HAPPY NEW YEAR!

On New Year's Day, we had a small open mat with only three attendees (me, Jason, and Jack). We had five minute round-robins where one person was in for two rounds and rested one round. We got in a two hour workout and started the year off right.

SATURDAY, 1 DECEMBER 2018

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

We drilled five guard passes and set up a foot lock from inside of our opponent's guard. We also worked on obtaining dominant grips and breaking grips while standing. As always, we rolled at the end.

SATURDAY, 6 OCTOBER 2018

Today was a full house, consisting of me, Jason, John, Ryan, Tony, Steve, and Jack.

Today's main focus was on achieving the Americana from side-control. I showed four different methods for securing the technique.

We briefly touched on half-guard items before rolling for about 45 minutes.

SATURDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2018

Today's class was me, Jason, John, Tony, Steve, and Jack.

We went over three knee-on-belly escapes, reviewed the bread cutter choke, reviewed an escape to the seat belt grip, and also my "go to" escape from the clock choke.

I was able to roll with Tony, John, and Jason.

This also marked our last class at this location. I helped AFR move to our new location.

SATURDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER 2018

Today's class had me, Jason, John, Ryan, the return of Steve after injuries, and a new guy brought in by John (Abel).

We covered half-guard sweeps and recoveries. We rolled, and I was quite proud of a sneaky back take I did on John.

SATURDAY, 1 SEPTEMBER 2018

Today was just me and Jason. How sad for those who were injured or finishing their tattoos.

I went over half-guard defenses for Jason, focusing on the situation when the person on top in half-guard decides to take up a reverse (ichiro) kesa-gatame position.