Monday, March 5, 2018

SATURDAY, 03 MARCH 2018

Today's class consisted of just me, Rebecca, and Tommy. I will attribute the poor attendance to the cold weather.

We worked on an escape from side-control when the opponent changes directions and moves north-south to the other side.

We then worked on butterfly-guard (introduction for white and blue belts) and also worked on concepts from half-guard (taking the back, kimura, armbar, etc.).

Tommy & I rolled for a bit following the class.

Monday, February 19, 2018

SATURDAY, 17 FEBRUARY 2018

Today's class had me, Jason, John, Tommy, Steve, and two newcomers from CCSO (Mike & Jamie).

I covered a basic way to open the guard, the basic smash pass series (around and through), the front bear-hug escape with arms trapped, and then had everyone roll.

Thursday, February 15, 2018

SUNDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2018

Today, I gave a private lesson to John at the PD. We covered side-control escapes.

SATURDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 2018

Today's class had me, John, Ryan, Rebecca, and a newcomer, Tim.

I went over transitions from side control to kesa-gatame, back to side-control, and on to ichiro kesa-gatame. We then moved on to chokes from the guard, and then on to a wrestling review.

Rebecca bailed early, but the rest of us rolled before pulling up the mats.

Monday, February 5, 2018

SATURDAY, 3 FEBRUARY 2018

Today's class was just made up of me, John, Steve, and Nicole.

Full mount escapes were the flavor of the day. We worked on the basic trap arm/trap leg escape, the frame escape, and a variation of trap arm/trap leg escape.

We moved to the cross collar choke from guard, focusing on use of the wrists to achieve the choke.

John, Steve, and I rolled at the end of class.

Saturday, January 27, 2018

SATURDAY, 27 JANUARY 2018

Today's class was just me, Ryan, and Steve. We worked on self-defense issues. We dealt with a front bear hug (arms trapped), moving to three options (o goshi, rear take down, and take down if opponent grabs a headlock). We also worked strikes instead of take downs.

On the ground, we worked headlock escapes to an arm bar and to a back take.

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

01-20-2018 SEMINAR

Rebecca, Steve, and I took a trip south and attended a seminar given by my instructor, Charles Dos Anjos, on Saturday, 20 January 2018.

I personally learned a few nuggets (how to shut down DLR guard and Berimbolo, for instance), and I was able to add to my understanding of DLR guard.

Apparently, I have been a higher rank than I am currently wearing since 11 June 2016, so that was remedied.