10/4/06 - BJJ - Sa Bom Nim

When someone is in mount position get elbows on the floor and in front of their knees. Open Gi so they cant get hands in.

Elbow Escape

• Turn to your left side with your left leg flat on the floor and your right foot up by your butt
• Get elbow in between their knee and your side
• Yuor right foot can step over their right leg to help pry it off.
• Pull your left knee to your right elbow and shrimp out
• Get 1/2 guard
• Shrimp your right leg our and get full guard

Guillotine from Guard

• Open your guard
• Propel yourself up as you pull them down
• Right arm goes around head and into guillotine
• Pull them back into guard to stretch them out
  

10/25/06 - BJJ

Warm Up

• Ran laps (run, roll, backwards, side shuffle)
  
• Break fall (back, right, left), kick 3x's, stand up in base

Haymaker Take Down

• Left arm up to protect your head (hand by ear, elbow straight up)
• Left arm grabs their bicep and wraps up their arm while your right hand grabs behind them
• Their leg should be between yours
• Step through and hip throw
• Take side mount

Side Mount Neck Crank

• In side mount, they lift head
• Your close arm goes underneath their head (far side) and back towards you, palm up
• Get into a tripod so you can lock hands
• Settle weight back down
• Your close leg blocks their hip
• Far leg steps over
• Move head in "C", head back belly out

Roll exercise from side mount

• Bump and push them up
• slide close leg in and regain guard
• As they stand, ankle sweep
• Get in side control and they repeat

Rolling exercise from under mount

• They grab under your head
• Grab that elbow
• Bump and roll to that side
• Lather, rinse, repeat
  

11/22/06 - BJJ

Collar Choke Defense

• Right arm up by ear
• left arm blocking under armpit

Back Mount Escape

• Defend and grab arm that goes under your armpit
• Pin it against your side
• Roll to that side
• Feet flat on the ground
• Pop your hip to that side
• Your hip is now trapping their arm so you can let go
• Shrimp out and get to knees
  

12/27/06 and previous - BJJ

Take Down

• They grab both hands to your lapel
• Get inside control on one of their arms and outside with the other
• Push/pull as you lean towards them
• As you lean, your close leg goes behind for the sweep
• Take knee on belly for punching or armbar

Neck Crank from Side Control

• They are cross facing you and pushing your head up with their forearm
• Push their arm past your head and trap it
• Your left arm should be under their neck
• Your left arm will grab your right arm
• Put your head to the floor
• Crank
• If you need more crank, take mount or even other side
  

8/29/07 - SBD - Gilmore Sa Bom

Last night was a workout and conditioning type class

Warm Up

• Ran laps around the dojang
• Stretched
• Sit ups - legs in the air, opposite arm to opposite leg
• Squat jumps
• Duck walk 1 lap around dojang

Kicking Techniques (Jok Gi)

• Front kick then hold a lunge till we were told to go back up
• Same thing with round kick, inside outside, side, etc
  
• Side punch then squat till we were told to go up
• And plenty of other kicks and kick combos (inside outside, step behind round/side/hook, jump front/round/side/split/back kicks)

Hand Techniques (Soo GI)

• Blocks (low, high, inside outside, sang soo, etc)
  
• Punches (center, high)
  
• Combos (low block/center punch, high block/elbow, etc)

Class ending drill

• In the boxes painted on the floor,
• Run up the side of the box
• Run backwards down the side of the box
• Shuffle sidewards to the other side of the box
• Wash, Rinse, Repeat
• Once you got to the end of the boxes we did 1 pushup and then side stepped over kicking shields
• After that you had to duck walk back to your line
• We did two "laps" of this
• While you were waiting your turn you had to do either push ups, jumping jacks, or crunches

We ended with 25 Squat jumping jacks

08/29/07 - BJJ - Matt (Blue Belt)

Matt taught tonight which was a nice change. He's a blue belt but is very helpful when rolling with. He'll stop and tech you in the middle of rolling.

We started out class by running laps (regular, side shuffle, backwards, and with a forward roll). We then went into pushups. From the normal pushup position place one arm slightly forward and the other slightly back. We did 10 reps like this and then switched arm positions and did 10 more reps. We then went into a partner drill. The drill was:

• Jab, cross, bob & weave, cross
• Your partner then fell to the ground and you got into knee on belly position and ripped out 10 more cross punches to the targets.
  

