The name of my blog is bjjchic. Since I'm training for the Pan Ams again this year, I've decided to use this as a training journal along the way. Also, now that I'm teaching a women's jiu jitsu class, I have a hard time keeping the new stuff I'm learning plus the stuff I'm teaching straight in my head.
What I'm working on right now: Passing the half guard. My favorite pass starts with a knee through. I'm able to find this pass from a variety of starting points but now that I'm training with this big group of higher belts at Impact, I keep getting stuck in some variation of half guard. The finer point that I've been working on it keeping my opponents back to the mat while I work for my pass. Previously, I would use a frame but I find it opens me up to have my back taken. I've tried an under hook but that leaves my elbow vulnerable to attach. I'm liking a lapel in the top side shoulder right now. Grab the lapel and push on the shoulder to keep the opponents back to the mat. Then sprawl the hips down against the opponents bottom leg to open the half guard and start the pass. Keeps the hips low while rotating the legs out. Transition to shoulder pressure with the hips pressure if the opportunity arises. Keeps the hips down until you gain cross side. Keys points right now: Hips low, hips low, sprawl and keep the hips low. Keep the opponents shoulders to the mat as much as possible.
A new move I learned yesterday: Opponent on side facing away from me. I'm half way between mount and taking his back. Happens when I've mounted and opponent umpa's to escape. I open up and let him rotate under me. I have one knee at his back and my foot on the ground in front. I have two options: (1) grip his head and shoulders, pull him over my body, opening his legs and allowing to me take his back or (2) if I get a collar but can't finish the choke, rotate him onto his back, block his shoulder with my leg (but don't put it all the way over for an arm bar) and go for the collar choke in the same way as if I were doing a bow and arrow choke but without the top arm.
What I'm teaching: spider guard.
Basic sweep - two variations. Finer detail, grab pant's leg with free arm, set up from wrapped spider guard is opponent blocking wrap by moving in the direction of the sweep.
Billy Hunt's spider guard sweep - one foot in bicep, one foot on the knee.
Triangle choke pull from spider guard.
Other options I'm considering: omoplata from spider guard
What I'm working on right now: Passing the half guard. My favorite pass starts with a knee through. I'm able to find this pass from a variety of starting points but now that I'm training with this big group of higher belts at Impact, I keep getting stuck in some variation of half guard. The finer point that I've been working on it keeping my opponents back to the mat while I work for my pass. Previously, I would use a frame but I find it opens me up to have my back taken. I've tried an under hook but that leaves my elbow vulnerable to attach. I'm liking a lapel in the top side shoulder right now. Grab the lapel and push on the shoulder to keep the opponents back to the mat. Then sprawl the hips down against the opponents bottom leg to open the half guard and start the pass. Keeps the hips low while rotating the legs out. Transition to shoulder pressure with the hips pressure if the opportunity arises. Keeps the hips down until you gain cross side. Keys points right now: Hips low, hips low, sprawl and keep the hips low. Keep the opponents shoulders to the mat as much as possible.
A new move I learned yesterday: Opponent on side facing away from me. I'm half way between mount and taking his back. Happens when I've mounted and opponent umpa's to escape. I open up and let him rotate under me. I have one knee at his back and my foot on the ground in front. I have two options: (1) grip his head and shoulders, pull him over my body, opening his legs and allowing to me take his back or (2) if I get a collar but can't finish the choke, rotate him onto his back, block his shoulder with my leg (but don't put it all the way over for an arm bar) and go for the collar choke in the same way as if I were doing a bow and arrow choke but without the top arm.
What I'm teaching: spider guard.
Basic sweep - two variations. Finer detail, grab pant's leg with free arm, set up from wrapped spider guard is opponent blocking wrap by moving in the direction of the sweep.
Billy Hunt's spider guard sweep - one foot in bicep, one foot on the knee.
Triangle choke pull from spider guard.
Other options I'm considering: omoplata from spider guard
posted by Adrienne at Sunday, February 01, 2009
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