6.8.08 #60.3

Trained with Ferret and Travis

Travis was working with Ferret when I came in on loose guard, so when they started rolling, I joined in for 5 minute matches. Travis tapped me a few times, his jits is impressive. I rolled with him 3 or 4 times before we started our lesson for the night.

I learned some names of the throws tonight too! We started with the Ippon Seoinage - one arm shoulder throw. From there Travis showed me a variation by attacking around the neck instead of taking the other arm into your opponents armpit. When you come with the right hand, you punch behind your opponents head, hitting him with your bicep. This generates a more powerful hip throw, if you miss this move, you are going to lose your back. We repped this a few times and moved on. We reviewed Hane Goshi - the spring hip throw and Uchi Mata - the inner thigh throw, again getting in some good reps with my footwork. Travis said I need to relax and be more fluid, especially when working take downs. After 45 minutes of work with Travis on throws, I was beat. Travis threw me to the mat a lot, a few times with some serious force. I was relieved when Ferret took over for us to spend the last 15 minutes reviewing gi chokes. The biggest thing to take away from my time with Ferret, was the "second hand". You can't waste your time and effort and defending the first hand. You have to focus on the second hand and make sure that you are aware of it, the first hand can't choke you by itself.