Theme & Techniques: Takedown fit-ins, Standing Guard Break to Knee over pass
Partner: Adam
I lightly rolled with Gina before class and got a little warm-up in. For the takedowns we had to do three different techniques in a row: a shot, a sweep/trip, and a hip throw. Adam gave me some pointers on a low single, that I may try to work in my game some time in the future.
The standing break we did was interesting, instead of the usual way where we hand off their sleeve to the other hand we just push on their knee from there and staple their thigh to the ground. It seemed like it would be better, but I wasn't able to use it during training today.
Rolling: Guard Position (8 x 2 min), Free Rolling (3 x 5 Min)
Rolled With: Adam, Henry, Gina, Greg
I was a little sluggish today. It might have been because Adam and Henry were monsters. Gina was doing a good job of recovering her guard during my pass
attempts, but eventually I worked into a double unders pass. From there
I coached her through the stiff arm escape. Adam was able to pass my guard a couple of times and had me in side control for a majority of our free roll. I had to fight hard to keep from getting submitted. Henry was passing my half guard at will and I thought I was about to take control a few times but he did well with the scrambles. I was able to hold on to him in deep half for a while even though he was standing up and trying to shake me off. He eventually setup an armbar that was locked up pretty quickly and I yelled tap to make sure it didn't get any tighter before I hit the ground.
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
August 26th 2014 - Gi
Theme & Techniques: Scarf Hold Escape, Roll Over from Turtle to Side or Back Mount
Partnered With: Anthony (New), Bhuvana
Great class today. I ended up taking on more of a teaching roll during this portion of class. The scarf hold escape has quite a few steps in it. The hardest part for both Bhuvana and Anthony was the armbar at the end. Putting the foot and shin in the right place and taking up the space as they sat proved difficult. The roll over to side control and back take, feels pretty natural now. The only thing I had to stress for my partners was to lock the elbow on the hip before attempting to roll them over.
Rolling: Turtle position Up/Down/Out, Free Rolling Post Class
Rolled with: Ben, Moe, Bhuvana, Brian (FF), Anthony, Greg, Tim, Harvey
Felt pretty on my game today. I kept everyone from taking my back except Greg. I mostly went for backs as well using the technique from today. What works best for me is to get my lapel grip on the near side and then jump to the other. I saw Moe do some great things against bigger guys. He was doing a great job of attacking the back and not getting rolled over. Hang in their Moe!
I rolled with Bhuvana a little after class and I showed her knee on belly and 2 on 1 only because she asked.
Tim mentioned that I was pretty much running through him. I said I was getting him back for nominating me for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Here is me and Jace doing it. We talked a bit about feeling on some days and off others. It can be difficult to gauge progress when there are so many variables. I can tell that he's getting better, I remember when he first started and not having any problems passing his guard or worrying about him passing mine. That's changed, I have to work harder and not be as lazy.
Partnered With: Anthony (New), Bhuvana
Great class today. I ended up taking on more of a teaching roll during this portion of class. The scarf hold escape has quite a few steps in it. The hardest part for both Bhuvana and Anthony was the armbar at the end. Putting the foot and shin in the right place and taking up the space as they sat proved difficult. The roll over to side control and back take, feels pretty natural now. The only thing I had to stress for my partners was to lock the elbow on the hip before attempting to roll them over.
Rolling: Turtle position Up/Down/Out, Free Rolling Post Class
Rolled with: Ben, Moe, Bhuvana, Brian (FF), Anthony, Greg, Tim, Harvey
Felt pretty on my game today. I kept everyone from taking my back except Greg. I mostly went for backs as well using the technique from today. What works best for me is to get my lapel grip on the near side and then jump to the other. I saw Moe do some great things against bigger guys. He was doing a great job of attacking the back and not getting rolled over. Hang in their Moe!
I rolled with Bhuvana a little after class and I showed her knee on belly and 2 on 1 only because she asked.
Tim mentioned that I was pretty much running through him. I said I was getting him back for nominating me for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Here is me and Jace doing it. We talked a bit about feeling on some days and off others. It can be difficult to gauge progress when there are so many variables. I can tell that he's getting better, I remember when he first started and not having any problems passing his guard or worrying about him passing mine. That's changed, I have to work harder and not be as lazy.
