SATURDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2015

Our collective excitement this week was a drop-in visit by Wolfpack Brandon purple belt Bryon W. Though he did not participate in class, he did commit to training with us when he is in the area due to a change in his job function. With his experience, he will add much to our class. Ben H., a blue belt whom I instructed quite frequently in the morning classes I taught at Combat Athletix in 2013 & 2014 while he was a white belt, dropped in and took class. All told, the class consisted of me, Jason, John J., Ben, Tony, and Kyle. The three prodigals (Nick, David, & Paige) had varying reasons for their absences. I covered my "go to" escape from kuzure kesa gatame, along with two escapes from kesa gatame. I then tied together a straight arm lock from side control when the opponent is twisting their arm back and forth from attempts at Americana and kimura. In judo, Kyle, Tony, and Ben practiced sasae tsuri komi ashi with me, making use of the crash pad for dozens of throws on each body shape.