Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Sun June 28/15 BJJ

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9 am LEMMA loner workout…
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Lifts:
1. Squats 135 lbs, 5 sets, 18 reps
2. Bench 135 lbs, 4 sets, 18 reps

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Box Jumps:
1. Box Jumps, 24 in, 4 sets, 13 reps

2. Box Jumps, 30 in, 1 set, 8 reps

3. Box Jumps, 24 in + 20 in, once with a running start…

I had to take a running start…

I will be able complete this one day on the spot lol…

I tried resting at the top…

Gonna have to try more…

Felt weird for the other jumps especially trying to do it at a fast pace…

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Then 11am BJJ… WORD UP!!

Even swept the mat before Justin rolled in…

Technique was all about the loop chokes, reviewed, drilled, drilled with resistance, then drilled some more…

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Osss!!!!

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Sat June 27/15 BJJ

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Great 2 pm Sat class…

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Some nice passing transitioning technical reviews and a nasty mount arm bar for those you don’t like.

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Who Missed it?…

Whoops lol… maybe next time?

Morgo was in and running it… Aria ran the warm-up. Myself, Jayden, & Marco were on site…

Oh and Winston lol…

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No rest for the wicked, NO EXCUSES.

Him and his wife just had a baby too. Congrats buddy, second, I might say… yep know how you feel… no sleep.

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We train cause it takes us away… makes us sane, and is four life.

Oss,

Standard warm-up, a few 7-min round rolls, reviewed some tech, and then more 7-min round rolls.

Warm-up Rolls: (7 mins)
1. Jayden
2. Winston

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Rolling: (7 mins rounds, 1 min break)
1. Winston
2. Marco
3. Jayden
4. Aria
5. Marco
6. Morgo

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Solid great hard and technical rounds by everyone…

Oss,

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Fri June 26/15 Open Mat

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Warmed up with Nathan for 2 7 min rounds…

JAMMED with: 7 min rounds, 1 min breaks

1. Nathan the Doctor Shat
2. Josh the beast Daluca
3. Marco Polo
4. Alex the Bear Wawia
5. Marco Polo

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Then met up with the wife, Morgo and his wife for good old sushi station.

Boom!

Oss.

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Wed June 24/15 BJJ

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If you missed BJJ yesterday you suck…
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Got to class around 6:15 pm…

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Coach got me to run a quick warm up… standard running around, bear crawls, shrimping, & rolling etc…

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Coach then reviewed a half guard transition, while your opponent is trying to pass your guard while inside your half guard. Top person with an under hook, and shoulder pressure. Bottom, shoulder punching, knee in for separation, like a z- guard, arching back to break the shoulder pressure grip then diving into a deep half or into the the dog fight position.

Diesel then ran through a variation pushing the collar instead of shoulder punching, z-guard, then diving in for the deep half, grip the posting arm, hide the other, then sweep.

Coach then discussed the opportunities opened while in half guard and using the hook of doom to transfer the balance of your opponents base while in your half guard.

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LOVE THE HOOK OF DOOM…

Only got a few fast hard rounds of rolling in… 3 mins is a duzzer… fast and hard.

1. Philippe da Frenchman
2. Matt T-burn

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Sun June 20/15 BJJ

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Up at 7:30 am made coffee walked the dog,

Got to use my new mug I got for Fathers day…

Thought there was a brand new GI in the bag…

This will suffice…

love my morning java…

The wife knows whats important!

HAPPY FATHERS DAY ALL!!

OSS!!

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Wooo morning pick me up…

Got to LEMMA around 9:00 am…

You got it. ME LIFT

Lifting:
1. Squats, 135 lbs, 5 sets, 16 reps
2. Bench, 135 lbs, 5 sets, 16 reps

Box Jumps:
1. 24in, 4 sets, 12 reps

2. 30 in, 1 set, 6 reps

Leg, calves, muscles in my feet I never knew i had were burning… Managed to pump out 6 reps of 30 in box jumps before Jiu-jitsu… Been try to work my explosive movements. Figured box jumping would improve that seeing i don’t do any other sport activities anymore. Used to love basket ball, snow boarding, soccer, tennis, and now its all just BJJ focus…

Stretched for 15 mins, then some of the boys started showing up…

Started with the standard warm up and running around…

Of course lots of shrimping, forwards and backward, among other cool stuff lol

Did some take down drills…

Then we reviewed a few loop choke variations…

Love them loop chokes…

Then some rolling…

8 min rounds, only had time to roll once…

Man am I ever sore, from the lifting and everything else…

Alex the new whit belt was giving me all he had…

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Good job homie, hope to see you out soon!

BTW your GI pants were on backwards!! #whitebeltproblems lol

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OSS!

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Wed June 17/15 BJJ

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Arm bars, arm bars…

We be doing arm bars…

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Got to to LEMMA around 6pm, got volunteered amongst other peoples to be a dummy for the rug rats…

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They practiced the good old fashioned  closed guard guillotine excellent work homies!

The future of BJJ… Osss.