Sunday, August 24, 2014
August 23rd 2014 - Kids, Competition, & Open Mat (The Scraps)
Kids' Class
Kids were better than usual. I think my deal with Jayden is working pretty well. I just have to figure something out for Jace. The did some sumo matches for their first game. I was impressed with both of them. Jayden was doing similar techniques to an armdrag to get behind them that they may have picked up from flag tag. They weren't really into the technique of the day which was getting certain grips from both top and bottom of guard. Finished up the class as usual with blob tag with several kids from the older kid class.
Competition Class
Focus: 2 on 1 to back take, Smash & X Pass, Deep Half Sweep
Partner: Henry
Not sure if 2 on 1 is working out for me. I've been trying to incorporate it into rolling lately and it hasn't been working out for me. It may be time to move on to something else. Drilling seems fine but I think a lot of people have had to deal with Greg doing it and they've become wise to the technique.
X Pass feel great and I got some pointers on the smash pass from Greg. I was not putting my head up by their head where it needed to be was the biggest thing. From there it's more uncomfortable for my partner as it twists them up a bit more.
Had a competition match with Henry and didn't do too great. I didn't get submitted but I was way down on points mostly because he passed my half guard several times after I regained it. Eventually towards the end he went for an armbar and I was able to counter and get on top, but it was too little too late.
Open Mat
Rolled With: Jerad, Mike, Sam, Tim
I can always count on Jerad to keep my grounded. I have a real hard time dealing with his open guard and top half guard. We were talking about my shortcomings after rolling and he said that I don't seem to flow with him as much as other people and a lot of that is probably mental. Which is true, I'm a little more cautious with him and others that I know are better than me. I did hit an omoplata sweep and had side control for a little while, but he eventually escaped.
Mike and I rolled for a long time. He was still wearing a brace on his finger from the dislocation a couple of weeks ago so he was a little limited. That said, he was still a handful although I did feel bad a couple of times for taking advantage of his injury. We got stuck in some berimbolo type positions and for a little while I was caught in a turtle where he was attempting to take my back or armbar or triangle. Somehow I was able to pass his guard and eventually setup a north/south choke which was a battle to finish. He'll probably be getting me back as soon as he's 100%.
I was a little surprised when Sam asked to roll with me as I think we've only rolled one other time in open mat. I figured I must have smashed her or something in that roll. I was impressed with her shoulder pressure from side control and I think in general she knows what she's doing. She seemed a little disappointed a few times when I passed her guard. I went over the farside armbar setup with her from side control.
Tim did pretty good today and had me in a nice tight side control at one point. I attempted some 2 on 1 but failed miserably. There were a couple of pass attempts that he had, where i ended up regaining full guard and he had to start over attempting to pass. I don't recall how our roll ended.
Thinking more on the 2 on 1 not working for me, I have a hypothesis that the techniques that become part of my A-game are the scraps from my seniors. Things like butterfly guard, 2 on 1 are/were prevalent in Greg's game and my fellow students are having to defend these techniques from him on a regular basis. Then if I come around and do these certain techniques at a lower skill level I get shut down easier. No one that I know of does cross guard to omoplata, north south/choke, or deep half guard (except Ray) as much as I do. I'm able to have a little more freedom to make mistakes when practicing these techniques because my fellow teammates don't see them as often.
Kids were better than usual. I think my deal with Jayden is working pretty well. I just have to figure something out for Jace. The did some sumo matches for their first game. I was impressed with both of them. Jayden was doing similar techniques to an armdrag to get behind them that they may have picked up from flag tag. They weren't really into the technique of the day which was getting certain grips from both top and bottom of guard. Finished up the class as usual with blob tag with several kids from the older kid class.
Competition Class
Focus: 2 on 1 to back take, Smash & X Pass, Deep Half Sweep
Partner: Henry
Not sure if 2 on 1 is working out for me. I've been trying to incorporate it into rolling lately and it hasn't been working out for me. It may be time to move on to something else. Drilling seems fine but I think a lot of people have had to deal with Greg doing it and they've become wise to the technique.
X Pass feel great and I got some pointers on the smash pass from Greg. I was not putting my head up by their head where it needed to be was the biggest thing. From there it's more uncomfortable for my partner as it twists them up a bit more.
Had a competition match with Henry and didn't do too great. I didn't get submitted but I was way down on points mostly because he passed my half guard several times after I regained it. Eventually towards the end he went for an armbar and I was able to counter and get on top, but it was too little too late.
