Head coach Matt is planning to go to little Matt’s rehearsal wedding at 5:00 pm… he needed a substitute to coach his kids class on Thursday. Travis has volunteered. Hopefully I can get some other Senior guys to help. The more the merrier… kids lol. That energy.
Thor ran it… standard warm-ups with running around the mat, shrimping forwards and backwards, break-falls, and sit-outs.
He then got us to review the sit up guard, to a sweep, to attacking the back.
LOVE this guard…
I worked in with Jared, and Juneau… fun fun.
Then we rolled.
Rolling: (3 mins, 30 sec breaks)
Some random newer white belt
Jesse MacDougall
Travis Duncan
I think a 2 stripe white belt by the name of Adrian?
Will be adding 200 m sprints, with 1 min rest, tabata sets, and the 30s on 30s off to mix things up…
Results BELOW
We warmed up with running around, bear crawls, lunges, then a bunch of chaining drills… video clip below.
We then reviewed a few wonderful paper cutter choke variations… fantastic.!!
Then we rolled…
Rolling:(5 min, 30 sec breaks)
Scott Hall
Big Red
Scotty too Hotty
Travis Duncan
Colin the beast
Boy did the guys put the pedal on me lol… rough rough hah!! Unfortunately, I forgot to record all the sets… only got the last one in which was hard as well.
All you gotta do is show up… someone will push you. You will learn something!!
Got to LEMMA around 6:00 pm… some big boys OTM inside the cage rolling.
Rolled with Travis till 6:30 pm… fun fun!
Head Coach Matt ran the warm-up… standard running around, forward and reverse rolling, technical falling, and shrimping. He then got us to rep duck-unders to back-take, the double legs, then the single leg.
I partnered with Hassan… Coach got us drilling 30 sec speed rounds then sprawling, when your partner counters with a takedown attempt… thought it was interesting.
My Gi was drenched by now…
Then he got us to drill the no hands, fist only, passing and guard retention exercise…
Yonk. I’m stealing that… heck all of those.
Then got us to rep for a few minutes on a timer, alternated from leg to leg the seated guard then switched… one of my favorite’s of course. Then we reviewed a sweep with a belt grip diving through the back side when your opponent places a hand on your collar behind your head.
BOOM low and behold… it was an exercise to drill an entry to 50/50….neat. Very neat!
Got a few 4 minute rolls in… first was with Hassan. Next was with big Willy!!
Great class… fun and tough rolls at the end.
Oh… yes I managed to get a pull session in at the Complex… results below.
Great class Monday… got to LEMMA around 6:00 pm. Rolled with Thor till start of class. “Fun rolls,” he says… me replies, “yeah a lot of inverted funny back take stuff going on… oh and that damn crucifix” lol
Rhino was in to run the class. Had us work on take-downs.
All starting from over and under clinch positioning. The first, was with a back step, with an elbow or sleeve grip with the over-hook, then a fast knee bump on the under-hook side of the retracting leg. Taking them down on the under-hooks side. Second, was with an over-hook, after freeing the under-hook to palm push your partner in the chest and grabbing that wrist with the over-hook, to take them down on the over-hook side. A lot of pressure on the shoulder, throw your partner hard and their shoulder could snap… ouch. Great throws… hard take downs. Learn to break fall or counter lol.
I partnered with my white belt buddy Mitch.
Rhino then had us roll for the remaining 15 mins… lol
Oh… he also got promoted! Congratulations big guy… kinda important. Lol
Well not really lol… baba has been keeping me busy.
Got to LEMMA around 9:30 am on Sunday. Yes sir, me rowed…
2 sessions of 4 km… great day and a few calories burned.
Results below…
Quite a few guys showed up this morning… summer must be ending lol.
Newer white belts Kevin, Cole, Scotty Hall and Travis were in attendance. Hassan, Brittany, Justin St Amand, Scotty too hotty, and Nathan were as well…
Felt kinda bad… called Cole Kyle… ooops
Big up to the new faces for a Sunday showing.
I know its hard to come on an early Sunday to train BJJ.
Hard work will pay off!!
Quick clip of our warm-up below…
Somebody requested drilling with chained techniques… coaching is cool. Feedback is even cooler when it will improve the quality of the class. This I do love… chaining takedowns, passing the guard to full on submission attack… love.
So I got the homies to do a bunch… 2 mins for each chain, then alternate. First, was the X-pass, knee on belly, then spinning arm-bar. Second, was the knee slice pass, to kesa gatame, straight arm lock on the near side arm, to a kimura on the far side arm while stepping over to sit on the face, then possibly attacking wrist, or arm-bar if choosing so. Lastly, was a deep hip throw, with a belt or under hook grip to attack the far side arm again.
I threw all that into the warm-up lol.
