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Nov 6/15 Open Mat

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2 down… 3 more BJJ related sessions to blab about… nothing special. Got behind, you know family life… a 10 month demanding further daddy time. Oh and the dog… yep kinda cute.

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Got a tonne of rolling in… yep. A tonne

Clips of the rolling sessions below…

We did manage to get a crew out to the Sushi Station… horrible experience btw.

Not enough ribs, slow service, what else… slow service… oh and slow service. Food that got out was satisfactory. But yes… slow service. I guess I could say I’m super patient… but man was that ever slow lol… common lol… we go there all the time.

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Nov 5/15 Kids BJJ

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Jumped in to help up with the kids class tonight… slowly developing patience lol… slowly.

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Thanks to Arin, Katrina, Philippe, and Travis, though… without the help not sure how to deal with little people trying to take limbs from you… especially 20 of them.

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YES 2O little monkeys in Gi’s… well a few in Gi’s lol… slowly but surely… my addiction will be everyone’s… 🙂

Standard warm-ups…

Self-defence with the double neck grab, single wrist grab, then a 2 on 1 wrist grab drill with 2×2 min sessions, they then got to do a 10 min zombie game with them up kicking and guarding their face to protect their brain…

Then in 2 groups we had them sock flag wrestle for 10 mins… yes fun fun.

These guys have soooo much energy so… in their same groups I then got them to do king of the mat with first just working on getting a mount for 5 mins, then just working for a back take for 5 mins, then finishing with either mount or back take for 5 mins to be king of the mat.

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Nov 4/15 BJJ

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Open mat was yet full again… wow.

Awesomeness to all that showed up.

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Warmed with the fellow Eric, the buddy with the shiny blue Fuji Gi again… great stuff. Long ass round lol.

BTW… he didn’t spaz… well a couple of times he did. But great stuff. Much improvement since our last roll.

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Travis ran the class today… I warmed the guys up with the standard running around the mat, lunges, bear crawls, forward and reverse rolls as well as some shrimps.

Travis had us review a few side control escapes 3 in fact. First was a re-guard with a forearm to the neck with a z type guard, second was a bridge roll sweep, & third was a similar sweep with a deep belt grip and body lock.

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Had a visiting black belt… didn’t get his name… Logan. Apparently he is in for about 4 days… I’m was hoping to get some rolling in with him… not sure what club he trained with… I had to bounce… fa family lol

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Seriously though… if you missed out. Your loss…

Great stuff!

We then rolled… first with The Duncan, and the Mitch… 5 min or 4 min rounds.

My homie Mitch… if you are reading this lol

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Hahahah!

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Nov 2/15 BJJ

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Open mat was full again… awesome.

Rolled with Big Willy… dude ain’t getting smaller lol.

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Having big guy’s on top of you make you focus on technique… using strength is a waste of wonderful resources, especially when there is such a large difference in size and obviously that he will beat me on the strength battle.

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Roll like a mouse and wait for opportunity if there is a large size difference …

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Strategy is the way to go when up against an opponent bigger and definitely more skilled then the average blue belt.

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 Although I did manage to tweak my lower back somehow, probably from the lack of posture while trying to escape a big man single leg lol… or maybe he sprawled on me.

Not sure.

Glad I’m not training for a tourney at the moment… still trying to gather myself mentally with all this time off from parental leave. Work hasn’t been really letting up… as paper work still appears when I make my weekly visits lol…

Partnered with the Rock Climber… Rhino ran the class, had us review the double leg at the 5th stage, then added sprawling to the top guy to defend.

He initially had us drill the double starting at the 5th stage with resistances… then had us sprawl while in the 5th stage with resistance… yep wrestling ain’t easy so much effort for a take down.

Saulo Ribeiro

Definitely wasn’t good for my back especially with the warm up rolling with big Willy…

Rolling: (5 min rounds)
1. Rock Climber
2. Daluca

Guys weren’t letting up… good push. great tough rounds!!

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Sun Nov 1/15 11 am BJJ

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Got to LEMMA around 9am… yep downed a pot of coffee.

Halloween had a few beers and too many chips lol.

Honestly I didn’t want to train… no excuses. just show up.

Results from my row session below… my brain still hurts lol

It was 100 percent the coffee that motivated me!!

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Also completed 4 sets of 25 push-ups, 10 box jumps, and 100 crunches…

Put together a quick cute clip below…

Quite a number of guys and a few gals showed up this morning… wonderful.

A few new faces…

I see potential Sunday regulars!!

Quick clip of the warm-up below…

Quick clip of us drilling some fundamentals below…

Quick clip of us reviewing the rolling bow choke below, the drilling it…

We also did the circle of death, which is basically just a positional drill from side control with the top person attacking for a submission or maintaining position, and the bottom person working an escape or re-guarding.

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4, 2 minute rounds on the top, then 4, 2 min rounds on the bottom.

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Everyone that showed up worked their butts off… just show up, and I’m sure someone will push you.

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Great stuff!

