SATURDAY, 2 APRIL 2016: REBECCA'S FIRST TOURNAMENT

Rebecca K., after less than six months of training with us, competed in the MMAC tournament in Orlando. Rebecca won both of her matches via submission (arm bar and Ezequiel choke) on her way to a first place finish.

SATURDAY, 26 MARCH 2016

Today's class had me, Nick, Jason, John, Ryan, Tony, and Rebecca. In short, it was a full house. We covered a standing guard opening and then reviewed the standard knee-slide pass. The knee-slide pass led to a reverse arm bar, two collar chokes, and even the Darce.

FRIDAY, 18 MARCH 2016: TUSCALOOSA TRAINING

I had the opportunity to train with some friends up in Alabama. The flavor of the day was foot-sweeps, which was focused on de ashi harai. We also spent time on o-uchi-gari, ko-uchi-gari, and even o-soto-gari.

Special thanks to long-time friend Cole D. (purple belt)and Ashley C. (who did not hold any resentment against me for using de ashi against her in January). Also, shout out to Nick L. for coming out early to train with us, despite a slightly wet gi.

SATURDAY, 12 MARCH 2016

The big news of the day was Tony Martinez's tournament performance.

Tony took gold in the gi (white-belt) division, which included victories via Ezequiel choke and Americana from kesa gatame. He also took home bronze in the no-gi intermediate (all other competitors were blue belts).

WEDNESDAY, 9 MARCH 2016

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

I spent time on the foot sweep tool before moving to wrestling takedowns.

We worked a back take from the guard and two turtle attacks before rolling (three different partners).

SATURDAY, 5 MARCH 2016

Today's class was sparse with only three attendees. To those who did not attend...you'll be sorry.

We went over an arm-drag back-take from butterfly guard and practiced two submissions once we took the back. As an added bonus, we drilled a sneaky arm lock from that same set-up. To finish off, we worked an escape from back mount that leads directly to a Darce/Anaconda choke (that I cannot hit but John can).

SATURDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2016

Today's class had me, Nick, Jason, Ryan, Tony, and Rebecca. We worked on two half guard passes before a systematic review of three de la Riva passes. To add some confusion, we drilled a reverse de la Riva sweep. To finish up, we used the foot sweep tool and worked on ko uchi gari again.