As for Thursday's lesson under Ian Rossiter at Sweat FA, Weston Super Mare, the numbers we had were massive. We've had a real influx in new guys recently, most of which have stuck around for a more of the same. Always a relief when you get a new guy come back as it feels like our job of promoting Bjj that little bit more has been a success.
As the class was so big Ian separated us up into the newer guys and more experienced guys. Ian took the newbies off and gave them a lot of attention on the basics while me and Marcus took the more advanced guys along a path that Ian started us off on.
Ian started us with a basic defensive concept. Your opponent is in your closed guard. He manages to break the guard open and force your leg (right, for the example) to the mat. He then starts to pass your guard by
passing over the leg, trying to come to side control. As he has one leg through and is coming up you push his head away while shrimping out. As the general rule of thumb is that where the head goes, the body follows, the opponent is pushed out away leaving you an excellent opportunity to counter attack or at least recover guard.
From this defense we were allowed to continue along with various counters and submissions. The first was the Omoplata. You've got to the point where the opponent is passing and you're pushing his head away. For the particular technique the opponent was attempting to pass with an underhook in place. This is ideal because as he's passing you push the head and escape your hips away from him and there is a decent amount of space for you to clamp his arm down to your offside then spin round, bringing your offside (left) leg over his shoulder. Making sure you grab on to his belt or across his lower back you pull yourself side on to him, pulling your bottom leg out as you go. You then switch your legs so they are pointing away from the guy. If he's up on his knees still at this point you can just shift away from him until it collapses his base to lay him out on his front. You can then grab his farside shoulder and use it to pull you body forward over him to apply a really tight omoplata.
We then ran through an underhook to back control. Nice easy transition from the pass. The guy is still using the underhook. You've pushed his head away and hip escaped creating a decent size gap in between you. You can now bring your left arm (the one he had underhooked) under his arm so you now have the underhook. Try to reach as far under as possible so you're grabbing for his opposite side shoulder. You now use the usual shift out, duck and shrug move that helps you claim the back control (one hook in) with him turtling. Don't try and immediately jump across him to get the other hook in for rear mount or he'll just drop down at the front and shrug you off. Instead reach over him (but under his arm) and grab his opposite side lapel. Using your other hand, push his near side elbow in toward him, then drop down to the floor rolling on your shoulder using your momentum to pull him over. As you'd previously reached under his arm for the lapel, that arm blocks him from bringing his knee and arm close together so you can easily get your second hook in for the seated rear mount. Excellent transition to full control.
A great lesson we had and a real pleasure to be allowed the opportunity to teach once again. I've got another full week of training coming up now ahead of Sunday's (29th) Interclub in London. I CAN NOT WAIT!!!! ¬m/
Roll on.
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