LESSON 34 AT SMILEY'S

WEDNESDAY, 26 JUNE 2013

There were six students in this morning's class, which consisted of a defense against an underhand knife thrust and some defenses against kimura from side control.  As an added bouns, since the techniques for today's class were sparse, I permitted the students to choose one random technique.  They agreed on the flower sweep.

TUESDAY JUDO AT COMBAT ATHLETIX = WOW!

TUESDAY, 25 JUNE 2013

There were a total of 12 people in judo class today (myself included).  I taught tai-otoshi and focused on making the uke take a step into the planted leg by tugging on the sleeve.  Since I do not have Greg available, and the class is just an hour long, I do not permit standing randori.

With that said, I grabbed a few people (including Cedric T. and Josh M.) at the end and practiced on the ground just so I could get some practice time in.  I even taught Cedric a throw when the opponent tries a single leg takedown.

SATURDAY NIGHT BJJ AND JUDO

SATURDAY, 22 JUNE 2013

For BJJ class, it was me, Nick, Jason, and Kyle.  It was an open mat since everyone arrived after me and Kyle even had to return home. 

On the positive side, I was able to roll with a brown belt (Nick) with a love for footlocks.  I am proud to say that I only lost once to a footlock to him, while I achieved two footlocks (and an armbar!) of my own.  I learned a few set-ups that Nick is currently using, so hopefully we can continue to trade off and learn.

For judo, we had nine people on the mats.  The techniques of the night were o-soto-gari, o-soto- otoshi, and o-soto-garuma.  The crash pad helps immensely in the execution of these throws, though the repetitions are certainly prerequisite.  I also practiced approximately 100 o-soto-gari left-handed, with the idea that I will try to make my "goofy-side" as good as my normal side.

JUDO AT SMILEY'S: O-UCHI-GARI AND KO-UCHI-GARI

TUESDAY, 18 JUNE 2013

Today's turnout for judo was very good (total of 11).  The major technique I covered for the day was o-uchi-gari.  The "follow-up" technique was a variation of o-uchi-gari to ko-uchi-gari.

All in all, I got in a decent practice of my own and look forward to perfecting o-uchi-gari right and left-handed.

SATURDAY NIGHT TRAINING AT AFR

SATURDAY, 15 JUNE 2013

For BJJ on Saturday night, it was just me and Jason.  I reintroduced Jason to the berimbolo and taught three options from there (sweep, back take, bump to mount).  He and I also free-rolled against each other for about 30 minutes as well, so it was a good workout and drilling session since I also got in the act with the berimbolo practice.

In judo, there were six of us available, including Sensei Berlin.  Since we now have the awesome crash pad, we used it like it was going out of style.  Jason and I worked diligently on o-uchi-gari and ko-uchi-gari since the pad makes these techniques much easier to learn.

In randori, I got to go against Greg and Mark(?).  While I achieved sasae-tsuri-komi-ashi a few times, Greg showed me how to make it more effective in the future.  I will have to practice the foot movements and placements now since, as usual, he is right about the mechanics.

LESSONS 27-28 AT SMILEY'S

FRIDAY, 14 JUNE 2013

Because I was not sure which lesson I was supposed to cover, I covered two lessons on Friday.  This may sound like a lot, but there were were only four techniques to cover, so it was not as intense as it sounds.  There were 8 people in class, which is quite a few for a random Friday morning.

LESSON 26 AT SMILEY'S

WEDNESDAY, 12 JUNE 2013

Today, I went over lesson 26 in Smiley's curriculum.  There were six students in class today, though all except Josh M. bugged out at free-roll time. 

In order to help Josh in his quest to compete in tournaments this summer, I have agreed to start standing against him as much as possible.  This is good for us both since I get to practice takedowns and he gets to practice his transitions if he gets taken down.