Well, I had been saying how I was waiting for my new blue Gameness Pearl gi and my Combat Sports sparring gloves. I've received them both. I knew from my Gameness single weave that my new one would fit very well and it does. It has held up 2 days of training so far. Once thing I did notice, the knot on the end of the drawstring on the pants came undone which struck me as odd. I haven't had an issue with my other Gameness pants. The gloves are super comfortable but I haven't had a chance to spar with them yet.
On to Jiu Jitsu!
Wednesday and today were both spent passing half guard using a few different methods.
1. Gable grip, tripod up while drive your shoulder into opp face
2. Use free leg/foot to help get your knee past their grown
3. Switch your hips and drive your knee towards the mat
4. Enjoy side control
1. Gable grip, tripod up while drive your shoulder into opp face
2. Secure the opponents arm (same side that has you in half guard)
3. Switch your hips and drive your knee towards the mat
4. Enjoy scarf position
Next (the case that the first pass was too difficult)...
1. Gable grip, tripod up while drive your shoulder into opp face, secure the back of the gi
2. Rotate your hips out, away from your opp
3. Free your leg either by pushing with foot or pulling opp leg away
4. Hit side control
Now, from there, you can grab your foot (as long as you control the back of their gi) and put it over them to secure a tight mount. After we drilled these a few times, we did a live drill. Bottom was responsible for sweeping us and we were responsible for passing their half guard. I need to work on my weight placement when I'm doing the tripod. It took me a couple tries to get it but when I went against a yellow (who had to be 200 pounds AT LEAST) and I used my shoulder drive, I was actually able to pass his guard. I was quite proud of myself.
Thursday class was spent drilling every sweep we know and then grappling. I drilled my scissor sweep, the flower sweep, and the sit up/roll sweep from half guard. I have been able to pull off the scissor sweep during live grappling quite a bit. The flower sweep not so much. I had the sensei should be the sweep again so hopefully I can perfect that a little more. I was unsure about the half guard sweep so I will be waiting for them to teach us more sweeps from that position.
I have found that even when training with people who are significantly larger than I, that I am doing very good at escaping bad positions and regaining some type of guard. I've always caught people trying to mount or switch sides with my legs aswell. I LOVEEE that I can see a specific improvement in my game. I am also very proud of my cardio and the amount of stamina that I have gained. It is a great ability to be able to use against people who are gased.
MMA
We worked a way to escape the clinch and did our normal stand up and ground sparring. I need to focus on my punching technique more. I find myself waiting for them to strike and just blocking so I need to work in some counter punches too.
Hopefully, Brittany starts MMA this week. I will feel a little more comfortable beating on the noobie!
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July 24, 2009
July 14, 2009
I wanted to update on my progress with the two things I decided to work on a couple weeks ago.
1. Passing Closed Guard
I started to work with Brittany on passing her closed guard since she has really strong legs and she helped me with the elbow drive method. I was trying to drive my elbows out more than down to hit that 'spot'. I've been remembering that and I've also been using the knee in the butt method more. For some odd reason, it didn't strike me that actually breaking the guard was important. I was trying to work the techniques without even separating the legs and strictly using my elbows (not even backing up). I can't understand why I missed that as it seems really obvious but I've got it down now.
2. Controlling in Mount
I haven't had much time to consciously work on riding out the mount in live situations. However, I went to a class that Dennis was instructing and we did a drill where we executed all of the submissions we new from mount. He also gave a tip about being able to stay in control when the person is bucking a lot. He said the head acts as a counter weight. When the person bucks, the head should go up and back. Very similar to bull riding.
I will continue to work both of these.
1. Passing Closed Guard
I started to work with Brittany on passing her closed guard since she has really strong legs and she helped me with the elbow drive method. I was trying to drive my elbows out more than down to hit that 'spot'. I've been remembering that and I've also been using the knee in the butt method more. For some odd reason, it didn't strike me that actually breaking the guard was important. I was trying to work the techniques without even separating the legs and strictly using my elbows (not even backing up). I can't understand why I missed that as it seems really obvious but I've got it down now.
2. Controlling in Mount
I haven't had much time to consciously work on riding out the mount in live situations. However, I went to a class that Dennis was instructing and we did a drill where we executed all of the submissions we new from mount. He also gave a tip about being able to stay in control when the person is bucking a lot. He said the head acts as a counter weight. When the person bucks, the head should go up and back. Very similar to bull riding.
I will continue to work both of these.
July 13, 2009
Slacker!!!
I'm not a slacker when it comes to training or working out but I am a slacker when it comes to writing all the things down that I learn!
Let's see... picking up from my last post and the class I went to right after, the 9th during the day. We did a lot of drilling today and did not go over any new techniques. Actually, we barely even did a warm up. We just focused on rolling and flowing with each other for a while. Afterwards, we worked some basic escapes from under the mount.