Great class!!

A lot of work OTM by you homies!!

BJJ would be nothing without you!!

Osss!!

Fri Oct 30/15 Open Mat

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Got to LEMMA around 5:00 pm…

Tonne of guys out Friday night!!

First session below…

Second session below…

Rolling: (7min rounds, 1 min breaks)

  1. Mike Maronese
  2. Scotty too Hottie
  3. Kole Trenton
  4. Thor
  5. Mitch Bulmer
  6. Mitch Bulmer
  7. Mitch Bulmer
  8. Mitch Bulmer
  9. Mitch Bulmer

We got a lot of rounds in…

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A lot of technical battles…

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My forearms haven’t been sore in a while… thank od for he extra beef and PHO visit we made tonight. lol

Oct 28/15 5:30pm BJJ

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Darn weather… #winteriscoming this rain is horribly cold.

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However, open mat was full before the 6:30pm class yet again… which was great. I believe I rolled with the newer fellow again. Nice work kiddo… he focused on being technical, which was great 

Coach Matt ran a wonderful take down warm-up, some self-defense when someone attacks you while in front of you on the ground. I partnered with Scotty tooo hotty.

Thor reviewed the spider guard and a basic sweep… I attached a nice clip for further reference.

The class was great… rolling prior was awesome! great vibes

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Osss!!

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Oct 26/15 5:30 pm BJJ

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Yep downed a pot before heading to LEMMA, wow… sooo many guys OTM, for open mat. Guess its that time of the year where hanging out in the sun isn’t really an option. Come out to the gym and roll… booom shakalaka… lol

Barely any room in the cage… which was fantastic.

“My obsession will become your addiction…” in a deep Darth Vader voice.

hahahahaha

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Some regulars missing though.

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Rhino was in for the class and he made us review shooting a double leg with a very nice break down which were in 5 stages with the following… note that you have to be close enough to touch your opponents shoulders. I partnered with my homie Juneau.

  1. Level change
  2. Penetration step with the lead foot, enough to be even with them
  3. Knee down between your opponents legs, with your shoulder touch their hips
  4. Hands behind the knee with head looking up
  5. Then the lift and drive towards the direction of the knee that’s down, including a step around with the other leg

Loved this… this was awesome!!

I included a wiki link below with more detail for further reference

http://www.wikihow.com/Do-a-Double-Leg-Takedown

He then got us to roll… the most important part of BJJ

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5 mins rounds, 1 min breaks.

Rolling: (5 mins, 1 min break)

  1. Caribbean
  2. Venom
  3. Thor
  4. Rock Climber
  5. The French man

Great class, love reviewing stuff I’m not remotely good at…

Little by little.. continue to attend classes with guys that have strengths that shadow your weakness… your BJJ and grappling will improve!!

 Loved the tough rounds at the end!!

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Oh and I did manage to get some rowing in… 40 mins straight… results below.

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Oct 25 15 11am Sunday BJJ

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Boy did I ever have to down a pot of coffee this morning lol… got to LEMMA around 9:00 am. Katrina was in around 10:00 and with her kids and their French teacher. Justin got in around 10:30 am. Had a visitor from Steel City MMA Troy in to train with us.

The class warm up was pretty standard…

running, bear crawls, lunges, forwards/backwards/side rolls, forwards/backwards break falls, forwards/backwards shrimping…

Everyone did great… hahahahha

We then reviewed a few lapel choke variations from closed guard… great vibe.

I then got the homies to do the circle of death, as requested by Justin that he had issues regarding side control escaping in his last few sparring sessions. They went 2 min rounds, with one person on the bottom, while the top person moved to the next person for the next 2 mins… there was a total of 8 people, there 4 round each.

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Then they switched for another 4 rounds with the person once on top… now on the bottom. Person on top maintaining position, while person on the bottom working for an escape, then resetting.

Class was over for 12:30 pm… but I wanted to get a few rolls in. Got to Jam with Jared, then Morgo… great stuff, some great technically sound rounds!

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Yes I got to get some rowing in this morning… results below!!

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Oct 23 15 5:30 Open Mat

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Got to LEMMA around 5:00 pm ishy… tonnes of homies waiting outside…

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Warmed up with Jared. Kid is a beast… I’m just waiting till he turns 19, 200 lbs, killer lol. Rolled with him for a few rounds.

Continued the warmup with one of Katrina’s little kids, a natural. Hope she sticks with it. Next I rolled with little Aiden who is big Steve’s son. If he sticks with it, seriously lol another future killer at our gym.

Rolled with Thor for a round fun fun…

Then a session with big Steve. Finished with what seemed like an eternity or 4 to 5 rounds with newer guy Kyle, who has a stripe from a club in Burlington Ontario… great stuff!!

Awesome stuff fun rounds with a lot of movement!!

A few of us then hit up some sushi… yep Sushi Station…

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You bet managed to get in some rowing… did a 5 min warm up, then 5 sets of the 200 m… damn. Almost puked. Results below.

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