DV8 Bjj 21/2/13

Back to class on Thursday down at Sweat Fa Weston Super Mare and I was feeling very game for it. Numbers were down a bit from last weeks class but the usual enthusiastic bunch were there so that's what's most important.

Warm Up:

We started the week off with the shoulder, arm and neck stretching first, then went on to the circuit we did last week, which Glenn helpfully supplied the name for. Tabata circuits named after the Japanese scientist who created them.

This features;

(All these items are done in unison)
Everyone doing 20 seconds of high knee running on spot

then 10 seconds of pausing in squat

20 seconds of press ups

10 seconds paused in plank

20 seconds of crunches

10 seconds paused in a v sit up

20 seconds of jump high on spot

10 seconds of pause in squat

Then do the same circuit again.

We then finished off the warm up with a bit of leg stretching.

Techniques:
(As usual I will describe techniques from the side I initially learnt them).

We started off the session with a drill for seated hip thrusts. As that name doesn't really adequately describe what they are (it's just what I call them) I will attempt to explain. From a relaxed seated position you extend your left leg and position the foot of the right leg roughly near to knee of the left. Leaning forward and using the strength of the right leg and your forward momentum you come up onto the right knee with the left leg off at a forty(ish) degree angle from forward and bent to take support and balance you while you thrust your hips forward.
We did this as a drill using both sides to get used to the movement from both side.


The above drill was for the purpose of the next technique. Whilst you're on your back, your training partner is on his feet facing you. He steps forward toward you with his right leg. Reacting quickly using the technique above, your left leg is extended on the outside of his right leg while your right leg passes behind it so your foot is near to your left leg. Using the lean forward thrust up to knee to extend his leg, you grab behind his right leg with your arms and push forward in a single leg takedown ensuring your head is on the inside of his body to avoid a potential guillotine. He should hit the ground like a sack of shit :o)


Returning to last weeks stuff we incorporated the seated feet on hips guard to include the sit up single leg takedown. A good natural technique.

Ian then ran us through the seated guard trip takedown from last week. Still love that move.


Moving away from that stuff the next technique was a transition from Side control to Mount. In side control so your head is to his left side, you use your left arm to secure him in place along his left side, bring your right hand down and put it on the mat next to his right hip to keep him from hip escaping. Now turn your lower body so it's facing away from his head and then kick high up in the air with your right leg to pass it over his torso, coming down on the other side to get to mount.

We then did a drill to incorporate that transition. Using the above side control to mount transition first, your partner then upa escapes out to land in your guard, breaks open and passes guard (using whatever pass you want) to land in side control. From there he transitions to mount and you get to do the escape and the rest. Fun drill. It was also good to do as many different passes as I could remember in the string.



Sparring:


Sparred with a returning Tom Hill first and he didn't seem to have missed a step. We had a really good strong roll with both of us threatening a little but getting nothing.


Next up was Glenn Cutter. Good close roll. Nearly hit an arm bar, then a gogoplata (probably committed to long to the gogo cause really wanted to hit it). Glenn was able to take my back toward the end of the round giving me the opportunity to try defending and escaping against an opponent who can really press me. I defended well but my escaping was a struggle. I was just getting out as the round ended. I really need some situational drilling to practice explosive escaping from difficult positions.


Next up was Rob Morris. As usual Rob used his traditional start of trying to physically pull my hard off. I quickly swept him and got to mount. Tried gearing up for an arm bar which Rob shook to get to his side. From there I took his back and spent the rest of the round trying to attack his neck and arm. Rob did a fantastic job of defending his back.


Last roll was against Ash who I'm still going quite easy against due to his age and inexperience but he is definitely improving each week.

Good session. I'll be back with more next week. ¬m/