Open Mat
Rolled With: Jerad, Mike, Sam, Tim
I can always count on Jerad to keep my grounded. I have a real hard time dealing with his open guard and top half guard. We were talking about my shortcomings after rolling and he said that I don't seem to flow with him as much as other people and a lot of that is probably mental. Which is true, I'm a little more cautious with him and others that I know are better than me. I did hit an omoplata sweep and had side control for a little while, but he eventually escaped.
Mike and I rolled for a long time. He was still wearing a brace on his finger from the dislocation a couple of weeks ago so he was a little limited. That said, he was still a handful although I did feel bad a couple of times for taking advantage of his injury. We got stuck in some berimbolo type positions and for a little while I was caught in a turtle where he was attempting to take my back or armbar or triangle. Somehow I was able to pass his guard and eventually setup a north/south choke which was a battle to finish. He'll probably be getting me back as soon as he's 100%.
I was a little surprised when Sam asked to roll with me as I think we've only rolled one other time in open mat. I figured I must have smashed her or something in that roll. I was impressed with her shoulder pressure from side control and I think in general she knows what she's doing. She seemed a little disappointed a few times when I passed her guard. I went over the farside armbar setup with her from side control.
Tim did pretty good today and had me in a nice tight side control at one point. I attempted some 2 on 1 but failed miserably. There were a couple of pass attempts that he had, where i ended up regaining full guard and he had to start over attempting to pass. I don't recall how our roll ended.
Thinking more on the 2 on 1 not working for me, I have a hypothesis that the techniques that become part of my A-game are the scraps from my seniors. Things like butterfly guard, 2 on 1 are/were prevalent in Greg's game and my fellow students are having to defend these techniques from him on a regular basis. Then if I come around and do these certain techniques at a lower skill level I get shut down easier. No one that I know of does cross guard to omoplata, north south/choke, or deep half guard (except Ray) as much as I do. I'm able to have a little more freedom to make mistakes when practicing these techniques because my fellow teammates don't see them as often.
Saturday, August 23, 2014
August 22nd 2014 - Gi
Theme & Techniques: O-Soto Gari, Half Guard Tripod Pass, Granby Roll from Turtle
Partner: Dave
Low attendance for a Friday morning. Dave was in rare form, as some jackass had berated him on his way to Jiu-Jitsu for riding his bike too slowly. He gave Jiu-Jitsu props for keeping him calm and being able to just shrug it off and keep on making his way to class.
As usual Dave was great to work with and is thankful for all of the pointers and help I gave him with the techniques. He had the most improvement with the granby roll with rolling a little tighter and getting under himself as well as swinging his leg out a bit more and using his other leg to hook my armpit.
Rolling: Half Guard & Turtle Position (6 x 2 min), Free Rolling Post Class
Rolled With: Dave, Anthony (New), Greg
Dave did a good job of locking my leg in tight and not allowing the knee slide. From the bottom I was usually able to get an underhook and stay on my side. He may not realize how important underhooks are yet but I'm sure it will come soon.
I almost gave Anthony the nickname of Willie for Willie Nelson. At the beginning of class he wore a bandana and he has a beard and long hair, but he's quite a bit younger. It may be a little early for nicknames. At first I imposed the techniques that we worked on in class to hopefully show that they work, then I helped him get through a couple escapes with a little more resistance than he probably faced in the drilling portion. He seemed to enjoy himself and asked some good questions.
I was excited to train with Greg today. I was so close to sweeping him, I got an underhook and he moved to inverted half guard automatically I used a butterfly hook on his calf and was able to raise him and almost get to side control. Then Greg performed magic and regained half guard. My worst showing was in top turtle. I think I need more attacks from there. Switching sides to get grips has been working well though.
Partner: Dave
Low attendance for a Friday morning. Dave was in rare form, as some jackass had berated him on his way to Jiu-Jitsu for riding his bike too slowly. He gave Jiu-Jitsu props for keeping him calm and being able to just shrug it off and keep on making his way to class.
As usual Dave was great to work with and is thankful for all of the pointers and help I gave him with the techniques. He had the most improvement with the granby roll with rolling a little tighter and getting under himself as well as swinging his leg out a bit more and using his other leg to hook my armpit.
