1.5 Hours BJJ
Today we went hard!
123 Total Hours.
Friday, March 28, 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
BJJ
2 Hours BJJ
Today I got to drill kneebars with the advanced class. Kneebars aren't allowed until purple belt, but the instructor wanted me to know about them and also thinks I am ready.
Starting from half guard, top guy spins around facing bottoms legs and grabs his free leg (the top part of bottoms leg triangle) and falls to that side, landing with his hip right by bottoms. From there it is just like an armbar.
After the tap, bottom spins out and as he is spinning top can catch an ankle lock.
Here is me applying the kneebar:
And here is me applying the follow up ankle lock (badly):
During rolls we played chess BJJ, where you have to pick your moves one at a time and take turns... wow! I got to think about my moves and I did okay! I still got tapped out twice.
121.5 Total Hours
Today I got to drill kneebars with the advanced class. Kneebars aren't allowed until purple belt, but the instructor wanted me to know about them and also thinks I am ready.
Starting from half guard, top guy spins around facing bottoms legs and grabs his free leg (the top part of bottoms leg triangle) and falls to that side, landing with his hip right by bottoms. From there it is just like an armbar.
After the tap, bottom spins out and as he is spinning top can catch an ankle lock.
Here is me applying the kneebar:
And here is me applying the follow up ankle lock (badly):
During rolls we played chess BJJ, where you have to pick your moves one at a time and take turns... wow! I got to think about my moves and I did okay! I still got tapped out twice.
121.5 Total Hours
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
BJJ
No Gi:
Drilled a triangle setup from guard. Bottom controls tops wrist with his opposite side hand and uses his free hand to cup/grip the elbow, forming a 2 on 1.
From there bottom pulls his feet up and places them on tops hips. Bottom then crosses his leg/knee (the one opposite of the 2 on 1) over tops no gripped hand, pinning it to his body.
Bottom then swivels on his foot still on the hip while shooting the triangle.
During rolls I almost tapped a blue, and I ended up in top control on another blue for the whole round.
Gi: We drilled Kimura/HipBump Sweeps.
We rolled for 45 minutes straight! No breaks and lots of partner switching. I will be so sore tomorrow!
119.5 Total Hours
Drilled a triangle setup from guard. Bottom controls tops wrist with his opposite side hand and uses his free hand to cup/grip the elbow, forming a 2 on 1.
From there bottom pulls his feet up and places them on tops hips. Bottom then crosses his leg/knee (the one opposite of the 2 on 1) over tops no gripped hand, pinning it to his body.
Bottom then swivels on his foot still on the hip while shooting the triangle.
During rolls I almost tapped a blue, and I ended up in top control on another blue for the whole round.
Gi: We drilled Kimura/HipBump Sweeps.
We rolled for 45 minutes straight! No breaks and lots of partner switching. I will be so sore tomorrow!
119.5 Total Hours
Monday, March 24, 2014
BJJ and Arms
1 hour bjj
After some days off for rest and recovery but now I am back. I missed the mats. I came out strong and got 2 taps on a fellow whitey. I went against 2 different blues and did OKAY. I didn't tap until I went against a purple. She bow and arrow choked me. She also ripped my undershirt!
We drilled kimura/hip bump sweep combos. I hope we can slide in some guillotine combos sometime this week.
117 Total Hours
21s 3x15lbs
Grip Roll Ups - 3x7.5lbs
After some days off for rest and recovery but now I am back. I missed the mats. I came out strong and got 2 taps on a fellow whitey. I went against 2 different blues and did OKAY. I didn't tap until I went against a purple. She bow and arrow choked me. She also ripped my undershirt!
We drilled kimura/hip bump sweep combos. I hope we can slide in some guillotine combos sometime this week.
117 Total Hours
21s 3x15lbs
Grip Roll Ups - 3x7.5lbs
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
BJJ
2.5 Hours BJJ
Today we drilled knee on belly, knee on belly switching sides, and reverse knee on belly spin into mount.
After drilling it a ton of times the professor played a game. He would yell out 1, 2, or 3 or some combo string. Us students have to perform those actions in a row, correctly. The professor walked around with a big wooden sword/stick and swatted incorrect foot/body placements.
1- knee on belly, back to side control.
2-knee on belly switch sides.
3-reverse knee on belly into mount.
During rolls I took what the professor told me last week to heart. I brought it hard.
I rolled with a brown, a purp, and 2 blues and I am satisfied with the results. Even though I didn't get any taps, I passed their guards!
My throat continues to be sore, and my right ankle has a NASTY big bruise.
116 Total Hours BJJ
Today we drilled knee on belly, knee on belly switching sides, and reverse knee on belly spin into mount.
After drilling it a ton of times the professor played a game. He would yell out 1, 2, or 3 or some combo string. Us students have to perform those actions in a row, correctly. The professor walked around with a big wooden sword/stick and swatted incorrect foot/body placements.
