This one is for my boy… Morgan Frazer… slowed it down a little. 7 mins long lol… honestly I thought I got our round in… guess not. Only with Michael Maronese and Justin Sillman...
Sat BJJ
Small group OTM at 2 pm… Myself, Morgy, Justin the beast Silly, & Yoga Mike… We warmed up with flow rolling, 5 min rounds, then positional drilled with 100% resistance till 3:30 pm, then stretched. Irony, the flowing rolling escalated to hard technical rolling lol…
Warm-up: (Flow Rolling, 5 min Rnds)
- Justin the beast Silly
- Morgy
- Yoga Mike
Quick clip of us flowing hard below lol…
Positional Drills: (3 mins each. alternate partners for opposing position, switch partners, then all over again)
- Bottom person 3 mins: Sweeping. Top person 3 mins: avoiding sweep, then resetting if swept. No passing, 100% resistance…
- Justin the beast Silly
- Morgy
- Yoga Mike
- Bottom person 3 mins: re-guarding or maintaining guard. Top person 3 mins: passing, then resetting if the guard is ever passed, 100% resistance…
- Justin the beast Silly
- Morgy
- Yoga Mike
Quck clip of us working the sweeping drill below…
36 mins total, 30 sec breaks
10 min stretching
Fun fun… sore…lol will blog about this mornings BJJ later
Oss!!
Went for PHO after lol…
Fri LEMMA Openmat
Another awesome time OTM Friday… smashed another quick lift session and in the books! great times… great times!
Lifting: (5 sets, 12 reps )
- Squats, 135 lbs, 4:45 to 4:58 pm
- Bench Press, 135 lbs, 5:02 to 4:25 pm
- Crunches, 100 Reps, 5:02 to 4:25 pm
Conditioning: (Stationary Rowing)
- 1000 m, 4:25 min, Level 6
- 1000 m, 4:45 min, Level 6
- 1000 m, 4:45 min, Level 6
Then: (Stationary Rowing)
- 1986 m, 10 min, Level 6
Morgy, Shat Prof Hatton, Beef Veal, the Frenchman, the Bear, Justin the beast Silly, 10p4l were OTM while I was lifting… Brock was on the heavy bag to warm-up.
Rolling: (5 mins Round )
- Brock Peters, 2 rounds
- 10P4L Veltri, 2 rounds
I was spent lol… Brock’s always a beast to roll with and Jesse is relentless to push the pace… hit 3 single legs though!!
Knee was still wonky… see you today at 2 pm or tomorrow at 10 am…
Oss!!
Wed BJJ
Long day yesterday lol… ever try to balance a baby and audit paper work regarding Change Orders? lets just say takes patients and time lol… yep had the little guy at the office today… his mom had to spend the day working on some research publication. Got to the gym round 6:15 pm… a few boys OTM for the Openmat… not the usual though… everyone must be sore, or wait… gone on vacation, summer is around the corner… lol.
Matt Veal ran the class tonight… got everyone to work on the single leg takedown first. He showed the arm drag and lapel grip break to the single, head inside forehead forward push to an outside head switch with the outside leg stepback. Drilled these a few times with Marios Roussos… bomb. Great warm-up, I guess lol. Impact definitely gets the blood flowing hah!
I’ve attached a video reference found on Youtube below…
Technique:
1. Closed guard, cross sleeve grip break, under the shoulder to over hook, block the opposite arm with the free hand, an inside cross lapel grip, working for an arm-lock with foot on hip, then on the shoulders, knees together for the submission.
2. Closed guard, cross sleeve grip break, under the shoulder to over hook, block the opposite arm with the free hand, an inside cross lapel grip, working for an arm-lock with foot on hip, then on the shoulders, knees together for the submission. This time your opponent counters by bending the elbow, then you swing the leg over, to sit up and finish the omaplata.
3. Closed guard, opposite cross sleeve grip break, to the opposite shoulder, free hand grips the lapel by the trachea and take the back.
