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07/06/2007 - BJJ 2007-06-07 17:12:00 Class #59Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Felipe Souza, London, UK - 07/06/2007Today’s session was huge – must have been at least thirty people, meaning that there was barely room to move. It did however mean that there were plenty of training partners my size, which made for a pleasant change. Also got to see a few guys I’ve not seen in a while, like Chris, who has actually managed to make Saturdays now. :icon_winkThe warm-up was fairly intensive this time round, with lots of press-ups and the like, after which we got into drilling. Felipe started off with a collar choke from guard, following it up with a scissor sweep in case the choke attempt was blocked. You start by feeding one hand deep into their collar, aiming to get right behind their head, four fingers in and the thumb on top. Your other arm goes underneath, with the same grip. To finish, twist your hands so they are facing palm towards you, while at the same time pulling your opponent towards you. Yuvi, the guy I was workin
06/06/2007 - BJJ 2007-06-06 15:36:00 Class #58Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Roger Gracie, London, UK - 06/06/2007Really felt good to put the gi on today, which marks the first time I’ve worn it since the 26th April. Just like that day, I had a roll with Owen before class started, which reminded me how much I prefer the gi (though that’s not exactly surprising considering how little no-gi I’ve done). Unlike the throwdown rolling, I was able to pause and think due to gi grips. I also had a chance to put the side control tips from Colin into action, although I’m still not putting my hips down enough. However, I think Owen was going easy on me, as I didn’t feel much resistance transitioning to knee on belly then mount. The roll was cut short due to a private lesson, but that was fine by me – one roll was quite enough to start with!Lesson this time round was taken by Roger Gracie, which is always nice. I get the impression he goes through techniques a little quicker than Felipe or Jude, but not sure: either way, alwa
18/01/2007 - BJJ 2007-01-18 17:15:00 Class #22Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Felipe Souza, London, UK – 18/01/2007Trains were fucked today due to gale force winds across the country, so I decided to leave an hour earlier than usual. I normally get to class ridiculously early anyway, so though that even if the trains were completely nuts, there was no way I’d be late if I gave myself almost three hours to get there. Turns out I was right, getting to class about 75mins before class (normally I’d be there between 30-50mins early).Felipe took the class, which means it’s the first one by him I’ve attended this year. Tonight we covered three variations on the collar choke from mount. Each time the technique began with Person B tightly gripping their own shoulders with their arms. Person A opened up one of Person B’s lapels, then fed their hand through for a deep grip on Person B’s collar by their neck. The first variation was for Person A to then feed their other hand underneath the arm they’d already put through,
14/06/2007 - BJJ (Beginner) 2007-06-14 17:00:00 Class #62 Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Felipe Souza, London, UK - 14/06/2007 – Beginner
I didn’t get much sleep last night, which could have been from the unfamiliar bed, lack of food or maybe just excitement at getting the third stripe (yeah, I remain a small child at heart ;P). Whichever, I was feeling pretty knackered today, so glad I decided to leave the no-gi until next week. Also would be good to try and make the beginners class on Thursday, as there are people I wouldn’t see otherwise, like Chris, who’s been an excellent training partner so far.Felipe focused on guard passage, starting with a basic trip. It has been a little while since I last did it, which apparently was long enough for my mind to go completely blank when drilling. So, best write it down: grab deep in their collar with your opposite hand, gripping above the elbow with the other. Push them off-balance, and at the same time step forward between their legs. Remove your grip from the elbow and hoist their sam
