Last night, we worked the handstand sweep. It took me a couple tries at first but I started to really get it down.
1. When opp stands up while in your guard, post with right hand (like a handstand DOH!) and wrap around their ankle with left hand
2. Push opp with your legs to the left while pulling their ankle towards you
3. Come up with them as they go down, taking the mount
A little extra pop with the 'handstand' hand is helpful. After drilling, we worked a counter.
1. Drive right knee into opp, while grabbing their belt
2. Reach under their leg and grab their right side lapel
3. Drive all your weight down and gain side control
I was able to work this sweep once while rolling with Brian. I've been working my half guard really well and I can tell that I have been frustrating bigger guys. I'm putting up a hell of a fight to pass my guard now! :)
Monday night was very constructive during open mat. We relearned the triangle choke during class beforehand. It's nice to work the basics again. I find that every time we go over "obvious" moves that I see different aspects which I once missed.
I rolled with a few blue belts. The first one significantly out weighed me (at least 60 pounds) but he let me work a little bit. I was usually on the bottom but I worked my half guard game a lot. He also showed me a sweep from half guard that I hope to use sometime. The next blue belt I worked with still out weighed me but decided to flow with me even more than the last one. We flowed from position to position and he let me work the arm triangle from the mount. I remembered everything (even hopping off to the side) except I didn't put my head to the ground. He reminded me of that. All in all, pretty good rolls.
During MMA, we did a lot of ground work. We went over a position called the Pyramid. I believe it's an Eddie Bravo thing. All you have to do is control an arm (wrapping around the outside) and open the guard. Throw one leg over so that it is around the back of the opp head. Bring your other knee up so that your legs are touching. You can get a triangle from here, gogoplata,or an omaplata. We played with it for a little while and it was pretty enlightening. I wanted to try some rubber guard things due to my flexibility but held back because I was never formally taught anything. I hope to work it in a little more now.
It's a little different on the video but same concepts.
We also did a cool little variation of the triangle choke called the tipee. Bascially, you have both legs straight up and crossed. You sit up and grab behind the legs while squeezing your knees together. It's a VERY affective blood choke.
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July 29, 2009
July 20, 2009
Friday
We worked a few different gi chokes .
1. Grab the v of the gi
2. Bring it around the opp arm and switch grips
3. Grab the top of the gi on the other side for the choke
I can't remember what else we did! That's what I get for blogging so late.
Saturday
We did a lot of fancy things on Saturday again too. Thanks Scott. The first was getting the opp out of the turtle position. It's the same way to take the back as rolling them to their side but instead flipping over them and carrying them with you. The next thing was a shoulder lock from when the opp takes a failed shot on your leg. Scoot to the side with their arm in between your legs, chances are, opp will straighten it. Keep it, roll (opp should roll with you or it will hurt their arm), hold them down, and take the omaplata. We also did some weird calf lock. I don't really remember it so I will have to research it. I rolled afterwards and I tweaked my neck really bad.
Sunday
We worked a lot of drills from the mount during this class. All the escapes we know and all the submissions followed by some live drilling. We also learned the triangle choke from the mount and the "gangsta" lean. I had Brittany adjust my neck so that helped me a little bit.
Hopefully, I get the blue Gameness Pearl I ordered today. I need a clean gi for class tonight! I also ordered some new Combat sparring gloves (sale for $24.99!!!) so I will not longer be hurting my partners with padless gloves.
We worked a few different gi chokes .
1. Grab the v of the gi
2. Bring it around the opp arm and switch grips
3. Grab the top of the gi on the other side for the choke
I can't remember what else we did! That's what I get for blogging so late.
Saturday
We did a lot of fancy things on Saturday again too. Thanks Scott. The first was getting the opp out of the turtle position. It's the same way to take the back as rolling them to their side but instead flipping over them and carrying them with you. The next thing was a shoulder lock from when the opp takes a failed shot on your leg. Scoot to the side with their arm in between your legs, chances are, opp will straighten it. Keep it, roll (opp should roll with you or it will hurt their arm), hold them down, and take the omaplata. We also did some weird calf lock. I don't really remember it so I will have to research it. I rolled afterwards and I tweaked my neck really bad.
Sunday
We worked a lot of drills from the mount during this class. All the escapes we know and all the submissions followed by some live drilling. We also learned the triangle choke from the mount and the "gangsta" lean. I had Brittany adjust my neck so that helped me a little bit.
