week of 7/31/12

Skipped MT on monday. My lower back was sore from Saturday's No Gi.

Tuesday: BJJ

Jamal was teaching us. Jr. and I rolled a bit before class. My 'rolling' goal today was to be frustrating and if I ended up in turtle or side control, I wanted to go for single legs. I think I reached my goal.

We drilled some knee on belly ride stuff on a heavy bag before class.

We worked arm bars, and sweeps from the arm bar, and if the guy pulls the arm out, go for an omaplata.
We also worked the turtle position, the clock choke, and a variation of the clock choke when you can't get the other hand in. You just use the forearm of that arm and pivot around it while applying pressure.

We worked a setup for a clockchoke that went like this:
from top of the turtle position, get a hook in, take his back, wait for the points, get the clock choke grips, switch the top hook to an outside hook, let go of the bottom hook, use top hook to encourage him to roll over back into turtle, then complete the clock choke.

We did a 1/2 guard sweep before class too. It was a 10th planet sweep using a lockdown, an overhook on the leg with your top arm around back of his thigh. Swim bottom hand under his bottom thigh, pull weight on top, extend and swipe lockdown across floor to put pressure on his knee to encourage the sweep.

Kimura sweep: when in side control, grab kimura grip on his trailing arm (where his legs are), finish the kimura if possible, or just use it to apply pressure and roll away w/ his arm, forcing a sweep.

To defend that move. try to grab your pants and move your legs around to his head, trying to walk around the top, as you circle, eventually you'll pull his arm out of a strong grip, and you can arm bar him.