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January 15, 2008 11:28 PM
First & Second Days Back
Feels good great to be back on the mat.
On Monday, before class started, Jazz (brownbelt) asked me to roll around a bit no-gi. We started in my guard and went half-pace for awhile. He had relatively little trouble passing and proceeding with the smashing, but I was able to escape side control and get back to my knees, or back in his guard without too much issue.
He went on show me an incredibly basic, but handy way of moving to someones back with them in your guard. The idea is to pull the person towards you with your legs, and get both your arms under their armpits and clasped behind their back with the standard grip. Once you have this locked in, place 1 foot on the hip, and drop the other foot to the ground, and elbow escape out as much as you can. Getting up on your hand helps with base if they try to smash you to the ground, and from there, the leg that you had on the hip should be able to get around their back and hooked in. I forsee a lot of ways this can go awry, but assuming you keep it tight I think this is something definitely worth developing.
On Monday, before class started, Jazz (brownbelt) asked me to roll around a bit no-gi. We started in my guard and went half-pace for awhile. He had relatively little trouble passing and proceeding with the smashing, but I was able to escape side control and get back to my knees, or back in his guard without too much issue.
He went on show me an incredibly basic, but handy way of moving to someones back with them in your guard. The idea is to pull the person towards you with your legs, and get both your arms under their armpits and clasped behind their back with the standard grip. Once you have this locked in, place 1 foot on the hip, and drop the other foot to the ground, and elbow escape out as much as you can. Getting up on your hand helps with base if they try to smash you to the ground, and from there, the leg that you had on the hip should be able to get around their back and hooked in. I forsee a lot of ways this can go awry, but assuming you keep it tight I think this is something definitely worth developing.