29/03/2007 - BJJ 2007-03-29 17:12:00 Class #46Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Felipe Souza, London, UK - 29/03/2007As with yesterday’s class, we went through the sit-up sweep and kimura from guard. One useful tip Felipe provided for the sit-up which I haven’t been doing previously was to come up on the elbow. Before, I’d always tried to come up on my hand: going from the elbow feels a little tighter, not to mention easier. However, I haven’t tried it in sparring yet, so will see if this method works better. Having yet to manage a smooth sit-up sweep (I always find myself straining, then either failing or having to really force it), worth a try.Sparring went quite opposite to my rolls with Dominique yesterday, as I didn’t manage to complete any sweeps or passes. Mainly I was finding myself stuck in someone’s collar choke attempt. I didn’t have any real trouble resisting, but because my opponent was clinging on, I found it hard to do anything but defend. Against Mike, he eventually managed to get behind me for the
27/03/2007 - BJJ 2007-03-27 17:30:00 Class #44Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Felipe Souza, London, UK - 27/03/2007Among the many reasons I’ve heard not to train in BJJ, age comes up fairly often. Some people continue to believe that you can’t train in something like BJJ beyond your twenties, presuming that instead they’ll be forced to give their old bones a rest and take up tai chi instead.Which is why Tony Penny is awesome. This gentleman is well into his eighties, but has recently received his blue belt from Roger Gracie. I just noticed the news on the RGA site – congrats to Tony, not only for his great personal achievement, but also the inspiration that a man of his years provides the rest of us. If you’re thinking “I’m too old for this,” or “man, my back is acting up today,” then take heart from Tony’s example – it’s never too late to start training.Moving on to tonight’s class, Felipe went through the sit-up sweep and kimura from guard combination, which we last went through with Luciano on t
22/03/2007 - BJJ 2007-03-22 18:31:00 Class #43Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Felipe Souza, London, UK - 22/03/2007Maurição took the warm-up, which was the same as Saturday, but Felipe ran the rest of class. As with previous lessons this week, everything was based around the armbar from guard.Felipe began with an armbar from standing guard, by which I mean an armbar applied after your opponent has stood up in your guard. Seeing Person A is leaning forward too much, Person B grips both arms tightly. Person B then walks their guard up high on Person A’s back and swivels to one side, underhooking a leg to better facilitate that turn. Switching their grip back to the arm they wish to isolate, Person B brings their leg around Person A’s head (the other staying by his shoulder) and secures the armbar.Felipe shows the armbar from guard a little differently to Jude, as he doesn’t emphasise raising the hips, instead focusing on turning 90 degrees and pushing your opponent as off-balance as possible with your leg. I think I pre
21/03/2007 - BJJ 2007-03-21 17:26:00 Class #42Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Jude Samuel, London, UK - 21/03/2007Like Felipe yesterday, Jude went through the armbar from guard and the armbar escape. However, as tends to happen when both instructors show the same thing, Jude taught it slightly differently, which meant there were some useful hints to be had. For instance, Jude noted that as you bring up your knee in order to free your arm and also stop them rolling you over, you should also bring the knee of your other leg up to their head. That provides you with enhanced control and thereby facilitates the pass. Jude also emphasised pushing up with your hips when going for the armbar from guard.I already liked the drill where one person goes for the armbar and the other does the escape, as it means both training partners are working rather than just one of them drilling a technique. Jude then made it even better by adding a third level, as Person A does the armbar escape. As soon as Person A pushes Person B’s legs to the fl
20/03/2007 - BJJ 2007-03-20 17:53:00 Class #41Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Felipe Souza, London, UK - 20/03/2007Lots of new people today (I only got to speak to one of them, Kenny, an ex-boxer), so much so that Felipe decided to split the class when drilling. On the board it said ‘pulling guard’, but I didn’t expect that to be ‘pulling guard into armbar’, which is something I don’t think I’ve done before. Person B grabs an arm and the opposite lapel as usual, then puts the same side foot as that lapel into Person A’s hip. Person B then drops down, swivelling in the direction of the lapel, bringing their other leg over Person A’s head as they do so. The leg which was on the hip moves on top, then Person B secures the armbar.Next, we went over armbar from guard. Person B grabs a wrist with the same side arm, then brings their other arm underneath Person A’s and grabs the elbow, thereby isolating one arm. Person B then yanks that arm to the middle of their chest, then posts a foot up on the same side hip.
