Jason, Ethan, and I went with Greg to Omar's Judo Sport Academy on Monday, 15 August. Overall, it was not a bad time. Greg coached us, and they have a nice crashpad. It is small, and it was hot, though not as hot as Greg made it out to be.
Again, though, I had an issue with a "brown belt" from the same club as "Muay Thai" Mike (see previous posts) who goes there to get additional practice time. This guy, BH, has been into First Coast Kodokan before (more than a year ago), and he looked at us, who were yellow belts at the time, like fresh meat. There was no problem then, and there really was not a problem now.
So, I had BH on the ground, and I swept and armbarred him pretty quickly; I also choked him when I had his back. I went to show him what he did wrong (basic error of trying to bench press me off when I had mount), and I allowed him to full mount me and proceeded to teach what I teach my guys. While talking to him and, of course, off guard, he jumped into a loop-choke on me!
I pulled guard and put my hand on his elbow to relieve pressure, but decided not to and swept him. I had the full mount and he kept the attempted loop choke. I touched the elbow again to stop the choke, but decided against it since (1) He went for a choke when I was undefended and trying to teach him, (2) this "choke" had turned into a crush on my Adam's apple, (3) he had grabbed my fingers when I went for the earlier choke. I did a pure BJJ thing and pressed his face, thereby stopping the choke and permitting me to get the armbar. i did on both.
Once he tapped, he had this condescending smile and complained "I didn't know that BJJ allowed you to push the face." I said "It is legal in BJJ. I didn't know that grabbing fingers and taking a fist and pressing the Adam's apple was legal in judo." No complaints registered at that point.
Again, W-T-F? I thought BJJ folks were supposed to be dirty, but the dirtiest folks I've seen recently are judoka. The new rule is GO FULL BLAST AGAINST JUDOKA ON THE GROUND FROM NOW ON. No teaching, no goofing. Just full blast (like they do).
Sunday, August 21, 2011
WHY ME?
Last Saturday (13 August), I sent Greg a text and asked him not to drive all the way out for judo since it appeared that it would be just me and Ethan. All others canceled or were out of town, and I'd not heard from Jason as of 5:20 pm. So, again, out of consideration, I did not want Greg to come all the way for just two of us.
This will never happen again.
Jason arrived at 5:25 pm, and the guy that kicked me in the shins back in June (I will call him "Muay Thai" Mike..or MTM) came in at 5:45 pm. I had to tell him four times that Greg was not coming. I am not sure why he thought that I was lying to him.
He actually chastised me for not knowing/caring about certain throws as a green belt; I had to smile and say that I can pull off the few throws I know and that Greg is the one who determines what I need to know at this point in my development.
Anyhow, during standing randori, which was supposed to consist only of foot sweeps, he did not thai-kick my shins this time (thank God). I achieved a very, very hard ko-soto-gake on MTM, and the response was him adding other ashi-waza techniques to our session without announcing, such as the well-recognized ashi-waza of tomoe nage and tani-otoshi. In both cases, I ended up in full mount on him.
After trying to get Jason to go standing with him (I would not allow it), MTM wanted some more on the ground. It was not hard. I quickly achieved back mount, prompting him to do a violent, alligator-esque death roll, and I went for a gi choke. He grabbed my fingers and pulled; I responded with the idea that it was illegal in judo to grab fingers. He insisted that it was legal, and so I permitted it and started putting chokes on his face. He bled all over my gi...again.
In addition, he almost had his arm broken by not tapping to my reverse armbar (in fact, he did not tap...I let go when he screamed and I was 2/3 extended), and he insisted that I did not have a choke when I was teaching him something NOT to do. I almost choked him unconscious then.
What the hell? He seems to be a nice man overall, but some of the things that he is doing are very...douchy. It must be the judo brown belt thing. I do not get the judo brown belt mentality towards BJJ guys.
This will never happen again.
Jason arrived at 5:25 pm, and the guy that kicked me in the shins back in June (I will call him "Muay Thai" Mike..or MTM) came in at 5:45 pm. I had to tell him four times that Greg was not coming. I am not sure why he thought that I was lying to him.
