Matt came to teach tonight at the New Port Richey locale. We worked on butterfly guard passes - 2 on 1, the golf pass and the evolved flip pass. This pass evolved from the headstand pass and is quit tricky.
It is amazing how banged up I am from Monday's class. How quickly it takes to lose something and how slow it is to gain it back...
I didn't get a chance to stay and roll I had to pick up the little one from Karate. Should be able to squeeze in one day of training next week.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
New Port Richey location
I am so fired up! A Gracie location 5 minutes from my house. The all New Gracie Tampa - New Port Richey location with none other than Ferret teaching. I heard Matt Arroyo will be making guest teaching appearances on Wednesday nights. It is wonderful to have world class jiu-jitsu right down the street!
Tonight's class was working on basic guard passes. We rolled through 3 of them our basic pass, the knee through (kick-stand) pass and the lift them (I don't know what else to call it) and put them on their neck pass.
After an hour of reps, I rolled with Ferret for about 30 minutes. I think he tapped me 5 or 6 times. It was nice to roll again and I could tell Ferret has picked up some new moves. I did manage to catch Ferret right off the bat with the arm drag, but that was the highlight of the evening for me. I took side mount and was able to hold it, but couldn't mount any offensive attacks. Not too bad for as little jiu-jits as I have had this year.
Tonight's class was working on basic guard passes. We rolled through 3 of them our basic pass, the knee through (kick-stand) pass and the lift them (I don't know what else to call it) and put them on their neck pass.
After an hour of reps, I rolled with Ferret for about 30 minutes. I think he tapped me 5 or 6 times. It was nice to roll again and I could tell Ferret has picked up some new moves. I did manage to catch Ferret right off the bat with the arm drag, but that was the highlight of the evening for me. I took side mount and was able to hold it, but couldn't mount any offensive attacks. Not too bad for as little jiu-jits as I have had this year.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
2.8.09
It has been too long.
Tonight Ferret set up a little training class for myself, Chad and Rob. The idea was for Ferret to get some reps in with different body types and styles. It was a lot of fun. We worked different side escapes for about 45 minutes, then I spent about 30 minutes rolling with Ferret. Because of my time off my jits was sloppy to say the least, but it was great to be back on the mat!
Tonight Ferret set up a little training class for myself, Chad and Rob. The idea was for Ferret to get some reps in with different body types and styles. It was a lot of fun. We worked different side escapes for about 45 minutes, then I spent about 30 minutes rolling with Ferret. Because of my time off my jits was sloppy to say the least, but it was great to be back on the mat!
Monday, November 17, 2008
11.16.08 #74.6
No Gi with Ferret
We have continued to work our series that includes the arm bar, shoulder-lock, triangle and sweep. Ferret should be another sick set up this week that is more of our traditional set up, but with a small change. Instead of actually going to the back of the head with the right hand, you sell that you are going for it, then karate chop into your opponent's trapped arm. From there you take your left hand to the back of their head from this you can jump directly to arm bar or jump the shoulders. If both of those fail, you can then move in to the pendulum sweep. The move is slick. Ferret caught me good when he demonstrated it. I was impressed. As you can see it has been almost two weeks since I last trained. I am a half block away from GT at the new job and need to make time to get over there to train.
We have continued to work our series that includes the arm bar, shoulder-lock, triangle and sweep. Ferret should be another sick set up this week that is more of our traditional set up, but with a small change. Instead of actually going to the back of the head with the right hand, you sell that you are going for it, then karate chop into your opponent's trapped arm. From there you take your left hand to the back of their head from this you can jump directly to arm bar or jump the shoulders. If both of those fail, you can then move in to the pendulum sweep. The move is slick. Ferret caught me good when he demonstrated it. I was impressed. As you can see it has been almost two weeks since I last trained. I am a half block away from GT at the new job and need to make time to get over there to train.
Monday, November 3, 2008
11/2/08 #73.5
As you can see I didn't manage to get to class this week. Gotta love the new schedule, it ROCKS!
Did get Ferret to meet me on Sunday because I was asked to work. I know, right? If I have to drive to Tampa on Sunday, I might as well train. Ferret was nice enough to meet me on short notice.
Training started like last week with the shoulder jump. Ferret is trying to get me to make a more aggressive jump - bring my hips to my opponent and hang on, forcing them to deal with the weight plus the aggressive squeeze. He also showed me a new way to set it up, by using the right hand underneath or across the opposite arm. It is a different set up and thinks that it may allow for a little more success in the shoulder jump, so something I can try this week if my schedule will allow.