Diesel ran the class today…

Warm up was my favourite with repping out arm bar swings, 10 on each side and then the good old fashioned hip bump sweeps.

For those of you that attend my Sunday classes, you know there are about 8 or 9 other drills we run down… Oss.

Partnered with Josh the beast Daluca, yep beast. Strong like bull, moves like one too. >

Tired with all the traveling, flying, driving and super long traveling weekend festivities, from the little monkey being up, the long working day but hey…

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BTW, Congrats Pon on the wedding in London which i did attend on Saturday…

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Then the drive down from Thunder Bay for my boy Morgan Razer Frazer in Minneapolis… bup bup!!…

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BJJ all the way son!

Diesel got us to work on a few variations of an arm bar then one into a sweep.

King of the mat starting from closed guard, then rolling afterwards.

First, I got grouped with Josh, & Jesse. Physical phenoms lol… athletic smashers lol. It was fun and I got pushed around. Second, I got grouped with Philippe, & Marc. Yep pushed around lol… then it was Luke and Juno lol. Man, only Marco was my size lol.

Rolling: (4 min rounds, 30 sec breaks)
1. Josh the beast Daluca
2. Jesse quicky McDougall
3. Philippe the Frencher Jecker
4. Marco Polo

Great rounds, and I got pushed. Sometimes rolling with bigger guys puts my technical ability to the test and reminds me that technique rules all…

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They are STRONGER, they are more muscular. I muscle back, I’m smaller, they win the strength and push battle I gas, & I can die.

Not smart, had to change my strategies… lol especially when a bull mounts you yep.

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Defensive and ‘A’ game to live… weather the storm and wait for openings…

Chugged a bunch of water…

WORD… lol

Oss,

See you Friday for Open Mat…

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Fri June 12/15 Open Mat

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Homies be like what what…

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My knee is snore, not sure why. Before the rolling too. I suspect I banged it up while sleep rolling onto the floor or into the wall.

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The wife will have to clarify…

Either that or its the aftermath of rolling with those human apes on Wednesday lol…

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Crazy… sleep, eat, work for BJJ, word!

I took it really easy today…

It was all focus with no messing around…

Didn’t want to mess up the knee even further…

Gotta be able to attend the weddings…

YES, 2 IN A ROW…

SON!

Flew to London Saturday morning…

Flying back to Thunder Bay Sunday morning, then driving to Minneapolis.

NUTS nuts nuts!

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Warmup:

Alex the bear… a lot of flow. Man I remember a time where all he was, was dah judo… gripping judo. Hummm bear? Judo? Yep. Crushing strength.

Your flow has come a long way my friend… keep it up.

Osss!!

Now only if I can convince you to compete with us.

Rolling: (5 min, 2 breaks)
1. Luka
2. Luka
3. Luka
4. Luka

Been playing around with a modified baseball strangle lately from side control with stapling the arm to immobilize my opponent lately. Something like what John Veal use to do to me while up here, but working into a paper cutter. This works with bigger stronger guys, as most will just try bench pressing you as most of the pressure is applied to the neck carotid artery. Its effectiveness is so far phenomenal. I attack the other arm with my free hand to bait the opening. If they don’t take it, I can maintain side control, move to north south, attack dangling are, or status quo for the strangle.

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Brother you gotta tap! Snore snore…. out.

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Technique:

With dah Frenchman… he wanted to review escaping the northsouth. Definitely a few variations, mainly to me off scrambles and timing. Soo hard to escape once your opponent clamps down like a vise.

All and all, great session homies!!

I will be in London, then Minneapolis till Tuesday.

My boy Nathan the Prof Shat Hatton has me covered.

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Oss

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Sun June 7/15

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Got to LEMMA around 8:30 am…

Yes had G with me lol…

Liftings: (135 lbs, 5 Sets, 14 Reps)

  1. Squats
  2. Bench
  3. Crunches, 5 Sets,100 Reps

Nathan was in at 9:30 am, Fantastic… got him to run a warm up.

Daddy Day care says Brittany…lol when she got in lol…

Nathan got the guys to do a standard rolling around and stuff.

The Frenchman, Justin St Man Crusher was in as well.

Drilling: (1 min each, then switch)

  1. Arm bars’,
  2. Hip bump sweeps’,
  3. Kimuras’,
  4. Triangles’,
  5. Marcelotines’,
  6. Omaplatas’,
  7. Scissor sweeps,
  8. Spider guard switches’,
  9. Side control switches’,

Technique: (15 min)

Reviewed the rear back GI chokes with the homies, the closed guard cross collar from last week, then discussed a variation with the thumb in, while waiting for your opponent to pop their head out while attempting an escape.

Nice clip below found on Youtube…

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Positional Drills: (50% & 75% resistance)

Everyone had an opportunity to work this with everyone, and then they alternated between being in the closed guard, defending, or attacking with only cross collars.

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We then discussed a few defenses to the collar choke… a nice video below by Stephan Kesting discussing other potential defenses…

Rolling: (5 min rounds, 30 sec break)

I only rolled with my boy lol… sorry no video. Next time!

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See you next time!!

Oss