1- knee on belly, back to side control.
2-knee on belly switch sides.
3-reverse knee on belly into mount.
During rolls I took what the professor told me last week to heart. I brought it hard.
I rolled with a brown, a purp, and 2 blues and I am satisfied with the results. Even though I didn't get any taps, I passed their guards!
My throat continues to be sore, and my right ankle has a NASTY big bruise.
116 Total Hours BJJ
Saturday, March 15, 2014
BJJ
2.5 Hours BJJ
Today we drilled leg drag pass and collar choke from the back.
I took a private and we focused on knee on belly from side mount, into a kimura/straight armlock/americana combo. The professor also fixed my scissor sweep. I am not breaking their posture and HOLDING them in a broken posture. I pull and then they are able to get up... I should be pulling and stay pulling as I load up the sweep. I learn so much in private lessons.
113.5 Total Hours
Today we drilled leg drag pass and collar choke from the back.
I took a private and we focused on knee on belly from side mount, into a kimura/straight armlock/americana combo. The professor also fixed my scissor sweep. I am not breaking their posture and HOLDING them in a broken posture. I pull and then they are able to get up... I should be pulling and stay pulling as I load up the sweep. I learn so much in private lessons.
113.5 Total Hours
Friday, March 14, 2014
BJJ
1.5 Hours BJJ
More leg drag pass. I really enjoy this position. I was watching some blackbelts on youtube and this leg drag comes up quite often! Only with the blackbelts they are in quite advanced positions with body parts everywhere. I am on the other end of the spectrum.
The professor chewed me out. He said I need to get meaner. I am too nice. He said I am giving people sweeps when they start them, and that it isn't helping anyone get better.
111 Total Hours
More leg drag pass. I really enjoy this position. I was watching some blackbelts on youtube and this leg drag comes up quite often! Only with the blackbelts they are in quite advanced positions with body parts everywhere. I am on the other end of the spectrum.
The professor chewed me out. He said I need to get meaner. I am too nice. He said I am giving people sweeps when they start them, and that it isn't helping anyone get better.
111 Total Hours
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
BJJ
2 Hours BJJ
We drilled leg drag until my legs started hurting... more like leg bruise pass!
I like the leg drag position when/if I can get to it. Bottom truly is helpless to stop the pass once that position is obtained (at least at my level). We practiced taking the back into a collar choke from the back. We also drilled side control to knee on belly into armbar.
109.5 Total Hours
We drilled leg drag until my legs started hurting... more like leg bruise pass!
I like the leg drag position when/if I can get to it. Bottom truly is helpless to stop the pass once that position is obtained (at least at my level). We practiced taking the back into a collar choke from the back. We also drilled side control to knee on belly into armbar.
109.5 Total Hours
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Saturday, March 8, 2014
BJJ
1.5 Hours BJJ
Today we continued the leg drag pass. We sparred the leg drag pass, bottom had to sweep or get guard or half guard. Top has to pass.
I did OKAY.
106 Total Hours
Today we continued the leg drag pass. We sparred the leg drag pass, bottom had to sweep or get guard or half guard. Top has to pass.
I did OKAY.
106 Total Hours
Friday, March 7, 2014
BJJ
Tonight we gathered at our gym and departed to Babalu's B.I.G. Gym.
We rolled with Babalu's students. I had lots of fun! I went against 2 other white belts, David and Chris.
David is a 2 stripe. I ended up tapping him 3 times, one armbar, one americana, and one kimura. He was much lighter than me.
Chris is a 3 stripe white belt like me. He is slightly heaver than me and when we rolled he had control of me most of the time. Only, he wasn't able to tap me. Each time he put me in side control bottom I would try to put my body in a good position and wait for him to attack; which is a bad thing usually. He was applying so much pressure I felt like I would waste too much energy squirming free... so I waited. Once he started in for a choke I defended for a bit then took a quick couple breathes and exploded into a bridge. Chris was heaved off me for a moment and it gave me the space to escape. Chris comes back hard but this time I am able to scramble and I end up in side control top. From there I am lucky enough to lock up a kimura on his far arm. He taps! Next go it progresses similarly only I end up choking him out with a bread cutter choke having just passed his guard. He gurgled a few times before the tap.
The next go of it he ended up on my back, and just moments before time ran out in the round I was able to turtle into a sit out escape. Time ended with us on our knees in the clinch.
This goes down as a week of BJJ without me tapping... :D Some say you aren't learning if you aren't tapping. I say I am showing my learned defense. It is just a lucky week.
104.5 Total Hours
We rolled with Babalu's students. I had lots of fun! I went against 2 other white belts, David and Chris.
David is a 2 stripe. I ended up tapping him 3 times, one armbar, one americana, and one kimura. He was much lighter than me.
