WEDNESDAY, 28 DECEMBER 2016

Today's session had me, Jason, John, and Ryan.

It may sound extremely simplistic, but I went over my mount control "secrets" with the guys. We drilled holding the position with a struggling opponent to gauge its effectiveness, though I will be rather reticent to allow them to start in full mount against me any longer. I rolled with Ryan and Jason at the end of class.

SATURDAY, 24 DECEMBER 2016

Today's class had me, Nick, Jason, John, Ryan, Tommy, and Rebecca in attendance. Rebecca baked Christmas goodies for everyone (even Ross, who did not come). My family also baked Christmas items for everyone, though only Nick, Jason, and John partook since the other three left early.

For our annual Christmas Eve session (which coincided with a regularly scheduled class this year), we went over a series of kimura escapes that I discovered in the course of a few months of attempting to see what is available if everything goes wrong while rolling. A special thanks to John and Ryan for taking the bait and helping me out. Following our drills, we practiced a few other items and then rolled.

SATURDAY, 3 DECEMBER 2016

Today's class had me, Nick, Jason, Ryan, Rebecca, and Tommy.

We worked on a modified kimura from guard, a reverse arm bar from the modified kimura, and then moved to the triangle choke from the reverse arm bar. I rolled for over an hour following the drilling session.