BJJ

1.5 Hours BJJ

We drilled spider guard and spider guard into triangle/armbar combos.

80 Total Hours

Run Night

2.83 Miles

BJJ

2 Hours BJJ

Continued to drill spider guard.   My fingers are now raw and abrased.

We learned a sweet from spider guard where you bait a leg (the one on the hip) by placing it on the ground.  If the top guy tries to pass/do knee-on-belly there is a sick sweep involving quick hip movement and placing the bait leg behind top's legs.  If top is smart enough to sit, then bottom can go the opposite way and sweep into side control.

I rolled vs a black belt friend (Brazilian) of the professor.  He worked me!

78.5 Total Hours

BJJ

1.5 Hours BJJ

My lip is finally healed up enough to continue BJJ!  I went today and only did the warm up and drills.  Rolling is for fully healed me.

We drilled spider guard control where the top guy will circle to bottom's non bicep controlled side. The bottom person has to switch his foot from the top's hip to top's bicep while the other foot goes from top's bicep to top's hid. This drill is hard work for both people!  I enjoyed it though because I got to work my grips and spider control.

Next we drilled throwing on the triangle from spider guard.  The triangle mechanics are the same only this time top is standing, while bottom has to, in one motion, pull both grips toward himself, use the foot posted on the hip to elevate the opposite side leg across top's neck and over onto his back (triangle setup).  Bottom maintains top's broken posture while throwing on the triangle.

76.5 Total Hours

Run Night

2.55 miles

Speedbag

400+ hits per side

Speedbag

300+ hits per side

BJJ

1 Hour BJJ

We continued triangle/armbar combos!  I busted my lip pretty badly...  I had a tooth go through my lower lip. :(

75 Total Hours

BJJ

1.5 Hours BJJ

We drilled triangle/armbar combos.  We drilled maintaining/escaping side control. After class I asked a purple to reteach me the flower sweep.  Here what I recal:

From guard bottom:
1. Grip (pistol) his sleeve with the same side hand.
2. Grip the opposite side gi material at his knee.
3. Open up the hips while pointing your heels to the sky.
4. All at once, pull his sleeve toward your head, pull his knee toward and above your head and swivel your hips in a pendulum motion toward the side with the sleeve grip.  This causes him to go head-first to his shoulder, then back.  You end up in mount. 

74 Total Hours

Disc Golf

1.98 miles

Speedbag

400+ hits per side
3 sets of 21s @20lbs a side.

BJJ

2.5 Hours BJJ

I went to No Gi for the first time.  I did alright but I got caught in 4 chokes. I prefer Gi!

72.5 Total Hours

Run Night

2.61 miles

Speedbag and Arms

300+ hits per side
3 sets of 21s @ 20lbs per side

BJJ

1.5 Hours BJJ

I am going to be sore tomorrow!  This means that I did it right!

We continued the scissor sweep.  I am really getting a feel for the techniques involed; namely: lapel hand punch towards sweep side, pistol grip hand pull, sweep side leg chop, and opposite side leg hoist, all at once! 

I gassed hard very early (during drills) due to the intense warm up.  Professor had us do some intense cardio/plyometrics involving chain style (using other people, one after the other, little rest) drills.

During rolls I tapped a higher belt from the back (first time!).  I got him in what I thought was a loose lapel choke, but i guess it was tight in the right places.

I rolled vs the Professor!  This is the 4th time I've rolled with him. I have 5 rolls total vs blackbelts in BJJ.  It went... better than last time.  I spent the WHOLE time defending, which doesn't exactly nab subs, but at least I didn't rush into a triangle or his guard.  In fact I played my whole game under his center of gravity but that didn't stop him from locking up a triangle. 

I am so busy being off balanced that I can't mount any sort of offense!

70 Hours BJJ

BJJ, Speedbag and Arms

1 Hour BJJ

We continued scissor sweeps.  I am starting to get a bit proficient at it.

We drilled/sparred guard passing vs sweep.  I did pretty okay passing, but my sweeps need work.  Guard bottom is not my thing yet.

68.5 Hours BJJ

200+ hits each side
3 sets of 21s @ 20lbs a side.

BJJ

1.5 Hours BJJ

We went over the scissor sweep and also a variation of the scissor sweep where the top guy starts to do a standup.  The variation was very cool!  Bottom person hooks tops posted leg while setting grips, then scissors and ends up in mount.

After the professor taught a submission transition/combo involving the ezekiel choke into an arm trap into an armbar.  The bottom guy has to defend the ezekiel which usually involves flairing the elbows out a bit.  Top moves/scoots his knee to trap the arm (occupying the space the flaring elbow makes with his knee). Then from there it is a quick weight shift the throw the leg over bottoms head for an armbar.

During rolls I tapped a fellow white belt, and was tapped a few times by a blue and also by a purple.  Fun times!

67.5 Hours BJJ

Arms

Alternating Curls: 3x8 17.5lbs
Palm Up Wrist Curls: 3x15 17.5 lbs
Dips: 30

...hardly a workout.

BJJ

1.5 Hours BJJ

We warmed up with double leg shots, we drilled double leg takedowns, and we sparred takedowns.

For standing takedowns, I've discovered that I am quite proficient.  The professor had 5 higher belts line up in stations facing the rest of us.  Us lower belts took our turn in line as 5 of us went up against the higher belts.  The match was king of the hill, so the winner got to stay at the station.

I took down all comers until my legs gave out.  Luckily no black belt showed up in my station, but I certainly rocked it.  After a bunch of people I exhausted.  I re-queued and came the the front, I held my station AGAIN.  I even busted a smooth judo hip throw on a blue belt (throwback from childhood judo lessons) and made the line go, "ohhhh".  :D

66 Total Hours BJJ

Arms and Shoulders

Speedbag: 300+ hits per side

2 sets of 21's @ 15LBS a side. 

I think it is finally time to bump up the weight on the 21's!