first Combat Jiu-Jitsu 4 man tournament in EBI 11 and came home with the belt. He won both of his matches the first in over time by RNC and the second with a Twister after one of his awesome double legs. This is huge for Nick and our school.
https://www.facebook.com/UFCFightPass/videos/1109269439195480/
Theme & Techniques: Half Guard: Underhook Pass, Regaining Underhook from Bottom
Partner: Daniel
Greg showed the pass that he seems to always do to me when we roll. He seems to always be able to blow through my half guard. So I have a lot more to learn about this pass as I don't even come close to passing people as smoothly with this pass. I think my knee pads also affect my success with this pass.
Rolling: Up/Down/Out Half Guard
Rolled With: Mike, Frank, Daniel, Jesus, Bob
Greg had us start the first several rolls with the top person having an underhook. Attempted the pass a several times but ran into some lockdowns or leg entanglements that prevented it. From the bottom it was business as usual with knee shields to underhook to deep half. Mike gave me the most trouble and we ended up in some leg lock battles. One of our rolls was at a pretty intense pace for 2 minutes.
Office Hours Partner: Bob, Justin, Mike
Greg and Bob worked on a half guard pass where you knee slide through a knee shield. I drilled it a few times too and thought it was a pretty good pass that I'd like to incorporate. We took it past the pass a few times and he complimented me on being smooth.
Rolled with Justin and he gave me a hard time in a few places. There were times when I had him and due to no gi and his explosiveness he'd get out of a bad position. It was a nice roll for me to get in some extra cardio. I was hunting for crucifix but missed my chance in the scramble. Hard to work on the position when I haven't figured out how to get to it.
Mike drilled an outside single leg that I liked. Then we discussed some leg lock stuff. I feel like I'm focused too much on getting my hands right for the submission and need to get to the leg lock position first before securing the heel hook or toe hold.
Nick participated in the first Combat Jiu-Jitsu 4 man tournament in EBI 11 and came home with the belt. He won both of his matches the first in over time by RNC and the second with a Twister after one of his awesome double legs. This is huge for Nick and our school.
https://www.facebook.com/UFCFightPass/videos/1109269439195480/
Theme & Techniques: Half Guard: Underhook Pass, Regaining Underhook from Bottom
Partner: Daniel
Greg showed the pass that he seems to always do to me when we roll. He seems to always be able to blow through my half guard. So I have a lot more to learn about this pass as I don't even come close to passing people as smoothly with this pass. I think my knee pads also affect my success with this pass.
Rolling: Up/Down/Out Half Guard
Rolled With: Mike, Frank, Daniel, Jesus, Bob
Greg had us start the first several rolls with the top person having an underhook. Attempted the pass a several times but ran into some lockdowns or leg entanglements that prevented it. From the bottom it was business as usual with knee shields to underhook to deep half. Mike gave me the most trouble and we ended up in some leg lock battles. One of our rolls was at a pretty intense pace for 2 minutes.
Office Hours Partner: Bob, Justin, Mike
Greg and Bob worked on a half guard pass where you knee slide through a knee shield. I drilled it a few times too and thought it was a pretty good pass that I'd like to incorporate. We took it past the pass a few times and he complimented me on being smooth.
Rolled with Justin and he gave me a hard time in a few places. There were times when I had him and due to no gi and his explosiveness he'd get out of a bad position. It was a nice roll for me to get in some extra cardio. I was hunting for crucifix but missed my chance in the scramble. Hard to work on the position when I haven't figured out how to get to it.
Mike drilled an outside single leg that I liked. Then we discussed some leg lock stuff. I feel like I'm focused too much on getting my hands right for the submission and need to get to the leg lock position first before securing the heel hook or toe hold.
Saturday, March 4, 2017
March 4th 2017 - Open Mat
Open Mat
Rolled With: Patty, Derek M, Justin, Josh J
Game Plan: Bottom - Z-Guard, Top - Crucifix
Patty: I think we're pretty close in skill level but each with different skills. He had me defending from bottom I'd get to turtle and he went to my back. This was tough trying to fight off his constant neck attacks. I eventually made it to deep half and swept to double unders. Then somehow we repeated that sequence.
I put him into crucifix for a while but had a hard time controlling his upper body and making the submission happen and he eventually escaped.
I ended up passing and attacking NS choke but not able to finish and came up on a guillotine. We fought from half guard for a while neither of us able to do much. He escaped and my pants were coming off and we ended up quitting the roll.
Derek: We just drilled our homework. I worked on z-guard and turtle stuff. I'm feeling good about both. Derek seemed to appreciate the z-guard sweep and said it doesn't feel like it's inhibiting him until I'm sweeping. The ankle pick is just awesome. The feeling for the armbar from the top is not there yet, but I do feel good about combining the choke and armbar from the bottom.
