Thursday 5/13/2010

BJJ Open Mat

My hand/wrist is still bothering me so no Kettlebells.

Got there and it was Eric, Peter and myself. Peter is doing a good job developing his game. He asks the right questions and pays attention to the answers. He has a limited ceiling just due to when he started but he has the tools to get his Judo Black belt and win matches, have a good time and stay physically fit. Not a bad thing to aspire too. He plays hard but has some glaring technical flaws that we can address. he is coming to the class and getting focused practice with Eric and myself, so he will get better. We rolled a couple of times.

Good set with Eric. He had good pressure and base when I pulled and after some good movement and trying several different positions, he passed. He put a few points up and I was on the defensive as time was ticking he maintained his aggressiveness and went for the armlock. I avoided it and put him on the bottom. I was able to pass and then put points up with knee in the belly, mounts and passed again. The final score may have looked a little lopsided but, he had me in a bad spot and went for the kill rather than sitting on his lead.

Judo classes have returned to there more familiar levels of 12-16 people. We did several Right on left attacks. first we took a hard right with a back grip against a hard left with a lapel grip/high grip. We puled in and stepped across for the O Goshi. Then we used the back grip to keep uke from turning to the front right, which is what makes this grip position strong against strong right sided techniques. Next we worked on the Sasai Tsurikomi Ashi from the back grip. You step around in front to generate a strong circular pull while you prop the foot.

For Ne Waza We did a stack triangle defense and pass. i reiterated that I don't encourage anyone to pick up their opponent for the technical break in class, as its more important to improve than to win. Good class.