17/03/2007 - BJJ 2007-03-17 14:52:00 Class #40Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Maurição Gomes, London, UK - 17/03/2007Interesting class, as today we had the pleasant surprise of being taught by Roger Gracie’s father, 6th degree black belt and founder of Gracie Barra UK, Maurição Gomes. He ran his class a bit different from Jude, Felipe or his son, adding in some warm-up exercises I don’t think I’ve ever done before. For example, one where you are squatting with your hands on the floor, bouncing slightly, bring a leg back on each bounce. We also did ones I am familiar with but have never done in class, like hindu press-ups (or ‘divebomber press-ups’).Maurição started off with an arm throw, which is accomplished by pulling an arm in tight, then underhooking, using that to lift your opponent up onto your back then drop them off to one side. I kept accidentally putting my shoulder into it instead, which meant I had the arm too high. Maurição added the variation of getting an arm bar, which seems to be the basic s
15/03/2007 - BJJ 2007-03-15 18:08:00 Class #39Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Luciano Cristovam, London, UK - 15/03/2007No Felipe today, as he left after the advanced class, meaning I had my third ever lesson under a purple belt. Luciano ran a more fitness intensive class than Felipe, adding in a bunch of star jumps, sit-ups, press-ups, squats etc to the usual running round warm-up.Technique-wise, however, things continued where Jude and Felipe had left off, focusing on the guard. After going through the double-leg again, Luciano showed us the sit-up sweep, which is always good to drill. Points I need to keep in mind are getting my arm-pit right up to their shoulder and pushing up with the hips. I almost never go for the sit-up in sparring, as I keep being too worried that I can’t raise up far enough and quick enough before I get passed.Keeping the kimura (which Luciano demonstrated next) in mind may help me overcome that niggling fear of raising up. I must remember to push the arm out and away from easy handholds – Chris
14/03/2007 - BJJ 2007-03-14 17:28:00 Class #38Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Jude Samuel, London, UK - 14/03/2007Trains were delayed yet again today, but I made it on time by taking the 23 bus (although I cunningly managed to miss the relevant stop, as I hadn’t realised the middle doors opened rather than the front…). Definitely worth doing if you have a travel card.Jude focused on the double-leg takedown, working through the technique step-by-step until eventually we got to drilling the side-control escape using the same principle. Jude emphasised that the double-leg worked best at close range, so we should get used to shooting when in arm’s reach of our opponent. Person A drops down, driving forward with their right knee on the floor in between Person B’s leg’s, grabbing behind the knees. At the same time, Person A posts their left leg while pushing their head up by Person B’s right hip. Person A then stands (putting their right leg on the outside of Person’s B’s foot as they do so), shifting their right ar
08/03/2007 - BJJ 2007-03-08 16:55:00 Class #36Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Felipe Souza, London, UK - 08/03/2007British public transport is wank. I left loads of time to get to BJJ yesterday, but ended up having to change trains four times (three at the same damn station), only arriving in London at 7pm, far too late for BJJ. it transpires that a train has caught fire (seriously, WTF?) further down the line. The most bloody annoying part of it is that the twat who initially told us to change really didn’t need to, as there were bus replacements on that line for one fucking stop, whereas the line we got changed onto was completely buggered. AARRRRGGGH!!!Anyway, bitching over. Training tonight was surprisingly short on techniques. Felipe began with a trip: grab a collar and an elbow, step to one side, bring the leg past, swing back and drop them to the ground. I was paired up with Chris again, who commented that I needed to use my hip to lock the leg as I pushed through. Was difficult to get it into one smooth motion, and
03/03/2007 - BJJ 2007-03-03 14:07:00 Class #35Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Jude Samuel, London, UK - 03/03/2007Jude ran pretty much the same session as he did on Wednesday, with the exception that I think he replaced the scissor sweep on the knee with extra sparring time. I’m very glad we got to run through those sweeps again, as I didn’t feel I’d drilled them enough last lesson. Seeing them for a second time also meant I could observe different parts of the demonstration – e.g., I could concentrate on what Jude was doing with his legs.An important point I’d not noticed earlier on the sit-up sweep is shrimping out before you raise up with the arm. I also realise that my reluctance to open my guard hampers me in executing the technique, as once you’ve got the arm, you need to open the guard and post your leg. Before class, I had decided I wanted to work on getting a high guard, keeping my training partner close to me. This would also help me drill in the necessity of using leg strength rather than arms.Like befo