Rolling: Half Guard & Turtle Position (6 x 2 min), Free Rolling Post Class
Rolled With: Dave, Anthony (New), Greg
Dave did a good job of locking my leg in tight and not allowing the knee slide. From the bottom I was usually able to get an underhook and stay on my side. He may not realize how important underhooks are yet but I'm sure it will come soon.
I almost gave Anthony the nickname of Willie for Willie Nelson. At the beginning of class he wore a bandana and he has a beard and long hair, but he's quite a bit younger. It may be a little early for nicknames. At first I imposed the techniques that we worked on in class to hopefully show that they work, then I helped him get through a couple escapes with a little more resistance than he probably faced in the drilling portion. He seemed to enjoy himself and asked some good questions.
I was excited to train with Greg today. I was so close to sweeping him, I got an underhook and he moved to inverted half guard automatically I used a butterfly hook on his calf and was able to raise him and almost get to side control. Then Greg performed magic and regained half guard. My worst showing was in top turtle. I think I need more attacks from there. Switching sides to get grips has been working well though.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
August 19th 2014 - Gi
Noon
Theme & Techniques: O-Soto Gari, Half Guard Tripod Pass, Granby Roll from Turtle
Partner: Mike (Lawyer)
Big takeaways from today. During O-Soto Gari, Greg did an initial upward pull before the bus turn. It seemed to help a lot with off balancing while trying it, I also recently watched a fit-in video for this technique that gave me some pointers. During the half guard pass, I was raising my butt while attempting to cross my instep over the leg. Greg told me to move over and pull their leg out more which worked like a charm. I still felt like my butt was a little high at times, but this was a big improvement. I felt really good about my granby roll, I remember having a problem with knowing which shoulder to roll over and having confidence and waiting too long before going for it.
Rolling: Up/Down/Out Half Guard & Turtle, Free Rolling Post Class
Rolled With: Mike, Sam, Harvey, Tim, Jordan (Wrestler)
Felt good during this portion of class. From the bottom of half guard I was able to reach full guard most of the time, I think everyone was more concerned with getting swept or their back taken than keeping tight on the leg. With Greg I was able to make it to butterfly but left too much space and he ended up passing with a knee slide on the other leg, felt pretty good about it nonetheless. From the top I generally weaved my arm and grabbed their bottom leg or did the switch hip pass.
For top of turtle my grip fighting felt decent, I had to switch sides a couple of times and I was even able to setup the clock choke that Greg and I talked about the other day. From the bottom my granby rolling was strong and I found that going for it quickly from the beginning ensured a lot more success. Greg did an awesome trick that I will be implementing Friday morning. He grabbed my ankle which made me react and open up allowing his hook to come in, pretty simple and effective.
Tim and I rolled after class. We've been starting from stand-up lately and he has been getting more confident with it over time. In our second roll I was able to catch him with a drop shoulder throw and we ended up working on it for a while after. Greg gave us some pointers and I realized that I wasn't even close to getting far enough under the legs. He also showed us a couple of techniques to get them to move their legs farther apart to setup the throw. I had Tim in back mount a couple times and tried to relax more and go with the flow. I think I've expended too much energy in the past. My hook control and transitioning and regaining back mount seem to be getting easier.
Theme & Techniques: O-Soto Gari, Half Guard Tripod Pass, Granby Roll from Turtle
Partner: Mike (Lawyer)
Big takeaways from today. During O-Soto Gari, Greg did an initial upward pull before the bus turn. It seemed to help a lot with off balancing while trying it, I also recently watched a fit-in video for this technique that gave me some pointers. During the half guard pass, I was raising my butt while attempting to cross my instep over the leg. Greg told me to move over and pull their leg out more which worked like a charm. I still felt like my butt was a little high at times, but this was a big improvement. I felt really good about my granby roll, I remember having a problem with knowing which shoulder to roll over and having confidence and waiting too long before going for it.
Rolling: Up/Down/Out Half Guard & Turtle, Free Rolling Post Class
Rolled With: Mike, Sam, Harvey, Tim, Jordan (Wrestler)
Felt good during this portion of class. From the bottom of half guard I was able to reach full guard most of the time, I think everyone was more concerned with getting swept or their back taken than keeping tight on the leg. With Greg I was able to make it to butterfly but left too much space and he ended up passing with a knee slide on the other leg, felt pretty good about it nonetheless. From the top I generally weaved my arm and grabbed their bottom leg or did the switch hip pass.