I’ve attached a few video references found on Youtube that set up similar overhook arm-lock and omplata:
With a closed guard, cross-grip break, to a over hook arm-lock…
With an overhook arm-lock, to the omplata…
Rolling: (3 min, 30 sec break)
1. Marios Roussos
2. Eric Richardson
3. Big Willy Tenhave
Marios has definitely improved… still spazzy at times, but more controlled. Guard retention surprised me a little, but it shouldn’t have lol, as he has been getting privates with Keith.
Eric used to train with us regularly on Tuesdays, but he has been more focused in his boxing, nice to see him out last night. He is definitely one of the tougher newer white belts out there… strong like ox, big like bull lol
Big Willy… what can I say, 240lbs blue belt, over 6 ft tall. Lets just say he is one hell of a mofos to takedown. His strangle defense has improved substantially, always a fun roll trying to get to the top, especially when he gets his hands on you.
Fast hard 3 min rounds, push you. Our boys are getting harder and harder to submit… either I’m getting crappier or they are really improving. I’ll consider the latter lol. Iron sharpens iron. I don’t consider myself a Master, but very far from it, I’m only a spoke in the wheel and are willing to learn and take from everyone, even white belts lol. Everyone always has something to offer, just have to separate the good from the bad… but i will do what i can to help our team improve.
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Hopefully we see you out Fri, Sat or Sun and my knee holds out…!
Oss!
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BLACK / Adult / Male / Feather
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Sun BJJ
Got to the gym at 9 am… weather was crap this morning. Looked like it was gonna pour. The baby was up every hour little poor guy, 4 months… guess he’s going through a growing spurt. Walked the dog, had my coffee, yogurt and granola for breakfast… then bam hit up LEMMA to get in some lifting and conditioning.
My right knees was so damn sore… probably from yesterday survival scrap with the gigantic new white belt Patrick… lol
Lol… mind you I’m like an Ewok… heck I am an Ewok lol.
Lifting: (5 sets, 12 reps )
- Squats, 135 lbs, 9:20 am to 9:30 am
- Bench Press, 135 lbs, 9:32 am to 9:47 am
- Vanity Crunches, 5 sets of 100 Reps, 9:32 am to 9:47 am
Conditioning: (Stationary Rowing)
- 1942 m, 10:00 min, Level 6
Not impressed with the distance, but hey… I will work for a further distance next Sunday.
Apparently it rained while I was lifting lol… no one showed up early except for Brittany…. oh well bonus points hah!
Class Warm-up:
2 laps jogging, 1 lap lunges
1. Forward shoulder rolls, alternating shoulders, 2 x across mat
2. Reverse shoulder rolls, alternating shoulders, 2 x across mat
3. Side shoulder rolls, 1 x across mat left side & 1 x across mat right side
4. Forward butt scoots, 2 x across mat
5. Reverse butt scoots, 2 x across mat
6. Backwards shrimping, 2 x across mat
8. Forward shrimping, 2 x across mat
9. Backwards break fall to technical stand, 2 x across mat
10. Forward break falls to technical stand, 2 x across mat
11. Drop seoi nage drills backwards, 2 x across mat
12. Single leg, from collar tie, with forward movement, 2 x across mat
13. Duck unders, to back take, with forward movement, 2 x across mat
14. Foot sweeps, with side steps, with side movement, 2 x across mat
15. 2 mins, alternation, Stationary single leg takedown
16. 2 min, alternating, duck unders sacrifice takedown
17. 2 min, alternating, drop seoi nage takedown
18. 2 min, alternating, modified judo hip throw
Technique:
- Wing Choke/Strangle
- Sliding Collar Choke/Strangle
- Bow Choke/Strangle
A quick clip below…
Positional Drilling:
With a person on your back with a full harness… 1.0 min as hard as possible to submit or escape, switch, 15 sec break, and again… until everyone has been strangled…
A quick clip below…
Hoping my knee feels better in the morning… with some ibuprofen, stretching and relaxation.
