2 hours nogi jiujitsu Monday night
Focused on single leg finishes from standing.
First was a drill where you are on your knees, in on the single leg, you put your knee behind his foot and drive with your head to finish (no hands). Then another drill from a different angle where you drive with your chest to finish.
Then an Outside Sweep Single. Note: knee needs to drop to the outside of his lead foot.
Then some sparring from standing. I went with the same stocky 175lb blue belt. First we clinched up (mistake on my part, he can ragdoll me in the clinch with his upper body strength). He went for an osoto gari, and I frantically backed my hips up and circled to avoid it. I was in close and couldn't escape the clinch so I shot on his legs and he sprawled and started to get a front headlock. He started to circle around to my back and I turtled, so we restarted from standing. I was working my "cow-catch" takedown defense, and stuffed like eight or nine of his shots that way. He took me down once with a blast double. I was in on a nice high single leg but my grip wasn't quite secure and he ran away as I was trying to finish it. End of round.
Then ground techniques.
First was a waiter sweep from closed guard, into a triangle when they post on your hip.
Then was a high guard armbar when they stand up in your closed guard.
Then a tripod sweep to ankle lock
Nice details on the ankle lock finish. Lower forearm on achilles tendon. Guillotine grip. Clamp elbow to ribcage, which increases tightness and twists their foot to the side. Drop shoulder to ground to finish. Also, keep foot on hip and use it to drive off to generate power.
Then rolling. First I went with the same guy from takedown sparring. He blitzed a pass literally as soon as the round started (as I went for the handshake), which I thought was sort of lame since he wouldn't have passed with that if I was ready. Anyway he got to north-south, I defended and started to escape, got back to my open guard. Attacked with a triangle, switched to an omoplata. It was DEEP, but he rolled out of it and there was a scramble. I came up on top but inside his guard. I was working to pass as the round ended.
Next I rolled with this older wrestler guy. He is improving very quickly, and learning the guard game pretty well. He sat guard first, and I was working to pass. I had a near pass but he recovered his guard and in the scramble I dropped for an ankle lock. He defended pretty well and I swept him from 1LX. I came up, he went for an ankle lock of his own and I ended up in mount as the round ended. This guy has cardio for days, it's ridiculous. He is improving rapidly and really has a good sense of how to move, even from the guard, which is rare for a wrestler.
Then I rolled with a couple white belts and worked my defense from bottom sidemount and from the back.
Then I rolled with the same 240lb Marcelo purple belt. Didn't have much success with anything, haha. He dominated the grips such that I couldn't really initiate many passes, and he was really good with armdrags and I had to sit to guard/concede the sweep in order to avoid getting my back taken. He passed every time with the same hop-over pass from my butterfly guard, and finished every time with the same north-south choke.
After class he showed me some cool guard retention tricks he learned from Marcelo. As the guy passes, even if he has already moved perpendicular and has a bear hug/bodylock, put a single collar tie, like a half muay thai clinch, on the side closer to your head. First level of defense: use this to create space, move your hips away, and re-square. Second level: hook his leg with your near leg from the outside, push through on the knee with your other leg, re-guard. Third level: hip-heist and turn back in.
Good stuff.
I've ordered Ryan Hall's triangle DVD, which should be here in a week or so. I am going to study it intently and try to develop that part of my game.
I also got Stephan Kesting and Brandon Mullins' Takedowns/Top Game app, which is pretty cool. I am going through it now and will have to make sure to drill that stuff after class on a regular basis.
Focused on single leg finishes from standing.
First was a drill where you are on your knees, in on the single leg, you put your knee behind his foot and drive with your head to finish (no hands). Then another drill from a different angle where you drive with your chest to finish.
Then an Outside Sweep Single. Note: knee needs to drop to the outside of his lead foot.
Then some sparring from standing. I went with the same stocky 175lb blue belt. First we clinched up (mistake on my part, he can ragdoll me in the clinch with his upper body strength). He went for an osoto gari, and I frantically backed my hips up and circled to avoid it. I was in close and couldn't escape the clinch so I shot on his legs and he sprawled and started to get a front headlock. He started to circle around to my back and I turtled, so we restarted from standing. I was working my "cow-catch" takedown defense, and stuffed like eight or nine of his shots that way. He took me down once with a blast double. I was in on a nice high single leg but my grip wasn't quite secure and he ran away as I was trying to finish it. End of round.
Then ground techniques.
First was a waiter sweep from closed guard, into a triangle when they post on your hip.
Then was a high guard armbar when they stand up in your closed guard.
Then a tripod sweep to ankle lock
Nice details on the ankle lock finish. Lower forearm on achilles tendon. Guillotine grip. Clamp elbow to ribcage, which increases tightness and twists their foot to the side. Drop shoulder to ground to finish. Also, keep foot on hip and use it to drive off to generate power.
Then rolling. First I went with the same guy from takedown sparring. He blitzed a pass literally as soon as the round started (as I went for the handshake), which I thought was sort of lame since he wouldn't have passed with that if I was ready. Anyway he got to north-south, I defended and started to escape, got back to my open guard. Attacked with a triangle, switched to an omoplata. It was DEEP, but he rolled out of it and there was a scramble. I came up on top but inside his guard. I was working to pass as the round ended.
Next I rolled with this older wrestler guy. He is improving very quickly, and learning the guard game pretty well. He sat guard first, and I was working to pass. I had a near pass but he recovered his guard and in the scramble I dropped for an ankle lock. He defended pretty well and I swept him from 1LX. I came up, he went for an ankle lock of his own and I ended up in mount as the round ended. This guy has cardio for days, it's ridiculous. He is improving rapidly and really has a good sense of how to move, even from the guard, which is rare for a wrestler.
Then I rolled with a couple white belts and worked my defense from bottom sidemount and from the back.
Then I rolled with the same 240lb Marcelo purple belt. Didn't have much success with anything, haha. He dominated the grips such that I couldn't really initiate many passes, and he was really good with armdrags and I had to sit to guard/concede the sweep in order to avoid getting my back taken. He passed every time with the same hop-over pass from my butterfly guard, and finished every time with the same north-south choke.
After class he showed me some cool guard retention tricks he learned from Marcelo. As the guy passes, even if he has already moved perpendicular and has a bear hug/bodylock, put a single collar tie, like a half muay thai clinch, on the side closer to your head. First level of defense: use this to create space, move your hips away, and re-square. Second level: hook his leg with your near leg from the outside, push through on the knee with your other leg, re-guard. Third level: hip-heist and turn back in.
Good stuff.
I've ordered Ryan Hall's triangle DVD, which should be here in a week or so. I am going to study it intently and try to develop that part of my game.
I also got Stephan Kesting and Brandon Mullins' Takedowns/Top Game app, which is pretty cool. I am going through it now and will have to make sure to drill that stuff after class on a regular basis.