After that we worked on the same arm control Matt showed me last time

Sweep from guard

• Pull opponents right arm across your body like you would for a triangle
• Immediately use your left arm to grab their neck to keep them down and "hug" them as close as you can. This will close the distance so it makes it harder for them to pull their arm out.
• With your left hand over their neck, grab their right wrist. This is the wrist you pulled across their body.
• Rotate your body to your right while you under hook their left leg with your right arm.
• As you do this, use your right leg over their shoulder to help keep them down.
  
• From there you can start the sweep by raising your left leg for momentum.
• Kick your leg down towards your butt and make sure you tuck it in at the end or else it will get stuck under your opponent.
• As you kick your leg (similar to a pendulum sweep) it should give you momentum to roll them over and take mount while still having their arm wrapped around their neck.

Ezekiel type choke from this position

• You are in mount position with your left arm under their head holding their right wrist
• Take your right hand and slip it in the opening that their right elbow creates
• Grab your left tricep/sleeve
• Pull up with your left arm and down with your right
• This scissor motion will finish the choke.
• Also, make sure your chest and body weight is helping you push your right elbow to the ground

Double Armbar from this position

• You are in mount position with your left arm under their head holding their right wrist
• Cup your right hand under their left tricep (their free arm)
• Pull it to your ear and cup it with your ear and shoulder
• Scoot your left knee to their head and plant your right foot (combat base)
  
• Using your left arm you have an armbar from there
• If you don't like that armbar, you also have the option to step over and armbar their left arm by sitting down in the "traditional" armbar

At the end of class we rolled a little and I also learned another move

Scissor sweep from knees - As the opponent pushed up and into you sit your butt down and scoot your legs into scissor sweep position and sweep.

12/27/06 and previous - BJJ - Armbars

Armbar from guard

• Left arm grabs their wrist on same side
• Right arm grabs across and over top to their right elbow/tricep
• Your left arm grabs their head
• Your left leg goes tight to their hip and your right leg under their armpit on top of their shoulder to help keep them down
  
• Rotate your body
• Your left arm pushes their face away
• Your left leg swings over to complete the arm bar
• Keep your knees pinched and their thumb up
• Hyper extend with your hips

Armbar from mount

• In mount, lay down o top of them and smother them
• As they push you up put your right hand inside and your left hand outside and on top like you are doing CPR
• Squat up in base
• Step over
• Sit and armbar

Armbar from Side Control

• If they reach arm around head (your far shoulder)
• Trap arm
• Jump to knee on belly
• ste leg around and over
• Armbar (will be on the opposite side that you started from)

Armbar from back

• Your right hand grabs their left sleeve to create space
• Left hand slips in to grab wrist
• Right leg opens and goes to left side of their head/face to push them down
  
• right leg slips back over to armbar

Breaking armbar defense

• If they grab arm or lapel
• put your fingers under theirs or
• knife hand w/ side of your hand
  

8/27/07 - Workout at Dad's

Last night at my parent's place we worked out in the basement for about 30-45 min. My dad's heel spurs were acting up so we didn't go running. Here is a list of things I did (from memory):

Warm up - Elliptical machine for 5 min

Upper Body

• 20 pushups
• Dumbell curl - 2 sets x 12 reps
• Shoulder rows - 12 reps
• Sitting bench press - 12 reps
• Butterfly press - 12 reps
• Overhead tricep - 12 reps
• Forearm curls - 2 sets x 12 reps
• Pullups - 12 reps
  

Core & lower body

• Crunches - 50 reps
  
• Squats - 12 reps
  
• Burpees - 12 reps
• Jumping jacks - 50 reps
• Skipping rope - 100 rotations
  

Cool down - Elliptical machine for 5 min and a little bit of stretching

I also talked with my dad about stretching and found realized that my feet are not straight up and down when I stretch. This causes more pain behind the knee and less of a stretch. When I corrected this I could feel more of a stretch and less pain.

When I went home last night Erin fell asleep on the couch so I turned on WEC which motivated me to a little more working out (along with the fudge I just ate...oopps). So I did a few more push ups, a few jumping jacks, and a little shadow boxing.

8/25/07 - SBD - Mr. Corta

This afternoon in SBD we started the class with normal stretching and then worked on basic techniques.

Some of those techniques included:

• Low & high block
• Center & high punch
• Front, side, round, & back kicks
• Yuk Soo Do
• Kap kwon
• chun gul, hu gul, kee ma, & sa ko rip jaseh

One of the nice things that Mr. Corta does is that he breaks the kicks down into 4 steps (set up kick, re-chamber, land). I love doing this because it works on leg strength and balance.

