4.5.08 #41

Trained with Bamboo and Shane

Actually, I get beat up by Shane, but we will stick with the theme of I trained with him. Today our focus was attacks from the guard. Bamboo showed me to clear the arm by pushing on the bicep and then grabbing the tricep/elbow and pushing with my knee to put pressure on the bicep - this move is done AFTER grabbing the head and bringing my opponent down in to me. A key part of the move was keeping my elbow glued to my hip. Due a crunch to secure the elbow to the hip to take away the space and stop my opponent from working back in to me and creating space. Then once I have the hand on the head, the elbow to my hip, my knee to my opponents bicep and my arm on his elbow, I can hit him with the opposite leg. From that move I have now created several opportunites, first omoplata, then triangle choke and finally, the arm bar. After reviewing the moves a few times each, I rolled with Shane for 15 or 20 minutes.

Rolling with Shane was interesting to say the least, Shane is big, strong and has solid jiu-jitsu. He submitted me several times and Bamboo gave me a few things to work on. I have to make sure that when I have my opponent on me in side control I have to get my arms in the correct defensive spot. Again, underhook with my elbow to my hip and then my other arm to my opponents hip again with my elbow on my hip. I have to maintain this position to play stronger defense. The other thing I have to work on is when I get to side position is to hunt the underhook and don't do anything before I get the underhook. Finally, I need to make sure when I go to headpressure from side control, I have to release my hands and apply pressure by turning the head and get my shoulder up in the air to apply more pressure and have a free hand to do what I need to do.