Justin: Haven't rolled with him in a while since he's been too busy for day classes. We rolled a few times and I was able to setup the z-guard and use the ankle pick to sweep. I setup an armbar from mount that he almost defended.
We went over some armbar defenses (RNC and Push the leg into half). I also showed him the z-guard which he seemed to like.
Josh: I was dog tired by this roll and decided to try to control the pace. He came really close to passing my guard at one point but I worked my way back to half and then full and went for cross guard omoplata for the sweep. I went to kimura and used the kimura trap to transition to the bread cutter.
We discussed why it seems like I take his back a lot during rolling. It had mostly to do with him bringing his arm inside my knee shield from half. I showed him some passes that I like to use from the top as alternatives to the knee slide.
Rolled With: Patty, Derek M, Justin, Josh J
Game Plan: Bottom - Z-Guard, Top - Crucifix
Patty: I think we're pretty close in skill level but each with different skills. He had me defending from bottom I'd get to turtle and he went to my back. This was tough trying to fight off his constant neck attacks. I eventually made it to deep half and swept to double unders. Then somehow we repeated that sequence.
I put him into crucifix for a while but had a hard time controlling his upper body and making the submission happen and he eventually escaped.
I ended up passing and attacking NS choke but not able to finish and came up on a guillotine. We fought from half guard for a while neither of us able to do much. He escaped and my pants were coming off and we ended up quitting the roll.
Derek: We just drilled our homework. I worked on z-guard and turtle stuff. I'm feeling good about both. Derek seemed to appreciate the z-guard sweep and said it doesn't feel like it's inhibiting him until I'm sweeping. The ankle pick is just awesome. The feeling for the armbar from the top is not there yet, but I do feel good about combining the choke and armbar from the bottom.
Justin: Haven't rolled with him in a while since he's been too busy for day classes. We rolled a few times and I was able to setup the z-guard and use the ankle pick to sweep. I setup an armbar from mount that he almost defended.
We went over some armbar defenses (RNC and Push the leg into half). I also showed him the z-guard which he seemed to like.
Josh: I was dog tired by this roll and decided to try to control the pace. He came really close to passing my guard at one point but I worked my way back to half and then full and went for cross guard omoplata for the sweep. I went to kimura and used the kimura trap to transition to the bread cutter.
We discussed why it seems like I take his back a lot during rolling. It had mostly to do with him bringing his arm inside my knee shield from half. I showed him some passes that I like to use from the top as alternatives to the knee slide.
Friday, March 3, 2017
March 3rd 2017 - MMA
Theme & Techniques: Shawn Williams' Guard
Partner: Clint
Nick is out of town for his participation in the first Combat Jiu-Jitsu competition for EBI. Awesome to have someone representing us in the debut!
We still got some work done. Mike taught the basics of SW Guard pretty much the same as he has in the no gi class but with the added dynamic of MMA gloves and avoiding punches. The grips were definitely different. From there we transitioned to armbar, triangle, and omoplata.
Sparring: Guard Position, Stand-up
Rolled With: Clint, Cody, Henry, Mike, Jerad
Had to dig deep today during sparring, we didn't take many breaks and we all rolled with each other.
I had the most trouble with Henry, he seemed to slip right through my guard and when I attempted to snatch up a kimura he reversed it into an armbar.
I did have some success with the omoplata sweep a few times but also messed it up by going for a toe hold. I'm still having a hard time with disengaging and attempting to stand up, I have to remember that it's a desired option.
From the feet my main goal was to keep my hands up and not give away how tired I was. I used Nick's advice from a few weeks ago that you have to conserve energy and be defensive until you catch your breath. Otherwise I had a few good kicks and felt better about my movement.
Partner: Clint
Nick is out of town for his participation in the first Combat Jiu-Jitsu competition for EBI. Awesome to have someone representing us in the debut!
We still got some work done. Mike taught the basics of SW Guard pretty much the same as he has in the no gi class but with the added dynamic of MMA gloves and avoiding punches. The grips were definitely different. From there we transitioned to armbar, triangle, and omoplata.
Sparring: Guard Position, Stand-up
Rolled With: Clint, Cody, Henry, Mike, Jerad
Had to dig deep today during sparring, we didn't take many breaks and we all rolled with each other.
I had the most trouble with Henry, he seemed to slip right through my guard and when I attempted to snatch up a kimura he reversed it into an armbar.
I did have some success with the omoplata sweep a few times but also messed it up by going for a toe hold. I'm still having a hard time with disengaging and attempting to stand up, I have to remember that it's a desired option.
From the feet my main goal was to keep my hands up and not give away how tired I was. I used Nick's advice from a few weeks ago that you have to conserve energy and be defensive until you catch your breath. Otherwise I had a few good kicks and felt better about my movement.
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.
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