From there, we went back to guard passes. We keep working on this double elbow pass (for lack of better words) and that has lead to different variations of passes from our standard pass to a knee through pass that can bring you to knee on belly, our half guard pass, etc. Ferret is just trying to help me get my timing back, but also allow me to develop a stronger foundation with some of the basics.
Did get Ferret to meet me on Sunday because I was asked to work. I know, right? If I have to drive to Tampa on Sunday, I might as well train. Ferret was nice enough to meet me on short notice.
Training started like last week with the shoulder jump. Ferret is trying to get me to make a more aggressive jump - bring my hips to my opponent and hang on, forcing them to deal with the weight plus the aggressive squeeze. He also showed me a new way to set it up, by using the right hand underneath or across the opposite arm. It is a different set up and thinks that it may allow for a little more success in the shoulder jump, so something I can try this week if my schedule will allow.
From there, we went back to guard passes. We keep working on this double elbow pass (for lack of better words) and that has lead to different variations of passes from our standard pass to a knee through pass that can bring you to knee on belly, our half guard pass, etc. Ferret is just trying to help me get my timing back, but also allow me to develop a stronger foundation with some of the basics.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
10.26.08 #72.4
As you can see it has been a long time since I have posted, it has been a long time since I have trained. Almost two months. After switching jobs and adjusting to my new schedule, I am looking forward to get back to training. I don't think my new job will allow me the flexibility and freedom to be able to continue doing privates with Ferret. I still have 3 lessons left and will milk those over the next few months. I just hope I haven't forgotten everything in this two month hiatus.
Obviously, I was a bit rusty. We went back to reviewing basics - shoulder jump and guard pass. My timing is off and trying to remember moves when we review is tough. However, when we roll I feel more comfortable. My goal is to start training a few times per week again. Let's just see how the new boss handles me working a 14 hour day...
Obviously, I was a bit rusty. We went back to reviewing basics - shoulder jump and guard pass. My timing is off and trying to remember moves when we review is tough. However, when we roll I feel more comfortable. My goal is to start training a few times per week again. Let's just see how the new boss handles me working a 14 hour day...
Sunday, August 24, 2008
8.24.08 #71.3
About damn time. After going to California, I went to Alaska, then came home and was sick as hell. After trying to get over after almost two weeks, I thought I should go see a doctor. I found out I was very sick with some nasty virus. The doctor suggested that I sit out of jitsu for a 5 days or so, due to the contact. I didn't want to bring anything into GT. Tonight at 6pm, I will finally be training with Ferret. Leland is going to train with Midget. Tonight should be fun.
Tonight was great. We worked the over-hook series from guard. Ferret showed me a new twist. Instead of going for the razor, triangle, shoulder lock series. He showed me a series of gi moves. You feed the lapel into the hand with the over-hook and then trap the opponents opposite shoulder and feed the sleeve to the hand with the over hook. Trap the elbow with the knee and you take an arm bar. The variation from that was to put your hand opposite the over hook - thumb in - into the gi bring the arm back around to the over hook arm and take the gi choke. If your opponent fights it, you can clear the arm with the opposite leg, or if he fights it very hard, you can take the arm bar, or if he continues to fight it and you can't do either of those you go into the razor, triangle, shoulder lock series.
After a few reps of this, Ferret and I rolled for about 30 minutes. It was great to get back into the swing of things. I felt good and was smooth tonight. Ferret busted me in the eye and I about ripped his thumb off. So it didn't take long before we both got bruised and banged up again. I look forward to getting back to regular training.
Tonight was great. We worked the over-hook series from guard. Ferret showed me a new twist. Instead of going for the razor, triangle, shoulder lock series. He showed me a series of gi moves. You feed the lapel into the hand with the over-hook and then trap the opponents opposite shoulder and feed the sleeve to the hand with the over hook. Trap the elbow with the knee and you take an arm bar. The variation from that was to put your hand opposite the over hook - thumb in - into the gi bring the arm back around to the over hook arm and take the gi choke. If your opponent fights it, you can clear the arm with the opposite leg, or if he fights it very hard, you can take the arm bar, or if he continues to fight it and you can't do either of those you go into the razor, triangle, shoulder lock series.
After a few reps of this, Ferret and I rolled for about 30 minutes. It was great to get back into the swing of things. I felt good and was smooth tonight. Ferret busted me in the eye and I about ripped his thumb off. So it didn't take long before we both got bruised and banged up again. I look forward to getting back to regular training.
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