Week of 4/23/12

Monday:
MT: did "muay knat" drilling where you want to pressure a kicker, and give forward drive.
opponent against ropes: you can elephant walk in place, switch stance, knee
opponent in open space: elephant walk, step through, and knee
opponent retreats: elephant walk, step through, kick
also worked clinch. A.B.C. always be close. One hand on biceps, other in plum, step w/ non plum side, swing plum leg back to off balance while jerking down on plum, bring into plum side knees.

Pads: 1,2,switch, lk lk, check, step, right knees. and reverse

Good sparring. Sheri worked me over with her ninja kickboxing kicks. Coming out of crazy angles. You simply have to have an extremely tight guard against that or get kicked from a weird angle. It's an interesting exercise to be kicked from unexpected angles. I think I'm one of the best guys that regularly comes to train, technically. But still from an aggression standpoint, I am lacking. The same can be said of bjj.

Tuesday:
BJJ:
Drilled swapping knee on belly side positions.
passing open guard to knee on belly. cross grip pants, step around, KoB.
have both pant legs, push back and stack, then explosively straighten and flatten legs, keep arms stiff, fall onto side control
arm bar from KoB:, underhook far arm, pin own elbow in and down. Step outward leg around his head, swing hips around and fall while tucking foot under shoulder. KoB leg stays on top and pins his head. finish.

Ben and I had a great first roll. Lots of back and forth. I stalled his sub attempts, escaped, and he did the same to me. There is a roided out kid that just joined. All aggression, no technique. I dread having to roll with him. I just let him pin me, and work on escaping and maintaining guard. My guess is he'll either get injured, injure someone, or quit in the next 2 months. We'll see.

Wednesday:
Helped Claude teach his CCW class, and I'm happy because I was SO SORE from training.

Thursday:
BJJ:
1/2 guard sweeps.
Back Take: get underhook on 1/2 guard side, hide head and bottom arm. Use underhook to bump guy up and away, squirt under arm, take back
Sweep if whizzered: get underhook on leg with bottom arm, roll other way. sweep to 1/2.
Sweep 1: get underhook on 1/2 guard side (if possible), get DEEP underhook w/ bottom arm, pull him on top of you, if his leg stuck in guard posts up and down, grab his ankle, keep your leg on his thigh, don't let it flatten, drive forward, using trapped ankle and thigh to push and sweep.
Sweep 2:same as above, but if trapped leg straightens, use underhooked arm to shuck him, and squirt out the back.

I'm at sort of a strange point in BJJ. I feel like some aspects of my game are getting better (surviving, defending, escaping), but some aspects are stagnating pretty badly. The things I'm lacking still include aggressiveness, takedowns, attacks, basically everything except defense.

Friday.
Lifted weights. Deadlifts 2x5reps something like 225. Superset that w/ 25 kettlebell swings. Did 3x8 sets of military press with 75 lbs. Supersetted more kb swings. Weighted carry, 5 sets. Some 2 handed, suitcase carry, waiter carry. Used 55 lb dumbbells for most things. Walked to orange house's satellite dish and back. That covered Hinge, Press, and weighted carry movements. I need to set up the squat rack so I can at least squat, and the bench so I can work pulls.