Once again we picked up good numbers for Ian's class this week and there were quite a few off too so it leaves me wondering just how many attend on and off these days. If everyone was to attend one class together would we pack the mats out? It's bound to happen soon.
Venue: Sweat FA, Weston Super Mare, UK.
Instructor: Ian Rossiter (Black Belt - Checkmat)
We started off the lesson recapping the Side control forearm choke which we covered here so no need for me to rehashed.
We then went on to Side control to knee on belly to north south choke. From in side control you pop of to Knee on belly (well duh) and take a thumb in grip of the opponent's far collar with your offside hand and a fingers in grip of the nearside collar with your near hand. Then opening the elbow of the near arm you pass it over his face as you transition to North South so you now have a cross collar on him with one of your elbows past each of his shoulders. To finish you lean your body over to the side you have just come from so your head is at his side and bring your elbows in tight around yourself to apply the pressure (as you would for a standard cross collar).
From back to the knee on belly, your right knee on his belly, left leg out straight. This time the guy puts his offside hand on your knee to push it away. With your right hand you reach inside then under his left (defending) arm and cup/grip at above the elbow. You then pull him in tight to your body so he's up at an angle and step your left foot over his head. You can now corkscrew turn and come down on your butt bringing his left arm in with you. Clench your knees together and extend hips to finish the arm bar. This is a technique I've been loving for a while now.
Last move of the night was one that I really enjoyed. The opponent has you in a typical american wrestler style pin for side control with his right arm hooking your leg. This is blatantly a stalling tactic as there aren't really many good places to go with the arm under the leg and he hasn't got the points for a pass if the arm hasn't first come through. You grab the arm that is under your leg and pull it right down so the hand is somewhere near your ass. Try to secure that hand there by getting a bit of your body weight on it. You then (quickly or you'll lose the position) release your grip on the secure arm and quickly use your left forearm or hand to push the guy's face/head away so you can quickly kick your left leg up and over the top of his head, pressing that leg down across his back. You then close up the triangle with your right leg and pull the secured arm down across your back/butt for the triangle choke. Voila!! Triangle choke finish from THE BOTTOM of side control. NICE.
It's worth noting that I have now almost hit that move when the guy wasn't even trying to pin me. I just pushed his arm through of my own accord and nearly got the triangle. It's only (probably) because I'd just shown him the move about 10 minutes before that he blocked the finish but I still used it as a fine escape from side control.
Great lesson overall. It's worth mentioning that between the time of this lesson (and me starting this log) to now, 2 weeks have passed. I've been off celebrating my birthday and learning stuff with my other project etc. So I've slacked off. I've been getting in my Bjj though which is really the important thing. More to come real soon as the Summer Bjj bug has really bitten me.
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