9/5/07 - BJJ - Sa Bom Nim

Tonight we started with Mr. Stuart by running laps like usual and then did some punch/kick/breakfall drills on the poles. Sa Bom Nim then took over the class and we went over some chokes.

Chokes from Guard

• Gi/Skirt choke from guard
• Counter to defense of Gi/Skirt choke from guard
• Choke from sprawl

New Choke from guard

• They are trying to double underhook to pass your guard
• You scoot back (like a crab walk) and get into butterfly guard as they try to stack you
• Grab their lapel, opposite lapel with opposite arm (like you are saluting the flag in SBD)
• Your other hand goes over they head and grabs you bicep
• As you sit up turn towards your hand thats over their head and squeeze

Baseball Choke from side control

• In side control (on their right side for this example), take your left hand under their head and grab their lapel. Palm up, thumb in.
• Jump to knee on belly and get your right hand in palm up. Your hands should now look like you were holding a baseball bat.
• Make sure your arm/elbow is not on their chest but over their neck.
• As you jump back to side control slide your right knee over their arm to prevent them from turning into you.
• Keep rotating into North South position as you bring your right elbow to your left elbow to finish the choke.

Baseball choke with gi

• Same as above but pull their skirt on their left site under their shoulder and grab that with your left hand instead of their lapel.
• Variation 2: If they are defending with their left hand by their neck, use their lapel to tie up that hand. Pass the lapel over top of their wrist and under their head, then re-grab.

After our techniques we rolled. I started out with Garret. It was a good few rolls. I then moved onto Rob and finally Matt. I tried pulling the scissor sweep from knees but he was prepared since he was the one who taught it to me. I then tried the choke from sprawl (as mentioned above) but he was able to base out so I couldn't roll him. It was a good roll none the less.

Also worth mentioning, Hasset's school is having a tournament on Sept 22nd. Its open to all white and blue belt adults that are Balance affiliates. The cost is only $25.

And lastly, I visited Balance Studios today. I was surprised. They were a nice school but were basically a hole in the wall. I assumed they would be bigger since Phil and Rick are big names in Philly. They said they are getting more and more walk ins since Phil and Rick were featured in tapout and the MMA magazines. But once again, a very nice school. The class was mostly blue and purple belts with only one white belt that I saw. And a black belt teaching. Hopefully I will be able to get in there and train every once in a while.