5.1.08 #44

AM Class with Rob

Today we talked about attacks from the mount. The first we worked on was the triangle from mount. Rob made it very clear that we were not to lock our legs. If your opponent goes nuts and somehow manages to turn into you, you can blow out your knee or your ankle. So get high on your opponent and make sure there is no space when you put your knee through. I then spent a few minutes on our s-mount arm bar and Rob went on to talk about the omoplata if the s-mount attack goes bad. If your opponent gets their elbow to the floor, let them escape. Before you do that you need to place your off hand to their elbow and as they explode out you roll your hips out and take the omoplata. The omoplata not being a very high percentage finishing move then allows you set up the triangle choke, american, wrist lock, ankle lock, whatever your opponent gives you.

When Rob called open mat, I found Butter. Who was nice enough to beat my ass solid for 10 minutes. I was not happy with the way I rolled and Butter went out me tough. It was his first bjj since being gone a month. You couldn't tell he hadn't rolled in awhile. I came home with a bruised ego today.