28/02/2007 - BJJ 2007-02-28 16:00:00 Class #33Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Jude Samuel, London, UK - 28/02/2007I was going to go to a Ted Hughes seminar today, but as I had to miss ZSK yet again this week, decided against it so I could get some extra training in. Now that my shoulder seems healed up, I’ve been able to do padwork with my gf again, which I’m very pleased about. Also finally bought myself some flip-flops for wearing at BJJ – could have gone with my gf’s ones, but the pink floral design is too camp even for me! So, good ol Primark had some for a quid. Today Jude moved back to guard work, having spent most of the recent lessons focusing on mount. For the first time at RGA, I got to see the scissor sweep demonstrated as well as the sit-up sweep, both of which I’ve been checking out on the internet for some time now. Unfortunately, I was in a three, which meant I didn’t get to drill as much as I’d like. On the other hand, Jude came over and talked us through the techniques, which was brilliant – a
22/02/2007 - BJJ 2007-02-22 17:10:00 Class #32Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Felipe Souza, London, UK -22/02/2007As expected, class continued to focus on the mount. This time, there was more emphasis on escapes. Felipe began with the same escape from mount as yesterday, then moved on to the shrimping escape. Person B shrimps to one side, pushing on the knee and aiming to get their knee past Person A’s knee. Person B then shrimps to the other side until they are able to get out their other knee, bringing their legs together into guard.A variation which combined the two was to run through the previous escape (trap an arm and a leg, bridge and roll), but find that Person A managed to free their foot and base out. As soon as that happens, Person B should bring their same side foot underneath Person A’s knee, hooking round, using that to get their knee through, following the same process as the shrimp escape from then on.While we were drilling, Kourosh showed me another option he’d seen in an earlier class. Person B brings
21/02/2007 - BJJ 2007-02-21 16:10:00 Class #31Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Jude Samuel, London, UK -21/02/2007Today’s lesson was all about the mount. We started with Americana from mount. Person A takes hold of Person B’s wrist with one hand and their elbow with the other. Keeping both arms straight, Person A leans their weight onto the arm, driving it to the ground, slipping an arm underneath, then pushing Person B’s knuckles back like a paintbrush for the sub. The purple belt wandering round class (Steve, I think: same guy as in January) offered a handy tip, which was to avoid the ‘monkey grip’ using the thumb. That fits with what I saw in the Cesar Gracie vid from earlier).This was followed by the basic armbar from the mount, from a choke attempt set-up. Person A gets one hand in (grab whichever collar is diagonally across from the arm you’re using), then drops their elbow down to press a forearm into Person B’s throat. That should make them automatically reach for the arm with a hand, which enables Person
15/02/2007 - BJJ 2007-02-15 16:59:00 Class #30Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Felipe Souza, London, UK -15/02/2007Been listening to lots of Fightworks Podcasts today, which was an awesome way of making some very dull manual conflict checks a bit less painful. Also got me even more in the mood for BJJ. Today was escape from side control again, as expected, though a different technique. This time it was one I’d done before, so unfortunately I’ll remain confused about last lesson’s technique for a while longer.Person B pushes up, moves their legs then shrimps out. Swivelling round, they reach for Person A’s knees, using that to pull themselves up. Raising their outer leg (so whichever one isn’t underneath Person A), they pull on Person A’s same side leg, pushing them over into side control. I found it a little difficult to move smoothly to side control, bumping over my partner’s knee before I got there. Not sure how to make that transition easier: too much space would be detrimental, but staying tight would make th
14/02/2007 - BJJ 2007-02-14 16:38:00 Class #29Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Jude Samuel, London, UK -14/02/2007Bloody snow meant I couldn’t make Thursday last week, which thoroughly pissed me off. Also didn’t make ZSK yesterday, though that wasn’t so irritating – my gf and I decided to have the Valentine meal early and do it on Tuesday night rather than Wednesday.We started with throws as usual, doing osoto-gari (basically a trip: pull the person towards you, then step throw, reap their leg and follow them down for an armbar), later combined with a headlock throw. If your opponent steps back to avoid the trip, you move to a headlock throw instead (turn your back into them, keeping your feet within theirs, grab them round the neck, then shove your hip out and pull them over it).Tonight’s session I learned a new side control escape, though as ever I’m not sure I fully understood it. Person B moves their legs to the side, pushes up against Person A’s neck and stomach (or was it hips?) and shrimps, getting into a
07/02/2007 - BJJ 2007-02-07 16:21:00 Class #28Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Jude Samuel, London, UK -07/02/2007I was feeling a bit down on the way to the session, but as I’d hoped, perked up considerably after training. Was a little preoccupied during the early part of the lesson, but once we reached the techniques I got back into the flow of things.Jude ran a fairly hefty warm-up, but to my relief didn’t intersperse rolling with drills. We started off with headlock throws, later adding in an armbar. As often happens, I tend to worry that I leave too much space as I lean back to secure the submission. Concentrating on pinching my knees together seemed to help, and is probably a good habit to get into anyway.I didn’t quite get the next technique we were shown – IIRC, it was a defence against a headlock throw, in which you shoved your arm into their chin, stepped behind, based out and pushed with your hips, then picked them up by a leg and dumped them into side control.To me, that looked like it would require a lot of
