Yep Nogi… got to LEMMA around 5:15 pm… Thorburn was running the show. Got us to pummel for a warm-up. I partnered with Philippe. He then got us to review a take down from the collar tie to a under-hook, then a counter with a side step the chin pick tricep grab pull down. The size differential made it a challenge, but it was nice to trouble shoot through the challenge.
I did manage to get Cardio in at the Complex… yep 4th set was the best. I need to make this consistent.
Thorburn then got us to review a knee slice-pass cut through pass, with a switch of the under-hooks. My guess next week is a step back pass to counter your opponent on the bottom if he fights the other under-hook.
Fan-freaking-tastic… a lot of work to do, takedowns and takedown defence is an area I need to work.
Didn’t think many would show… beautiful day, however I was in around 9:30 am.
Hung over lol… too much scotch last night but hey… need to get conditioning in…
Let just say my last set was horrible… 3rd set almost 2 mins lol woooo… getting better will never be easy.
I was right not many people in… only Nathan and Brittany showed up…
Kinda glad…
Got Nathan to run the show. He ran through a short warm-up, then reviewed a take down from a duck under, to a brabo choke and then a arm triangle choke.
Lucky Brittany essentially got a private lol.
We had her ask questions with what she had problems and issues with.
Tried to answer them as best as we could.
Then we had a few small 5 mins rounds on her with me coaching her while she rolled with Nathan…
Apparently she loved that… hah!!
After BJJ I made sure to get my intake of meatballs in from Italian Fest!!
Got to LEMMA around 1:45 pm… Steve was in, Winston popped in and then Kyle the blue belt from Halifax.
Steve reviewed a few half guard set sweeps with the hook of doom, and a low x-guard or single leg x-guard sweep from half guard. I repped them out with Steve, while Winston worked with Kyle… good times. With Steve out we did a shark tank style rolling session. 5 min rounds, with only staying in for two rounds each. I sat out for the first round.
Rolling: (5 min rounds, 1 min break)
1. Sat out
2. Kyle
3. Winston
4. Sat out
5. Kyle
6. Winston
7. Sat out
8. Kyle
9. Winston
10. Sat out
Boy did I ever wish I warmed up lol… but the first roll with Kyle, oh boy! warmed me up lol, then Winston right after Hah…
Winston buddy…
Kyle was rolling really smooth. Which was great… tough roll.
A welcomed addition to our training.
Will be nice to have more experienced competition blue belts around, especially with long legs and arms lol… hopefully he continues to train with us.
Felt bad for Winston… he wasn’t tapping. Really fighting the submissions. He got put to sleep… Snoring… sleep.
Thank god I noticed… cause Kyle didn’t… if no one was there to notice, Winston would have issues.
Got to tap homie! Leave the ego at the door… it will slow down your learning process…
Taped the shit out of it lol. Boy did he grind on me lol…
All I could think about was man… I could have sworn it was for me to warm up… lol… so I literally had to up my pace stay safe.
Oh well lol… he kept trying to do an over under pass inside my guard, which I thought was weird, because it opened up an opportunity for me to triangle him. Which rarely happens for me.
Yes almost triangled someone wooo…
Especially with my 26 inch inseam hah!!
FUN TIMES LOL
Later myself and Morgan asked him why he kept doing that… turns out he watched it on YouTube… a drill in which he tried in live rolling. Myself and Morgan tried to correct his pass… reviewing approach and when to use this pass. Unfortunately, however in turn fortunate. He learned a few ways, corrective was to use this pass while rolling with me. I’m hoping he remembers to send me the link to the video he watched this drill from… that way I can correct his initial intent. Not saying I an expert but hey. Any help, is better then no help…
Take it from me… I was a 4 year white belt lol…
Rolling with Jesse and Justin was fun as usual heck it was all fun! great day…
Got to LEMMA around 6:00 pm… wasn’t sure I should have come out but hey…
Morning was a doosey…
Rowing was fantastic!!
Dave was running the show but had to leave at 7:00 pm… he had us review from butterfly a shin guard sweep with a heel pick, a hip push sweep variation… when he left I took over, we ended up reviewing the knee push sweep variation, double shin sweep and hip sweep with double heel picks…
Below is a great reference to some of the sweeps we reviewed by Jason Skully…
I then got the guys to roll… 5 min rounds. I rolled with Steve, and Travis, both fairly new white belts. Steve is over 200 lbs, while Travis is pushing 180 lbs… yes bigger boys but hey! they gotta train and roll too.
Got to LEMMA around 9:30 am… no motivation but hey…
Yep… Stationary rowing… fantastic. Unfortunately no lifting. Didn’t want to risk weights with a really bad joint.
But 4 sets of 10 mins… every set beating the other… yes I was spent this morning.
Attendees included Katerina, Brittany, Jared, Scott, Gary, & Jesse… yes the king of Nogi… he came into learn some GI chokes. Fantastic!!
Warm-up was standard with jogging around the mat, lunges, forward/backwards rolling/shrimping and even butt scooting.
Drilling consisted of the x-pass, bull fighter-pass, knee slice-pass, turtle guard switches to even a harness back take and submission string follow up if you felt comfortable doing it… 2 min per person as fast as possible then switch. I drilled with Scotty which was nice because usually, there is an odd number of people.
Jesse came in at roughly 11:30 am… So he missed the warm-up and drilling. Oh well. Dude is getting technique in with a GI…
Heck he’s in a GI… BOOM
Technique review discussed the cross collar while inside the closed guard using the cross side lapel, as well as in side control, knee on belly, and even when fully mounted. We then reviewed the paper cutter choke from side control. Coach Matt was in and he showed a different variation of the paper cutter choke which required going to north south first which was cool and probably the first variation that was taught to me.
The guys spent 2 mins repping the technique each. I had them asked questions on how to make the submission theirs and how to make it work for them.
Had everyone roll 5 min rounds. I sat out due to my finger hyper extension. The beast sushi had to leave due to the kids fighting. The homies rolled about 3 rounds each. Lets just say I was really impressed by the way Jared rolled. He hasn’t been OTM for over a month… and wow. Great stuff!!
Definitely, I got sweaty from the rowing then drill session.
Back to the Buskers Festival for a mid day meal… I was determined to get some beef vindaloo lol.
Yep nogi… warmup was arm drags and swimming… swimming for under hooks while standing.
Loved the take downs series from the collar tie with a reversal from the 2 on 1 to a drag down or a step through… and the review for the back control defense by sliding down after breaking grips was beautiful… I partnered with Marco the whole class. All we did was rep these techs. My kinda class.
Thorburn has a different style of grappling, really hard to simulate while rolling with others. Picking off relevant techniques and his approach to the art is what will make you evolve to become a better artist.
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