Technique… we continued to review the 96 choke, as well as the Brazilian Neck Tie from the 96 choke fun fun…
Quick clip below…
We then rolled. 5 min rounds…
Rolling:
1. Shat Hatton
2. Scotty too Hotty
3. Hassan
4. White belt Travis
5. Justin St Amand
6. Shat Hatton
Quick clip of us rolling below…
Great rolling…a few faces I haven’t seen all summer…
About 4 or 6 of then doing some kind of tabata variation of exercises.
Thor was in at roughly the same time, discussed the leg locks and flow sequence I wanted to review. Scotty arrived shortly after.
We drilled a leg lock sequence from a straight ankle lock, to an achilles slicer, a toe hold cork screw, a heel hook, a toe hold, then switched the leg to the reaping side. Applied the same techniques, then switched to the other side again, this time applying the same techniques with one foot spreading your opponents legs and hold it in place so they don’t roll out.
I feel at a loss with leg locks… so many wholes, however yet opportunities.
Very important to protect your own legs. The leg knot…
A nice reference for positioning the saddle…
A nice reference for heel hooks…
Below is a reference to other leg locks from Jason Scully I eventually want to get a handle on…
We drilled for 5 mins each the sequences then we worked on the Estima lock for about 5 mins each… pretty much a toe hold or straight foot lock depending on where you place the foot.
Great reference below…
After drilling the Estima Lock, we rolled. 3 min rounds. Shark tank style since there was only 3 of us lol.
Rounds:(3 mins, 15 sec Break)
Myself & Thor
Thor & Scotty
Scotty & Me
Myself & Thor
Thor & Scotty
Scotty & Myself
Myself & Thor
Thor & Scotty
Then the baby cried… lol sooo that concluded my short rolling session lol…
Some of the boys be rolling… some of them real hard lol
Homeboy big Willy was in… stole this like I steal other peoples memes lol Seemed fitting.
Haven’t seen him out… since like January or December. Yep… huge return from a really long hiatus, glad he is back.
Rolled with ma daddy long legged buddy Travis, focusing on transitioning. Fun fun…
My lower back felt real good today, especially with all the stretches and rolling out I’ve been doing while my kid is doing tummy time… I pushed my transitioning a little to see how fast and smoothly I could execute them… no I didn’t land shit, but my transitioning made me feel like I was a Super Saiyan God!!!
Diesel had us warming up with a leg drag pass with no stapling of the bottom thigh… partnered with Tyler.
I love drilling… HINT HINT HINT
Diesel then got us to review some X-guard sweeps… love them.
Had a discussion with Veal over the weekend about the 3 min rounds…
His explanation that sometimes you need shorter ones too, makes sense. He explained that with the 3 minute short rounds, it will help you close out a match, if you are down, as well as help keep a steady pace. With the intensity of shorter rounds and the 30 seconds rest, it makes you maintain your higher heart rate while constantly having to adjust to the different styles with very little time to adapt.
Makes total sense for preparation with a competition styled rolling format, especially when you have the right amount of bodies OTM.
Overall great class, great peeps, great vibes…
Caught these homies below in discussions of my secret triangle escape while I was leaving… Yes Thor first step, is to become an Ewok.
Video my buddy Travis did during our drill session in the morning using his drone and GoPro below…
Got to LEMMA around 9:30 am… you bet me got some rowing in. Hit some better then last time marks. 2 sets, 20 mins goals, of 4 km… slowly getting better.
Warm-up consisted of arm bars, kimuras, Marcelotines, omaplata’s, triangles, hip-bump sweeps, spinning arm-bars from side control, & then loop chokes from the front head lock. They had to complete these exercises going 2 mins straight each, then alternate with only 30 sec breaks in between.
Clips below…
Then we reviewed some techniques I ripped off of Jiu-jitsu Magazine… yep. A 96 Choke, which is an oldschool Judo choke and the Brazilian Neck tie all starting from side control…
Yep always learning and evolving…
After technique we then did a bunch of positional sparring…
Escaping or submission while having back control or your back controlled.
2 mins, alternated, then switched partners until everyone was with everyone. Yep, a lot of rounds in…
Quick clip below…
Then of course the circle of thank you for choking the F-outa moi…
Great class big turn out… Katrina, Travis, Big Red, Hatton, Scotty, St Amand, Brittany, Marco and Colin were in attendance.
Rolling:(9 min rounds, 1 min breaks)
1. Frazer
2. Thor, partial round through break
3. Thor
4. Marco, partial round through break
5. Marco
6. Big Red, partial round through break
7. Big Red
8. St Amand , partial round through break
9. St Amand
You will always learn something new.
Reviewed some defenses to Thors crucifix submission, then had a discussion on triangle defenses with everyone.
Lets just say I’ve been triangled a lot… built some kind of awareness from it.
Best defense is not to get put into one lol.
Great open mat, my lower back and my index finger is like slowly starting to feel better… that way I can work a little harder.
Left LEMMA around 7:15 pm…
BTW, I did manage to get some rowing in the morning completed… results below.
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