Anyway. This week at Ian's class at Sweat FA (that name took on a whole new meaning this week!) was down in numbers. To be expected really in this heat but I love training so no one else has an excuse!!!
Ian started us off this week with a cool overhook drop knee throw (there's probably some funky Judo name for this but I'm not really up with that stuff). Standing face to with left hand gripping the opponents right arm sleeve and your right hand gripping his left collar you step in and pass your right hand over his left shoulder. As you do this you turn to your left whilst wrapping the right arm around the back of his head and holding his right arm off. Once turned you bend your knees and push your butt in tight to him pulling him over your back, then straighten you knees lifting him off the ground. Pulling his right arm in tight to you drop to your right knee and throw him over your back. This throw lends itself well to practicing with a partner you like as you can go easy on it or you land it like a bodyslam. Good takedown.
Once you've taken the guy down using that throw you should land in a kesa gatame side control with his right arm still secure. You can push this arm right across his upper body then drive your right shoulder into the triceps of that arm, keeping your right arm wrapped around his neck. Now you can either gable grip your hands together OR put your right hand in the crook of your left arm to tighten the arm around the neck, then you lay over flat on your front to maximise the pressure and get an easy tap. Nice transition to the Head and Arm Triangle.
Another transition from the throw was to pop up into knee on belly. With the knee on belly quite high on the chest and the right arm still secure you just lean forward a touch while passing your left leg around over his head then fall back while tightening your knees together for a nice tight arm bar. Got to make sure you come in to the body tight though. If your butt isn't right in close to his shoulder he can escape if he's quick enough.
Next up is if the opponent blocks the previous arm bar by gripping his hands together. In this situation you can just pass your right hand inside the crook of his left arm and pull that arm in hard so it's close to your upper body. This will tilt him on his side. You can now pass your left leg over his head to his now tilted up shoulder and turn your whole body around with it so you're now facing the other way. Secure the guy's left arm properly and fall back into the same style arm bar but on the other side of his body. I use this submission a lot and have managed to get quite quick with the turn, using a sort of cork screw motion to get into the position quickly so as to minimise the amount of time the opponent has to react and block the arm bar.
Great sesh. As per the norm lately I have typed this out horrendously late. Been very busy with other stuff but I will try and get back on track.
Train hard ¬m/
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