SATURDAY BJJ & JUDO

SATURDAY, 26 JULY 2014 BJJ on Saturday morning consisted of me, Jason C. (purple belt), John J. (blue belt), David S. (blue belt), Kyle S. (white belt), and Jonathan G. (white belt). Our out of town visitor was Allen T., a blue belt residing in Nebraska who has visited numerous times over the years. The main topic during the class was escaping side control by manipulating the opponent's elbow and forcing him to create space in the process. We would either roll the opponent over or scoot under and take the back. In judo, we added a person but lost Allen (he retired from judo due to collected injuries). It was "flavor of the day" for throws, with each student using their repertoire while we practiced on the crash pad. Unfortunately, Allen left his belt behind at the academy. I'm not saying that anything bad happened to his belt, but I am not saying that his belt was returned completely unharmed (he came and met me on Sunday and I returned it).