Saturday, December 16, 2017

MY LINEAGE IN PICTURES

JIGORO KANO
MITSUYO MAEDA

CARLOS GRACIE
GEORGE GRACIE
JURANDYR MOURA
CHARLES DOS ANJOS & ME

GRAND MASTER CARLSON'S MOTIVATION

SATURDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2017

Today's class had me, Jason (brown belt), John (purple belt), Steve (white belt), and Nicole (white belt). We were short one blue belt from having a "rainbow of belts" in the academy today.

Today's class focused on three techniques from the half-guard. The first technique was a sweep when we get the underhook and the opponent overhooks the arm. The second dealt is a follow-up of the first technique when the opponent takes their arm out and posts when the sweep starts; the response it to take the opponent's back. The third technique occurs when the opponent sits back and presses the hip; we turned this into a modified kimura.

Ryan (purple belt) missed due to taking his father to the ER for kidney & liver complications.

Following the technique session, I rolled with Steve & John.

Friday, December 15, 2017

WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2017

Tonight's class was just me, Ryan, & Nicole.

I taught a side control escape series (opponent has underhook and arm behind head). The options given were to belly out, take the back, or pull guard.

Saturday, December 9, 2017

SATURDAY, 09 DECEMBER 2017

Today's class was really, really small. It was me, John, and Steve.

We covered two half-guard sweeps and one full guard recovery from the same basic body positioning in order to get practice on the initial set-up (which is the same for all three techniques). We also went over two defenses to a knee-slide pass that result in taking the opponent's back.

As always, we rolled at the end of class and then handed over the floor to AFR Christian Karate (appeared to be a grading).