DV8 Academia de Jiu Jitsu 20-9-12

It was quite a small turn out this week at Sweat FA, Weston Super Mare. Didn't matter much though as we still had a good session with some frantic rolling at the end which is pretty much what you want out of a session really.

Venue: Sweat FA, Weston Super Mare, Uk
Instructor: Ian Rossiter (Black Belt - Checkmat).


Warm Up:

Laps of the mat with arm windmills, butt kicks, knee ups and side steps. Shoulder, arm and neck stretching. 15 x 2 Squats, 15 x 2 Press ups and 15 x 2 Sit ups followed by 10 x 7 Reverse crunches. Finished off with some leg stretching.


Techniques:
(For ease of description I will explain a technique using the sides (left/right) whichI initially learned them from)


The theme for this lesson was a bit of an amusing coincidence as, just before the lesson, I had chatted with Dan Foster about incorporating more combinations into my game. This is where you try for a sub or a sweep and the opponent blocks it, but you then alter the attack for a different sub or sweep attempt. So when Ian announced his plan to feature a string of techniques I was pleasantly surprised and a bit smug.



The combination string, starting from closed guard, was a Kimura from closed guard, then a guillotine from closed guard, then to hip bump sweep, to kimura from top and then take the back to finish with the rear naked choke.  So a nice long string with a good bit of variation.


We started with the basic Kimura from the guard. Due to the joys of Youtube  I will not have to explain some of the easier moves. (Great Stuff)

This clip comes courtesy of ExpertVillage

So we drilled the move first to finish. I was partnered with Chris Whiting first off. I also ran Chris through a bit of the old "Kimuras from anywhere" stuff from the Jason Scully clips.

Next up we acted as though the guys blocks the initial Kimura attempt by wrapping his arm around your back and grabbing a handful of gi. This brought us neatly into a Guilottine attempt from guard. And another Youtube clip for you.

Vid uploaded by StevenPourciau

We drilled this one for a bit then carried it on as if the guy had managed to get a hand in to block the choke and put his free hand out as if to block being immediately turned over. This brings us neatly on to the Hip Bump Sweep from closed guard.

 

 Video courtesy of GGBJJ

We drilled this going all the way through from the beginning with the Kimura attempt, to getting the Hip Bump Sweep and coming over into Mount. From there, Ian took it on to the Kimura from top control, first demonstrating why it's not easy to get a Kimura from mount, then taking us through to the Kimura from top control which essentially has you giving up mount for side control.

This vid was uploaded by sirzig

The final part of this string occurs when the opponent grabs his belt or gi to block the kimura attempt. Releasing the opponent's wrist, but keeping hold of your own wrist so he's still trapped on your arms, you step your leg back from his head, then bring your elbow out so you can wrap it under the guys head. Then you can step your right leg (the one that is closer to his lower body) in between his legs to put the first hook in place and pull the guy up toward you and roll over onto your right side, bringing the second hook in as you go. You can then finish this with a nice Rear Naked Choke or whatever rear mount technique is your favourite.

A nice string of techniques with alternates there to give you options.



Sparring:

For the sparring we seperated in to threes and did the 2 grapple for a minute then the third guy jumps on the guy with the commanding position and then it carrys on in that order. I was with Dan Foster and Justin Thomas. This set up is pretty intense and you can't shake the feeling that you're getting mugged when the new guy jumps in on you. It went Justin jumps in on Dan, Me on Justin, then Dan on Me. And it pretty much went as the game dictates. I got a Bow and Arrow Choke on Justin, Justin hit Dan with a Kimura from top and Dan got me with a Triangle from guard. Other than those subs the pace was fairly frantic and all around a pretty good roll. Of particular note to me was that Justin's game has vastly improved (to tap Dan is a big achievement in itself) with him showing some great skill to complement his giants strength. I managed to hit a cool half guard sweep on Dan, although it resulted in me getting to confident in a pass attempt to get tapped out via the above mentioned Triangle from Guard. Dan has a pretty shit hot guard game that I really need to remember when I roll against him. Every time I forget that he ends up tapping me.



We've got some good stuff coming up soon. Leo Vieira's back at the end of October for a seminar and Chico's doing a seminar down in Weston. Cool stuff to look forward too. I also need to polish up my game for my next competitive outing at the Hereford Open in December.

Lot's of Bjj loveliness to look forward to. ¬m/