On Friday, we definitely made up for the lack of warm up. We had to carry our partner across the gym a number of times (in a number of different ways) and it was freakin' exhausting. Joe taught us a couple basic collar chokes so we drilled that for a while. We also did a umpa/bridge drill to scissor sweep with our partners.
Saturday was no gi jiu jitsu and open mat. We worked a lot of open guard stuff and a couple chokes afterwards. I rolled with a blue belt and was able to submit him with my triangle choke but he really let me work it. It still felt good to finish though.
Sunday, we did a couple chokes and worked all the submissions we know from the mount.
I can't go to class today as I have work and traded it off so I could go to friday Jiu Jitsu and wrestling/take downs. I'm going tomorrow though, twice!!
Let's see... picking up from my last post and the class I went to right after, the 9th during the day. We did a lot of drilling today and did not go over any new techniques. Actually, we barely even did a warm up. We just focused on rolling and flowing with each other for a while. Afterwards, we worked some basic escapes from under the mount.
On Friday, we definitely made up for the lack of warm up. We had to carry our partner across the gym a number of times (in a number of different ways) and it was freakin' exhausting. Joe taught us a couple basic collar chokes so we drilled that for a while. We also did a umpa/bridge drill to scissor sweep with our partners.
Saturday was no gi jiu jitsu and open mat. We worked a lot of open guard stuff and a couple chokes afterwards. I rolled with a blue belt and was able to submit him with my triangle choke but he really let me work it. It still felt good to finish though.
Sunday, we did a couple chokes and worked all the submissions we know from the mount.
I can't go to class today as I have work and traded it off so I could go to friday Jiu Jitsu and wrestling/take downs. I'm going tomorrow though, twice!!
July 6, 2009
Weekends ruin me!!!
Friday night we worked half guard escapes and a submission. The cardio beforehand was really soft for Joe and I was really surprised by that. Anyways, to the half guard escape...
1. Take the opposite side of the gi and wrap it behind their arm (aids in controlling their upper body)
2. Overhand grip and pass to other hand
3. Push with newly free hand while dragging knee out
4. Post knee on ground, make foot skinny to slide it through
5. End in mount! :)
The choke we learned was pretty simple, front naked choke. Fun though. Wrestling was cancelled afterwards so I just rolled around with Brittany for a few minutes.
I was feeling really guilty about drinking this entire weekend so I ran for 30 minutes. Tonight I shall be going to BJJ, rolling at open mat, and doing MMA. I'll update tomorrow.
1. Take the opposite side of the gi and wrap it behind their arm (aids in controlling their upper body)
2. Overhand grip and pass to other hand
3. Push with newly free hand while dragging knee out
4. Post knee on ground, make foot skinny to slide it through
5. End in mount! :)
The choke we learned was pretty simple, front naked choke. Fun though. Wrestling was cancelled afterwards so I just rolled around with Brittany for a few minutes.
I was feeling really guilty about drinking this entire weekend so I ran for 30 minutes. Tonight I shall be going to BJJ, rolling at open mat, and doing MMA. I'll update tomorrow.
July 2, 2009
Often he who does too much does too little
I wanted to make one more short post before I go to class outlining what my focus is this week. I will try to set a new focus at the start of every week. This week is almost over but my focus has been passing the closed guard and controlling more while in the mount position.
1. Passing Closed Guard
It is very tough for me to break the closed guard on anyone. I have a really tough time keeping balance while trying to the 'knee in the butt maneuver' and it has been really tough for me to dig in with my elbows. I have been told by a few people that it helps when they put your elbows right into that soft spot on top of the knee. I have worked that a little but not as much as I would like. My main focus when trying to pass the guard is the elbow drive and the knee in the butt.
2. Controlling in Mount
I find myself constantly getting bucked off my opponent when I gain mount. I have been trying to dig my feet into their sides/underneath my opponent more and it seems to be helping. I still find it very tough to control my opponent if they are significantly larger than me.
Since I am so new to Jiu Jitsu, there is obviously a TON of things that I need to work on. Through my reading and experiences talking to people, I have learned that it is important to pin point only a few things at a time. Hence the blog title.
1. Passing Closed Guard
It is very tough for me to break the closed guard on anyone. I have a really tough time keeping balance while trying to the 'knee in the butt maneuver' and it has been really tough for me to dig in with my elbows. I have been told by a few people that it helps when they put your elbows right into that soft spot on top of the knee. I have worked that a little but not as much as I would like. My main focus when trying to pass the guard is the elbow drive and the knee in the butt.
2. Controlling in Mount
I find myself constantly getting bucked off my opponent when I gain mount. I have been trying to dig my feet into their sides/underneath my opponent more and it seems to be helping. I still find it very tough to control my opponent if they are significantly larger than me.
Since I am so new to Jiu Jitsu, there is obviously a TON of things that I need to work on. Through my reading and experiences talking to people, I have learned that it is important to pin point only a few things at a time. Hence the blog title.
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