SATURDAY, 14 JULY 2012

We had five people in class for BJJ tonight.  It was nice to see Josh M. return to BJJ training.  We covered one of the standing passes from last week's BJJ seminar with my instructor, and I went over two half guard techniques not covered during that seminar.

In judo, we had a full mat with eight people.  Josh stayed for judo, and Daniel & David A. came in.  We went over basic ippon-seio-nage, kumikata, and we were permitted to do footsweeps during a modified randori.  In the "actual" randori session, due to three novices on the mats, we modified the rules and did only ippon, but without the throw.  It was a good learning session.

CHARLES DOS ANJOS SEMINAR 7 JULY

My instructor, Charles Dos Anjos, made a trip up here to Orange Park for a seminar with Orange Park Wolfpack and Smiley's Combat Athletix.  A special thank you, again, to James Smiley, BJJ black belt and owner of Combat Athletix, for hosting my instructor for a second time.  James Smiley has provided a welcoming environment to me, my students, and my instructor, and I value his friendship and thank him for helping me in my BJJ journey.

I was actually sore after the seminar for two days.  We convered a lot of drills to assist with passing and holding guard from a standing position, and worked on three techniques from the half-guard (a weakness of mine).  16 people attended the seminar, so thank you to them.  I trust that everyone took something away since I, as a 4-stripe brown belt, took a couple of principles that will help my game.

Special thanks to Tony T., a Wolfpack BJJ black belt, for coming from Sarasota with Charles and rolling with me so I can see where I stand at this point in my development.