For top of turtle my grip fighting felt decent, I had to switch sides a couple of times and I was even able to setup the clock choke that Greg and I talked about the other day. From the bottom my granby rolling was strong and I found that going for it quickly from the beginning ensured a lot more success. Greg did an awesome trick that I will be implementing Friday morning. He grabbed my ankle which made me react and open up allowing his hook to come in, pretty simple and effective.
Tim and I rolled after class. We've been starting from stand-up lately and he has been getting more confident with it over time. In our second roll I was able to catch him with a drop shoulder throw and we ended up working on it for a while after. Greg gave us some pointers and I realized that I wasn't even close to getting far enough under the legs. He also showed us a couple of techniques to get them to move their legs farther apart to setup the throw. I had Tim in back mount a couple times and tried to relax more and go with the flow. I think I've expended too much energy in the past. My hook control and transitioning and regaining back mount seem to be getting easier.
Saturday, August 16, 2014
August 16th 2014 - Kids, Competition, Open Mat
Kids' Class
Jace had a little trouble focusing today and wanted to annoy his brother through the beginning of class. Jayden was pretty good about ignoring him while trying to complete all of the exercises. Jayden and I have a little deal that if he behaves and tries hard for 6 Jiu-Jitsu classes in a row, he can get a mod for Minecraft (computer game). Class 2 of 6 down. He even counted the reps during falls which he hasn't been doing.
They both did well in flag tag as usual. These games are teaching them some good grappling basics that will help later. They worked on a wrist grab release as the technique of the day, maybe it had something to do with flag tag?
Competition Class
Focus: 2 on 1 to back take, Smash & X Pass, Deep Half Sweep
Partner: Henry
I took a couple videos of my drilling to see what these new techniques look like. 2 on 1 seems to be coming along. I think during rolling I need to trust it more once I get the grip and elbow control, because I'm still hesitant about opening my guard and moving to butterfly. I originally was only working on the smash pass, but the x-pass has become instant A game material. I need to get a little lower and more pressure with the smash pass, makes sense that smash is in the name.
Open Mat
Rolled With: Henry, Tye, Gina, Ross, Austin,
It was an odd day of not many people showing up to open mat. Nevertheless I still got some good rolls in. 2 rolls with Henry one in the gi and other no-gi. We had quite a battle and I thought I had him a couple of different times but eventually he outpaced me. My laziness or being tired was a major factor in him tapping me out. There were definitely times where I sat to my butt instead of pushing forward and fighting for top position like I should of. Henry finished me with a nasty cross choke that smashed my nose pretty good, in no-gi I don't remember, may have been armbar or guillotine.
Tye surprised me today. Started off playing a lazy guard and let him pass and he went to mount fairly quickly. Big mistake as he got in both grapevines and made me very uncomfortable. I was a little concerned about hurting my knees and played it pretty safe until I was eventually able to get a leg free. Once I got on top he also did a great job from guard and attempted some triangles and a cross choke. I eventually turned the tide and got to a dominant position. After the roll was over I told Tye that I would have to start respecting him more during rolling, I do not want to be mounted by him again.
In my other rolls I was able to use some deep half guard, X-pass, the rolling back take and the cross collar drag. I used a couple north/south chokes which Nic took notice of and asked me about. It's part of my A game for sure and I feel like I can set it up with little difficulty. Part of that may be because not to many of my teammates use it often. However, I have shown multiple people how to defend it so my avenue to it may eventually disappear. I coached Austin on some armbar defense and Ross on some technical mount defense.
Jace had a little trouble focusing today and wanted to annoy his brother through the beginning of class. Jayden was pretty good about ignoring him while trying to complete all of the exercises. Jayden and I have a little deal that if he behaves and tries hard for 6 Jiu-Jitsu classes in a row, he can get a mod for Minecraft (computer game). Class 2 of 6 down. He even counted the reps during falls which he hasn't been doing.
They both did well in flag tag as usual. These games are teaching them some good grappling basics that will help later. They worked on a wrist grab release as the technique of the day, maybe it had something to do with flag tag?