Hopefully, I get the blue Gameness Pearl I ordered today. I need a clean gi for class tonight! I also ordered some new Combat sparring gloves (sale for $24.99!!!) so I will not longer be hurting my partners with padless gloves.
July 2, 2009
Where do I start?
That was the question of the day when I first started my training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I was feeling very overwhelmed and not quite sure what to do. I find that this is often the epic question whenever I start anything new, including this blog.
I began about a month and a half ago at a place called Tai-Kai Jiu Jitsu, which is a Relson Gracie Team Balance gym. I'm still a white belt as I write now (which was to be expected). I usually try to train at least five times a week. I go as often as my schedule allows. I'm also attending MMA classes and a wrestling class regularly. My gym does teach Thai and Boxing but unfortunately, they run at the same time BJJ does.
I'm not going to back track and try to explain everything that I have learned so far so I will jump right into what we learned last night.
Joe (purple belt) ran the class last night. After our conditioning and warm-ups, we went straight into learning the omaplata from the guard position. The set up was pretty similar to the arm bar we worked last week so it came pretty natural to me.
1. Control the bicep
2. Drop the left foot to the ground
3. Shrimp out, post right foot on opp hip
4. Pinch shoulder with knees
5. Throw leg/foot over opp head
6. Sit out and raise hips
After we all 'mastered' that, we strung together a collar choke, arm bar, and omaplata from the same position. Pretty fun stuff.
For the end of class, we did a pass or sweep drill. The higher belts started out on the mat and the lower belts proceeded to try to pass. I was swept more than I passed but I did manage to pass a green belt and a white belt, both of the men being significantly larger than I. I'm really not exceptionally 'speedy' but I managed to gain significant control of their legs and be patient enough to pass at the right moment instead of jumping right into it like I tend to do sometimes. I've also been trying to stack more often during drills and rolling. It has been working pretty well for me!
After that, open mat began.
I rolled with a newer girl who tends to gas herself out really quickly. I did my best to give her tips on some basic positioning and let her know that pacing herself is a really good idea. I worked on the cobra choke that a friend had showed me later that night because I find I only think of the arm bar and the kimura when I get mount.
I went to MMA after that and got my butt kicked a little but hey, it was fun. We worked on creating angles and just did some general sparring and clinch work. It was one of the kid's 18th birthday and we made a huge circle around him and took turns beating on him a little bit! It was playful and I can honestly say that I can't wait for my birthday to come up.
That's all for now. I'm off to the noon class.
I began about a month and a half ago at a place called Tai-Kai Jiu Jitsu, which is a Relson Gracie Team Balance gym. I'm still a white belt as I write now (which was to be expected). I usually try to train at least five times a week. I go as often as my schedule allows. I'm also attending MMA classes and a wrestling class regularly. My gym does teach Thai and Boxing but unfortunately, they run at the same time BJJ does.
I'm not going to back track and try to explain everything that I have learned so far so I will jump right into what we learned last night.
Joe (purple belt) ran the class last night. After our conditioning and warm-ups, we went straight into learning the omaplata from the guard position. The set up was pretty similar to the arm bar we worked last week so it came pretty natural to me.
1. Control the bicep
2. Drop the left foot to the ground
3. Shrimp out, post right foot on opp hip
4. Pinch shoulder with knees
5. Throw leg/foot over opp head
6. Sit out and raise hips
After we all 'mastered' that, we strung together a collar choke, arm bar, and omaplata from the same position. Pretty fun stuff.
For the end of class, we did a pass or sweep drill. The higher belts started out on the mat and the lower belts proceeded to try to pass. I was swept more than I passed but I did manage to pass a green belt and a white belt, both of the men being significantly larger than I. I'm really not exceptionally 'speedy' but I managed to gain significant control of their legs and be patient enough to pass at the right moment instead of jumping right into it like I tend to do sometimes. I've also been trying to stack more often during drills and rolling. It has been working pretty well for me!
After that, open mat began.
I rolled with a newer girl who tends to gas herself out really quickly. I did my best to give her tips on some basic positioning and let her know that pacing herself is a really good idea. I worked on the cobra choke that a friend had showed me later that night because I find I only think of the arm bar and the kimura when I get mount.
I went to MMA after that and got my butt kicked a little but hey, it was fun. We worked on creating angles and just did some general sparring and clinch work. It was one of the kid's 18th birthday and we made a huge circle around him and took turns beating on him a little bit! It was playful and I can honestly say that I can't wait for my birthday to come up.
That's all for now. I'm off to the noon class.
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