Saturday, August 5, 2017

SATURDAY, 5 AUGUST 2017

Today's class had me, Nick, Jason, John, Mike, and Steve.

I went over three half-guard sweeps and two takedowns.

I rolled with Steve, Mike, and had a "black belt vs. black belt" session with Nick.

Monday, July 31, 2017

SATURDAY, 29 JULY 2017

Today's class had me, Nick, Jason, Ryan, Mike, & Steve.

Straight foot-locks, heel-hooks, defenses, and entries into those techniques were covered in the class.

As for me, I was able to roll with Jason, Mike, Steve, and Ryan following the technique session.

Friday, July 28, 2017

SATURDAY, 22 JULY 2017 (EVENING CLASS)

Tonight's class had me, Jason, and Ryan.

Wrestling take downs were the techniques of choice, with several items that they have not seen being the techniques of the day.

Due to continued injury, Jason did not live roll, so Ryan and I did for about 30 minutes. I had Ryan start on my back 9 or 10 times so I could get practice escaping and defending such a disastrous position.

SATURDAY, 22 JULY 2017 (MORNING CLASS)

This morning's class had me, John, Tommy, Jordon, and Steve.

Dealing with being in half-guard was the flavor of the day. We covered several different methods for defending and passing the half-guard.

Sunday, July 16, 2017

SATURDAY, 15 JULY 2017

Today's class had me, Jason, John, Steve, and Mike M., who returned after a five-year hiatus.

We covered the bread-cutter choke and cross-collar choke from the guard, along with slight variations.

As always, ample roll time was provided.

Monday, June 12, 2017

SUNDAY, 11 JUNE 2017

Today was just a training session with me and Jason.

It was no-gi for takedowns. I showed a few defenses to common takedowns, focusing on a defense to the double leg. We reviewed something I showed him after class on Saturday, and then we rolled for at least an hour.

SATURDAY, 10 JUNE 2017

Today's class had me, Jason (brown belt), Rebecca (blue belt), and Tommy (white belt).

We covered a variety of topics, though I did spend time helping Rebecca refine the cross-collar choke from full-mount and a follow-up arm bar from mount in case of a defense to the initial choke due to the upcoming AGF tournament on July 1.

I added a stripe (the second) to Tommy's white belt today.