Competition Class
Focus: 2 on 1 to back take, Smash & X Pass, Deep Half Sweep
Partner: Henry
I took a couple videos of my drilling to see what these new techniques look like. 2 on 1 seems to be coming along. I think during rolling I need to trust it more once I get the grip and elbow control, because I'm still hesitant about opening my guard and moving to butterfly. I originally was only working on the smash pass, but the x-pass has become instant A game material. I need to get a little lower and more pressure with the smash pass, makes sense that smash is in the name.
Open Mat
Rolled With: Henry, Tye, Gina, Ross, Austin,
It was an odd day of not many people showing up to open mat. Nevertheless I still got some good rolls in. 2 rolls with Henry one in the gi and other no-gi. We had quite a battle and I thought I had him a couple of different times but eventually he outpaced me. My laziness or being tired was a major factor in him tapping me out. There were definitely times where I sat to my butt instead of pushing forward and fighting for top position like I should of. Henry finished me with a nasty cross choke that smashed my nose pretty good, in no-gi I don't remember, may have been armbar or guillotine.
Tye surprised me today. Started off playing a lazy guard and let him pass and he went to mount fairly quickly. Big mistake as he got in both grapevines and made me very uncomfortable. I was a little concerned about hurting my knees and played it pretty safe until I was eventually able to get a leg free. Once I got on top he also did a great job from guard and attempted some triangles and a cross choke. I eventually turned the tide and got to a dominant position. After the roll was over I told Tye that I would have to start respecting him more during rolling, I do not want to be mounted by him again.
In my other rolls I was able to use some deep half guard, X-pass, the rolling back take and the cross collar drag. I used a couple north/south chokes which Nic took notice of and asked me about. It's part of my A game for sure and I feel like I can set it up with little difficulty. Part of that may be because not to many of my teammates use it often. However, I have shown multiple people how to defend it so my avenue to it may eventually disappear. I coached Austin on some armbar defense and Ross on some technical mount defense.
Friday, August 15, 2014
August 15th 2014 - Gi
Theme & Techniques: Standing Guillotine Defense, Half Guard: Clothesline Sweep, Defend Crossface, Regain Underhook Escape to Back Mount, Recover Guard
Partner: Ross, Austin
Greg switched it up from Tuesday and had the top person start with the underhook and crossface. From there we did the clothesline sweep. He also mentioned later on that he was going to add this technique to the curriculum. The piece of the technique that gave me the most trouble was squeezing with the knees at the beginning of the technique. I didn't get it at first and Greg had to remind myself and others to do it several times. By the end of the class it felt better. I also had a few problems with the hand position to protect from the crossface, mostly because I wanted to grab the gi.
Rolling: Up/Down/Out Half Guard
Rolled With: Ross, Austin, Darijo, Dave
I don't have much to complain about from rolling this morning. I did attempt a few shaolin sweeps that were denied, can't seem to figure the timing out on that one. I think it has something to do with how I attempt to pull their arm across to the other side that's giving away the technique too soon. I went to deep half a couple of times and it's feeling more natural to attempt to sweep right away rather than hang out there. I tried not to use the hip switch pass too much from the top, I rely on that one too much. One piece of advice I would give to my fellow teammates new to half guard is when we start with the diamond position to frame well with that top arm so it doesn't get smashed to your body right away and you get put flat on your back. I felt like I was able to do that to everyone this morning.
Partner: Ross, Austin
Greg switched it up from Tuesday and had the top person start with the underhook and crossface. From there we did the clothesline sweep. He also mentioned later on that he was going to add this technique to the curriculum. The piece of the technique that gave me the most trouble was squeezing with the knees at the beginning of the technique. I didn't get it at first and Greg had to remind myself and others to do it several times. By the end of the class it felt better. I also had a few problems with the hand position to protect from the crossface, mostly because I wanted to grab the gi.
Rolling: Up/Down/Out Half Guard
Rolled With: Ross, Austin, Darijo, Dave
I don't have much to complain about from rolling this morning. I did attempt a few shaolin sweeps that were denied, can't seem to figure the timing out on that one. I think it has something to do with how I attempt to pull their arm across to the other side that's giving away the technique too soon. I went to deep half a couple of times and it's feeling more natural to attempt to sweep right away rather than hang out there. I tried not to use the hip switch pass too much from the top, I rely on that one too much. One piece of advice I would give to my fellow teammates new to half guard is when we start with the diamond position to frame well with that top arm so it doesn't get smashed to your body right away and you get put flat on your back. I felt like I was able to do that to everyone this morning.
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