Chris is a 3 stripe white belt like me. He is slightly heaver than me and when we rolled he had control of me most of the time. Only, he wasn't able to tap me. Each time he put me in side control bottom I would try to put my body in a good position and wait for him to attack; which is a bad thing usually. He was applying so much pressure I felt like I would waste too much energy squirming free... so I waited. Once he started in for a choke I defended for a bit then took a quick couple breathes and exploded into a bridge. Chris was heaved off me for a moment and it gave me the space to escape. Chris comes back hard but this time I am able to scramble and I end up in side control top. From there I am lucky enough to lock up a kimura on his far arm. He taps! Next go it progresses similarly only I end up choking him out with a bread cutter choke having just passed his guard. He gurgled a few times before the tap.
The next go of it he ended up on my back, and just moments before time ran out in the round I was able to turtle into a sit out escape. Time ended with us on our knees in the clinch.
This goes down as a week of BJJ without me tapping... :D Some say you aren't learning if you aren't tapping. I say I am showing my learned defense. It is just a lucky week.
104.5 Total Hours
Thursday, March 6, 2014
BJJ
1.5 Hours
Gi: We drilled a guard pass for 40 minutes today! I am not sure what it is called, but the passer grips one leg inside the knee while gripping bottom's other leg outside the knee. Next the passer pushes bottoms legs into his stomach/chest with his bodyweight. He slips to one side while controlling the knee with his farside arm and hand. Next top pressures down into side control.
We rolled top passes bottom sweeps. I was able to hold my own for a bit but I gave out after a bit. It was a good practice.
103.5 Total Hours
Gi: We drilled a guard pass for 40 minutes today! I am not sure what it is called, but the passer grips one leg inside the knee while gripping bottom's other leg outside the knee. Next the passer pushes bottoms legs into his stomach/chest with his bodyweight. He slips to one side while controlling the knee with his farside arm and hand. Next top pressures down into side control.
We rolled top passes bottom sweeps. I was able to hold my own for a bit but I gave out after a bit. It was a good practice.
103.5 Total Hours
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
BJJ
1 hour BJJ
We continued drilling the omoplata.
We sparred top guy pass bottom guy sweep/submit. I was swept by the higher belts and I swept lots of the other white belts.
102 Total Hours
We continued drilling the omoplata.
We sparred top guy pass bottom guy sweep/submit. I was swept by the higher belts and I swept lots of the other white belts.
102 Total Hours
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
BJJ
2.5 Hours
No-Gi: We drilled shoulder underhook stepback into a knee pick. It is one of those falls that happens and you wonder how it exactly it came to be that you are in bottom side control.
We drilled double leg takedowns (in Judo: Morote Gari). Afterward we sparred double leg takedowns. I drilled and sparred with the professor! He took me down twice in 3 minutes and I took him down zero times... but I shot in a good number of times. I even set the shots up first! The professor is a beast.
Gi: We drilled Omoplata (Judo: Ashi Sankaku Garami). The professor offered to let me in on the advanced technique (triangle from mount) but I declined. Omo is one of my favs!
During rolls I didn't get tapped, not once. I didn't attack and push for top position until I went up against the professor. He let me work my game and showed me weaknesses in my open guard defense (like that is hard). I think the professor ran out of time before he tried to tap me.
101 Total Hours
No-Gi: We drilled shoulder underhook stepback into a knee pick. It is one of those falls that happens and you wonder how it exactly it came to be that you are in bottom side control.
We drilled double leg takedowns (in Judo: Morote Gari). Afterward we sparred double leg takedowns. I drilled and sparred with the professor! He took me down twice in 3 minutes and I took him down zero times... but I shot in a good number of times. I even set the shots up first! The professor is a beast.
Gi: We drilled Omoplata (Judo: Ashi Sankaku Garami). The professor offered to let me in on the advanced technique (triangle from mount) but I declined. Omo is one of my favs!
During rolls I didn't get tapped, not once. I didn't attack and push for top position until I went up against the professor. He let me work my game and showed me weaknesses in my open guard defense (like that is hard). I think the professor ran out of time before he tried to tap me.
101 Total Hours
Monday, March 3, 2014
BJJ
1 hr BJJ
Today we drilled the omoplata (Judo: Ashi Sankaku Garami). I enjoy this move and it is one of my favorites!
During rolls I went against 3 other blues (3 rounds, 1 blue per) and didn't get a tap, but nor was I tapped! I feel like my ability is improving.
98.5 Total Hours
Today we drilled the omoplata (Judo: Ashi Sankaku Garami). I enjoy this move and it is one of my favorites!
During rolls I went against 3 other blues (3 rounds, 1 blue per) and didn't get a tap, but nor was I tapped! I feel like my ability is improving.
98.5 Total Hours
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