A few combos we did were

• low block, reverse punch
• high block, high punch
  
• front kick, back kick, kap kwon, soo do

We ended class with 20 sit ups and 10 push ups.

After class I went down stairs and trained a little on my own.
I ran through all my forms, did 2 sets of 20 push ups, and 10 squats. I also did a few triangle drills.

?/?/?? - BJJ - Sa Bom Nim

Knee on Belly to Kimura

• While in knee on belly position, and the opponent tries to push your knee off of them
• push their hand to the floor cupping their wrist(for this example - their left hand)
  
• slip your left hand under their bicep and grab your right wrist (cupping, no thumb)
• make sure your face is away from them and paint the floor with their hand to finish

Opponent straightens arm from Americana

• If opponent straightens their arm to defend the Americana
• pull their arm high up to your shoulder
• Also trap it with your head like you are holding a phone with no hands
• Find their elbow and you have an arm lock

2nd option from Americana defense

• Jump over their body (using their left arm for example)
• your left leg should be over their face holding them down and your right leg on their chest
• Use your head/side of face to trap their wrist/hand
• cup their elbow and hyperextend upwards to finish
  

4/4/07 - BJJ - Mr. Stuart

Bow and Arrow

• One hand grabs lapel thumb up
• Other Hand grabs lapel thumb down (both not to deep, chin height)
• Push thumb down hand into throat, pull other hand towards yourself

Triangle

• From guard, get space by putting your feet into their hips
• One leg in and over their shoulder/neck while other leg locks it
• Turn towards bent knee
• Make sure their arm is across their body and pull head down while you tighten to finish it

08/15/07 - SBD - Losasso Sa Bom

Last night in SBD we started with the usual warm up, went into some sparring combinations, partnered up for sparring combos, sparred, and then did some tournament sparring.

Sparring Combos:

• Front Kick to test the waters
• Front kick (fake), round kick
• Front kick, rear leg round kick
• Front kick, spinning back kick

Sparring Combos w/ Partner:
We got to create our own combos with our partner. The idea was to set them up so you could preform your move.

• When partner throws a round kick with their left leg, step in and to your left with a hook kick(Yup Hu Ri Gi) or side kick.
• When partner throws a round, you spin and wheel kick
• When partner throws a front kick, deflect it and Yuk Soo Do.

Sparring/Tournament Sparring:
Another sparring combo I like to use is the outside to inside kick, land, and then side kick same leg. By the time you land they are starting to move in and don't expect the side kick.

For the tournament sparring I was partnered with a very tall guy. I found myself going full force (good) but using very basic techniques (no spinning or jump kicks). Most points were given because of my back fist reverse punch. Next time try to slow it down a little and let him come to me as well.

8/15/07 - BJJ - Sa Bom Nim

Last night we did a warm up, learned 3 chokes, and rolled.

We started class by:
running laps
shuffling sideways
running in place and sprawling on command
50 crunches


Techniques:
3 different chokes

• From Guard

1. Grab their skirt on the left side and feed it to your right hand behind their head on the right side.
   
   Next, replace your right hand with your left hand palm up. Your forearm should now be on their carotid artery.
   
   Take your right hand and grab some cloth on their shoulder (your arms should now be crossed similar to the Helio Choke)
   
   Lift your left elbow up to finish the choke.
   
   
   
2. Same as choke above but now they defend by framing with their right arm.
   
   Shove their right arm across their body to your right.
   
   Pull down on their head and it is now similar to a triangle.
   
   
   
3. This choke is applied after you sprawl.
   
   Take your left hand (palm towards your body) under their head and grab their lapel. * Make sure you don't grab to deep.
   
   With your right hand, grab their pant leg on your right side.
   
   Tuck your head to their ribs on your right side and roll that way.
   
   After your roll, use your right arm and go over their arm and under their head.
   
   To finish, pull their lapel with your left hand while you push their head away with your right.

Rolling
I rolled one match (I think his name is Matt). Did pretty good for him being a blue belt. He showed me a move when you have someone in your guard.

Use both hands to pull their right arm to your right side. (like the set up for a triangle)
Immediately "hug" them so your chest is against their shoulder so they can not pull out.
With your left hand reach over their shoulder and grab their left arm that you pulled.
From there you can use your legs and momentum to "sweep" or roll them to your left side.
Make sure to use momentum like a pendulum sweep.

I think thats it for now. I will also try to post all of my old notes as well but we'll see how quickly that gets done. Also, I will be on vacation next week so hopefully I can at least get a work out in if I cant get any classes in.

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