Friday, February 2, 2018

Open Mat – 20180202 (1854-2001)No-GI

Class #30 – 20180131 (1847-2033) GI

Jerry black belt was the instructor. No cardio, which seems to be the theme lately. We went over some of the de la riva defenses that we exercised on Monday. I was called up to demonstrate one. We learned how to use the de la riva to turn into an arm bar if your opponent is standing. Good stuff. We also learned three chokes started from a neutral kneeling position. Jerry love guillotines. All started from the head snap to a guillotine. From there it was a collar choke by switching the hips, an x-collar choke, and the one that I have done before, the spinning collar choke. This is where you basically sit on the back of the turtled opponent and fall back choking them with their own collar. The pass and defend was fun. I got to go with Patrick and I pulled off my flip pass which he thought I wasn’t going to be able to do. Gout em. I rolled with new guy and subbed him 50 times. He is super new. I was just trying things on him. I rolled with Thomas and he was gassed and still a little hurt but it was fun. Good night of rolling. I am working my knee on belly and I am getting some good results. I have also been trying the half guard single leg pass. Starting to get better at it. Left wrist still at about 60%. Left middle finger still hurting. Lat muscle feeling better. More tight than anything. This was my last class before SLC. 

Class #29 – 20180129 (1840-2036) No-GI

Jerry black belt was the instructor. Pretty quick class. We did not do any cardio. We learned a few de la riva defenses. First, one was spinning to your butt and quickly kicking the half guard off. Second was the sit on stomach, calf slice using a kimura grip. Last was the knee crank. Good rolls tonight. Chris only got me once. Defense is getting better. 

Open Mat – 20180126 (1849-2013) No-GI

Open mat night. Rolled with a few people. Tried to work my bottom game as well as some things from the top. Nothing interesting to say today. I really need to start logging these entries right after they occur or the next day.