01/02/2007 - BJJ 2007-02-01 17:03:00 Class #27Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Felipe Souza, London, UK -01/02/2007Today I had a chance to work kimura and Americana from side control, both of which I’ve failed miserably to ever get in sparring. It was also useful to get some general tips on side control, as when I’ve rolled from that position before, I’ve been at a loss what to do (except try and get mount).For the Americana (if I’m getting it the right way round), Person A starts on top in side control, right arm underneath Person B’s arm, the other arm pressed against Person B’s head. Previously, I had thought that the idea in side control was to push a knee up against your opponent, but it would appear that its better to go up on your toes, as that pushes your weight down on top of them. Person A switches their base (so brings their right leg over their left, basing out with their right, knee raised). When doing this, you need to be careful not to let up the pressure of your weight, such as by leaning too far to
31/01/2007 - BJJ 2007-01-31 15:32:00 Class #26Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Roger Gracie, London, UK – 31/01/2007Wimped out of ZSK again, as for the umpteenth time this winter I got some kind of cold. I reckon it might be because I haven’t been getting enough sleep – too much time spent pissing around on the internet late at night! Will have to watch that from now on.For the second time in my few months at RGA, Roger took class. He mainly focused on armbars, first combining it with a hip throw (after throwing, maintain control of the arm, lean on them with a knee, then using your hand for balance, put your foot round and then secure the armbar) then showing two variations from guard.I realised that I’ve been thinking of the armbar from guard incorrectly up until now, as I thought the important part was to get your leg into their armpit and drag them over. I found I was having some problems drilling it with Hamid, so asked Roger to help. Firstly, it would appear Hamid had his knees fairly close together and was leani
25/01/2007 - BJJ 2007-01-25 16:57:00 Class #25Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Felipe Souza, London, UK – 25/01/2007Today’s session was all about the mount. After we’d done the hip throws, Felipe demonstrated how to maintain mount. He didn’t mention the tight feet thing that Jude made a point of noting yesterday, instead showing how with legs in tight, you react to what the person on the bottom is doing. If they throw you forward, base out with your hands, similarly if they throw you to either side. If they try to push your knee, swivel to the side, raising up on that knee but remaining tight. Then underhook the arm, pull it up and use that to get your knees into a higher mount.I drilled this with Herman for a while, though for the first time this was a more ‘alive’ drill, as it was done with light resistance. Felipe then reminded us of the usual collar choke from mount: feed your hand into a collar, slip the other hand underneath to get a deep grip on the opposite collar, twist to make it tighter, lean forward and
21/06/2007 - BJJ (Beginners) 2007-06-21 17:28:00 Class #65Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Leo, London, UK - 21/06/2007 – BeginnersMy back was feeling it from all those takedowns, but its job wasn’t done yet. After scribbling down notes furiously while the beginners went through their warm-up, I joined in the class to be confronted by a series of throws. I’m not sure if Leo has a judo background, but he seems very keen on takedowns. Along with the basic trip, we also went through both the head throw and the hip throw. That does remind me I need to write those up in my technique summary at some point, particularly as I suck even more at throws than most other aspects of BJJ.First technique Leo went through was the sit-up sweep. He emphasised pushing forward with the hips, and also coming up on the elbow and then basing off your hand, rather than doing one or the other as I’d previously thought was the case. As with every other time I’ve done that drill, the instructor followed up with the kimura from guard. Chris, as ever a helpf
21/06/2007 - BJJ (No-Gi) 2007-06-21 17:23:00 Class #64Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Leo, London, UK - 21/06/2007 – No-GiRecently there have been a bunch of Brazilian guys I haven’t seen before hanging around the academy, who I presumed were friends of Felipe or Roger visiting. One of them wears a black belt, and is apparently called Leo: Zaf mentioned that he was here to prepare for the Mundials. He was also helping out with teaching, and took both classes today.Leo is clearly keen on fitness, running everyone through a load of different exercises before we got on to the main technical section. Today also marked my first no-gi class, which I was a little apprehensive about, but also excited as its something quite different from anything I’ve done before. Its also the first time I’ve really had a chance to use my rash guard – breakfalling seems a lot more painful, and there is nothing to wipe your sweat on, but it is a lot more comfortable than a bulky gi jacket.Leo began with two takedowns, both from an over-under clinch.