He actually chastised me for not knowing/caring about certain throws as a green belt; I had to smile and say that I can pull off the few throws I know and that Greg is the one who determines what I need to know at this point in my development.
Anyhow, during standing randori, which was supposed to consist only of foot sweeps, he did not thai-kick my shins this time (thank God). I achieved a very, very hard ko-soto-gake on MTM, and the response was him adding other ashi-waza techniques to our session without announcing, such as the well-recognized ashi-waza of tomoe nage and tani-otoshi. In both cases, I ended up in full mount on him.
After trying to get Jason to go standing with him (I would not allow it), MTM wanted some more on the ground. It was not hard. I quickly achieved back mount, prompting him to do a violent, alligator-esque death roll, and I went for a gi choke. He grabbed my fingers and pulled; I responded with the idea that it was illegal in judo to grab fingers. He insisted that it was legal, and so I permitted it and started putting chokes on his face. He bled all over my gi...again.
In addition, he almost had his arm broken by not tapping to my reverse armbar (in fact, he did not tap...I let go when he screamed and I was 2/3 extended), and he insisted that I did not have a choke when I was teaching him something NOT to do. I almost choked him unconscious then.
What the hell? He seems to be a nice man overall, but some of the things that he is doing are very...douchy. It must be the judo brown belt thing. I do not get the judo brown belt mentality towards BJJ guys.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
SATURDAY 6 AUGUST
In BJJ, I worked on half-guard replacements again. It seems that I need to become more familiar with Master Gordo's system.
Tom, a Victor Huber blue belt and occasional judo visitor, dropped in for Greg's class. I have never had the opportunity to randori with Tom, but Saturday was a first. I was able to use the techniques that we've learned over the past year and a half to my advantage. I secured two nasty uchi-mata (I landed on him way too hard...sorry Tom), a tani-otoshi (crash landing again...sorry Tom), a counter to a hip throw we practiced this evening, and an o-uchi-gari (good control on my part). I think all of these would have scored ippon. I missed a foot sweep because I did not continue the pull straight down on the gi.
The big learning for the night was on the throw I missed and how to land a bit gentler (Ethan was also on the receiving end of uchi-mata). I have the mentality of not wanting to give up position since, as a BJJ guy and wrestler, the fight continues on the ground even if the throw is an ippon. Also, since I am not that good at judo, my technique is not fluid, so my landings are more like crashes.
Tom, a Victor Huber blue belt and occasional judo visitor, dropped in for Greg's class. I have never had the opportunity to randori with Tom, but Saturday was a first. I was able to use the techniques that we've learned over the past year and a half to my advantage. I secured two nasty uchi-mata (I landed on him way too hard...sorry Tom), a tani-otoshi (crash landing again...sorry Tom), a counter to a hip throw we practiced this evening, and an o-uchi-gari (good control on my part). I think all of these would have scored ippon. I missed a foot sweep because I did not continue the pull straight down on the gi.
The big learning for the night was on the throw I missed and how to land a bit gentler (Ethan was also on the receiving end of uchi-mata). I have the mentality of not wanting to give up position since, as a BJJ guy and wrestler, the fight continues on the ground even if the throw is an ippon. Also, since I am not that good at judo, my technique is not fluid, so my landings are more like crashes.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
WEDNESDAY BJJ
I went over a half-guard bottom escape and quarter-guard sweeps, and also covered ways to thwart an opponent from getting the kimura from the guard.
In addition, we were visited by a man named Josh, another escapee from the fake BJJ instructor from down the road. Josh seems to be a nice guy, and like all others that I have seen and rolled with from the "Master," he was not taught BJJ. He made fatal mistakes that permitted me to tap him at will with minimal effort. However, we can fix this problem if he chooses to become a student.
In addition, we were visited by a man named Josh, another escapee from the fake BJJ instructor from down the road. Josh seems to be a nice guy, and like all others that I have seen and rolled with from the "Master," he was not taught BJJ. He made fatal mistakes that permitted me to tap him at will with minimal effort. However, we can fix this problem if he chooses to become a student.
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