7.3.08 #67

Beginner with Rob

I warmed up with Cal for about 10 minutes before class started. He and I worked some arm bars from gift wrap. Then we worked some arm bars from knee-on-belly then turned that into kimura. Great stuff.

Rob started class tonight from the guard, but with an MMA feel. Similar to what we did on Tuesday, cobra grip, this time get the overhook with one hand and then with the other push your opponent's shoulder/chest area to create space, shrimp out and put the foot on the hip on the same side as the shoulder you pushed. From there take your other leg and put it across your opponent's neck. Make sure you foot on the hip knee is touching your foot behind the opponent's head. Use two hands with the triangle grip to lock your opponent down. From there you can throw punches or elbows if you are in a fight. Then if your opponent postures up in this position, you swich your feet and go for the triangle. Rob stressed you don't need to be in a hurry. You are much better off controlling the position. When you switch legs, make sure you get your other foot to the hip to keep your opponent from posturing up and again - triangle grip with the hands on the ankle to hold them as well. I worked with Wally and was able to get some good reps in tonight. From there, Rob had has drill for about 15 minutes.

Drill tonight was one down in OPEN guard, could not close your guard, objective sweep or submit. Man up just had to pass guard and get to side control. I passed all of my opponents, but on one attempt we got to a scamble and he took me down with a single leg to get the sweep. When I was down it took once or twice before I got in the groove. I swept original Mike, got two guillotines, swept 2 others and hit the arm drag nicely tonight, straight to back for the rear naked. I think I maybe am missing one or two others...

After that Rob called open mat, I had planned on going in the other room and relaxing for a bit and taking the wrestling class. However, Chad asked me to roll with him. Chad is a little bit bigger then I am and been training just over two years. We started out and I pushed him to try and pass but he was shrimping out going for attacks, I wasn't able to control his hips. I sat up and he pressed me, I tried for the arm drag and then settled in to butterfly guard. I then tried for the headsmash into my knee and was going to try the mma stand up Rob showed us Tuesday, but didn't get into position, but was able to push to half guard. From here we worked back and forth and it took me some time to get to side. As soon as I did I was facing away from him and went to Ferret's mount. I took mount, swept for the arm and missed it but I was mounted. I bugged the neck a few times, smashed the head and tried for gift wrap. I was able to maintain mount for a bit and try for some attacks, but no luck. I lost the position during a knee escape and backed off to side. From there Chad was trying to hip back in and went to turtle. I rolled him and took his back, but he was awful low on me, after some rear naked attempts he got loose and we had an akward scramble. I somehow ended up in his guard with one arm in and one out - not good. He tried to apply the triangle, but it was loose so I fought my way out of it. By this point wrestling class had started and we got kicked out. All in all a good night.