Cute conversation I had with the wife today while having lunch after BJJ…
Me: You know I started BJJ cause of you… its a great way to relieve stress and get over our arguments… BJJ is the best thing that’s happened for us, without it we may have been divorced or still together by now…
Wife: Yah… maybe at the beginning lol… now your just a BJJ addict…
Me: Hah… better that then drugs, alcohol, or video games…
Then we both chuckled…
My boy Travis was bored… photos from Saturday 2pm BJJ lol… enjoy.
Osss!
Lessons I’ve learned Studying Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Lesson 11: Mat Snobs, and How to Shut Them Down.
Love this!!
Oss!!
What the heck is a Mat Snob, you ask? A Mat Snob is a mercifully rare creature who, for whatever reason, thinks their jits/academy/style/entire being is better than most other folks. They only roll with certain people, they often skip drills with their nose in the air, or drill something entirely different and they’re about as huggable as Joffrey Baratheon on the throne once they earn their blue belt. The Mat Snob isn’t always a snob on the mats, either. This is the person you hear stirring up forums with crap like “Gi is real BJJ, No Gi is catch wrestling/you have to train in the Gi”, they can go on at length about how superior their academy is while throwing shade all over you for your academy and generally tries to tear folks down around them in relation to BJJ.
My suspicion is that these folks are already pretty…
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Sat BJJ
Morgan was in to run the class yesterday… happy with my performance. Other then waking up this morning and my right knee feeling off weird… will blog about this mornings BJJ shortly…
Yeah my knee… blah!!!!
Told Morgy to run a harder warm-up. 24 mins long lol… not overly hard actually, but harder then normal hahahah.
Below is a quick clip of our super easy warm-up…
Technique: (4 min per rounds, 2 rounds each)
1. Pendulum sweep with a over the shoulder belt grip.
2. Hook of doom sweep, with an arm entrapment, after your partners defends the pendulum sweep with a step.
Quick clip below…
Rolling: (5 min Rounds, 5 rounds each)
1. Scotty too hotty
2. Travis Duncan
3. New guy, nogi white belt Patrick, hope he returns… went pretty hard for a guy with no experience in a GI. Guess his nogi kicked in once being stangled a few times. A lot a strength, crushing, and inappropriate use of strength, typical I guess. He tried to escape an armbar by turning me over literally… being 6 ft 4, throwing me around was simple.
4. Morgan Razer Frazer
5. Nathan Shat Professor Hatton
Some really tough and fun rounds…
A few quick clips of us rolling below…
Scotty Too Hotty
Travis Duncan, then New Guy Patrick
Nathan Shat Professor Hatton, then Morgan Razer Frazer
That wasn’t a reference to anyone lol…
Talked to our head coach Professor Richer after class… Sundays will be moved to 11 am for obvious selfish reasons lol… more time for me to work on my strength and conditioning lol. Too bad you didn’t come in morning…
Continued GI strangles. I will blog later lol…
Ossu!
Friday OpenMat
Great crew out for Openmat Friday… smashed that session! great times… great times!
Quick clip of some of the boys that showed up for our Friday OpenMat… nothing special!!
Lifting: (5 sets, 12 reps )
- Squats, 135 lbs, 4:02 pm to 4:10 pm
- Bench Press, 135 lbs, 4:17 to 4:38 pm
- Crunches, 5 sets of 100 Reps, 4:17 to 4:38 pm
Conditioning: (Stationary Rowing)
- 1000 m, 4:30 min, Level 7
- 1000 m, 4:45 min, Level 6
- 1000 m, 4:45 min Level 6
Rolling: (10 mins Round )
- Hassan Hashmi, 1 rounds
- Trina the Beast Southerner, 1 rounds
Below is a quick clip of us rolling…
Fun rolling , thanks homies…
Hit up the Sushi Station and smashed some mean sashimi and ribs after OpenMat lol…
Went to 2pm BJJ today… awesome time, got some great rounds in… will blog later…
Hope to see some of you monkeys out tomorrow for 10 am BJJ!!
Oss!
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