20/06/2007 - BJJ (Advanced) 2007-06-20 17:27:00 Class #63Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Jude Samuel, London, UK - 20/06/2007 – AdvancedI decided that it makes most sense for me to try and get to as many advanced classes as I can, meaning that I can see if I’ve got any energy left for late beginners classes. On Wednesdays the advanced class is late, so I didn’t go to the beginners, saving my limited fitness for the following session.Tonight it was all about half guard sweeps. I’m not sure I quite understood the first variation, so I might be remembering a second variation. You begin with them on top, with your half-guard locked in (like you’ve got a triangle on their leg, basically). First thing is to get an underhook, shrimp out, then reach behind their gi and slip down to their leg. Grab hold of their ankle, pulling that close to their bum, then switch hands and hold their toes instead. You then bring your leg over and rise up, grab their knee with your free hand, aiming to get your own knee free. Finally, roll them over, br
13/06/2007 - BJJ (Beginner) 2007-06-13 17:34:00 Class #60Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Jude Samuel, London, UK - 13/06/2007 – Beginner
Today’s session was all about side control. Jude began with Americana from mount, then move on to Americana from side control. The technique was slightly different than I’ve seen before, starting with the usual grip underneath the head and arm. Person A stays very tight, driving their shoulder into Person B’s face, leaning forward to increase the pressure. This also helps to isolate Person B’s grip on Person A’s neck. Person A brings their elbow around Person B’s head and drives it into their cheek. Having isolated the grip on the neck, Person A then strips that away by grabbing the wrist and pushing down. Once they’ve got the arm to the floor, they keep their grip until they can switch hands, then go for the figure four position, finishing with an Americana.I had some trouble getting the grip off, so need to work that part of the technique. I think I wasn’t isolating the arm sufficien
12/04/2007 - BJJ 2007-04-12 17:21:00 Class #52Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Felipe Souza, London, UK - 12/04/2007As on Tuesday, Felipe went through a guard defence, then instead of moving on to the triangle, we were to simply try out a technique. Unfortunately, time run out before I got a chance to drill properly, but I did pick up some interesting tips from Chris. Going for the triangle, he pushed my head tight into the back of his knee, pushing off my hip with the other leg. Already I could feel the pressure on my throat, so that seems like a good set up – shame I didn’t get the chance to try it myself, but will see if I can give that a go at some point.Chris was also his usual helpful self when we were working throws. When going for a double-leg lift, he pointed out that I wasn’t putting my hips in tight, leaving my bum way out behind me instead. This meant I was putting too much pressure on my back. He suggested that to get in position, I should try stepping round more as I went for the double-leg, which improved
10/04/2007 - BJJ 2007-04-10 17:26:00 Class #50Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Felipe Souza, London, UK - 10/04/2007Nothing new today, but we did cover something on which I needed a refresher: guard defence. As Person A gets an arm under the leg and starts to move round, Person B grabs them under the armpit and on top of the arm, their leg pushed up on the same side of Person A’s head due to the pass attempt. Note that you shouldn’t put your arm in the way of your leg, as the next step is to swing that leg out, shrimp away from Person A, then bring the same leg back in. The shin is pressed against Person A’s stomach like you would for a scissor sweep, with the other leg coming round next to Person A’s head, at the same time maintaining a grip on Person A’s arm. This provides Person B with a secure hold, so that they can firmly resist Person A’s pass, moving with them. Person B then picks their moment, pushes Person A away with their legs (still holding the arm), then swings back into full guard.As well as providing
07/04/2007 - BJJ 2007-04-07 11:39:00 Class #49Roger Gracie Academy (BJJ), Helio Perreira, London, UK - 07/04/2007 Good session for me today, as I both learned some useful tips in drilling and had a fair bit of success in sparring. Jude, Felipe and Maurição were all away, so I was taught by Helio (which sounds kind of cool, although this is the rather younger Helio Perreira, not a certain elderly gentlemen who shares his first name ). He’s one of the brown belts at RGA. Helio went through a throw I’ve never seen before, progressing to an even more complicated way to follow it up with mount. For the throw, Person A has usual grip (holding one elbow and the opposite collar), then steps back on their right (I had a bit of trouble with the coordination, and when Helio showed me he seemed to be taking a small half-step with his other foot first: that helped with the technique, but I may have understood him incorrectly). Immediately after, Person A then wraps the same foot they stepped back with around the heel of Person B
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