Martial Arts Wellington GSW BJJ NZ

1:We started with hooks and underhooks ,coming up and pulling our partner off their base,over and over.Keeping out elbows up high,and head low.

2:This time we were on our partners hooks,and they wee going for Drill 1.As they came up we blocked by grabbing their shins,and stepping out right hook off,then left hook.

3Here we shook our partners hands,and came up and placed our right foot between their legs,at the same time grabbing the right underhook,and falling to our left side sweeping them over or trying to.

4:Same setup as drill 3 but this time  we had (elbow-knee)and sat back down on our left ankle,and keeping low,we fell to out left side kicking up our right leg,and kicking our left leg out,sweeping our partner over to side control.

5.A drill with our partner,we had hooks,and would pull them off their base,and stretch our legs out,and palce them on their knees,and lay back again,then we would come up and do the same thing until we had reached the end of the mat,and then we swapped.

6:Here we started with coming up with right hand underhook and left hand overhook,to sweep them over,but out partner would step off our hooks.We would follow them by butt scooting in close,attemping a few times before we rolled back on our left shoulder,and kicked the right hook up,and the left hook out.

7:Hooks again,and we went to go for drill 6,but our partner would grab our knees.We grabbed the right hand and pulled it to our right side,with our chest in their right shoulder connecting with them so they couldn’t pull their arm back.With our left hand we grabbed their left lat and welded their body to us.We came up and posted on our right hand,then put it between their arms,rolling back onto our left shoulder,kicking the right leg up and the left leg out,sweeping them over to side control.

8:Here they gripped our left leg at the bottom of the gi pants.We pulled our left leg out of the hook position,and grabbed their right gi cuff.Kicking our left leg back sharply,and pulling our hands towards us,we would break the grip,then pull the right arm across our right side,and repeat drill 7.

9:Here we would go for drill 7 again but as we kicked our right hook up and left hook out,we would use our hands to turn our partner in between our legs,and drop them in the space between,allowing us to get out grips to go for the rear naked choke.This is called”Pig on a Spit”.

1:We started with hooks and underhooks ,coming up and pulling our partner off their base,over and over.Keeping out elbows up high,and head low.

2:Here we started off with our feet in our partners hips,and controls of their sleeves,and our knees in their elbows.Our partner would give us some resistance and we would keep control.Then we would go for the following1: with our feet in hips,our right hand in their collar,and our left hand gripping their sleeve.From here we turned on our left side,kicked our right leg up under our partners left armpit,and pulled them over to mount.(2) They stand up and put 1 leg forward we would grab the leg,push the opposite hip back and put them on their butt(3)They came up onto 1 knee so we put out foot under that knee for the hook,pull their arms forward,and lift up that same knee for the hooking sweep.

3:Here we would start in drill 1 postion,and our partner would stand up,so we would go for the previous sweep Option 2),Then we would post on our left hand and jump back to our knees trapping their leg and still had control of their sleeve,ready to attack.

3B:Same start as drill 3,and as our partner stood up they would put their right leg forward instead of the left.We turned on our right side,and reached around to grab their left leg still,and placed our left toes in the centre of their stomach.With our right leg we put it under their right ankle,and pushed our left leg back,sweeping them over,and coming to our knees again ready for the attack.

4:Here we had hooks again,and had the right hand underhook,and left hand gripped their right hand.Falling to our left side,we kicked up our right hook,at the same time flipping over just before our shoulder touched the ground,and pulling our right hand up,ending up on our knees coming to side control.

5:Here we had double underhooks,and had our head down low as possible,rolling back over we had to rock form side to side to try and sweep.Our partner would try and counter by putting their hands on the mat.Our counter would be to take our hooks down,and capture their arms,and roll over to mount.

1:Tonight we started with our partner having us in side control,with both their arms over our left hand side.With our forearms we pushed against their ribs,to push them down to our thighs.We then bumped up(Like the hipout),and turned onto our right side,and brought our right knee through,and placed it between their legs for a hook.We then straightened up,and brought our left foot in between their legs for the other hook.We then came up and gave them a hug.

2:Same setup as drill 1 but this time when we brought our knee through,we straightened up and circled the leg on the outside,and placed it behing their back.We then brought the left leg into play by bringing it around the other side of their back, to take full guard.

3:Here we had our feet in our partners hips,and had control of their sleeves with our hands(No thumbs in for the illegal grip).We had control of their upper body.Our partner would be putting pressure on us by pushing forward,but our legs would be keeping them at bay.When we felt like it we,turned our our left side,and dropped our left leg down by their knee.We then kicked our shin into their left armpit,and swept them over to mount.

4:Same start controls as drill 3, but this time our parnter would come up on their left knee.We took our right foot off thier hip,and placed it behind their left knee for the hook(Toes pointing up,and our knee pulling back towards us).Dropping our left foot down by their right knee,we pulled them over for the sweep to mount.

5:Here we had the sames grips and hooks as drill 3 but our partner stood up and put their left foot forward.We let go of our right grip,and grabbed their foot.With our left foot we pushed them back,and pulled their left foot towards us sitting them down on the butt,putting out right knee up ready to pass.

Comment from Gareth not the author of this post”Gareth wasn’t wearing his gi jacket…Very Sexy”

6:We put it all together ,and our partner dictated what one of the above we would do by their actions.

John Will returned to Wellington this month and there were a couple of new things this time around.

Firstly we held the seminars in our own facility in Lower Hutt. With the Wellington Dojo fire earlier this month and the smaller mat area I decided that running the sessions in the Hutt would be a better option. This also gave us the chance to start at a much earlier time slot. But with the mat size I also split the session into White Belts followed by Coloured Belts.

So at 6.30pm with a few stragglers still coming through the door John kicked off his first session of 2010 and his first ever session at GSW Lower Hutt. there were 30 White Belts on the mat including 7 from Submission Porirua. Glens club is going through the same sort of expansive growth as we are at GSW and The Submission guys are starting to fight for mat space. An awesome achievement for Glen and a positive boost for BJJ students in Wellington.

John covered some basic concepts for recovering the guard, then a few ways to pass the guard followed by a few was to escape when you guard has been passed. He then put the whole thing together as a drill for everyone to cement the concepts of guard recovery into their heads.

After a quick break there was a change of tack with John covering a couple of concepts for attacking and maintaining and attacking the back. He then made everyone go through the guard recovery drill at a slower more flowing pace and swapping partners..

The White Belt session ended with 3 Blue Belt promotions. Glen awarded Submission Martial Arts first Porirua Blue Belt to Andrew Douglas and I promoted two GSW students to Blue as well. Congrats to Jeffery Alcaraz and Haydn Parker. After a quick Photo shoot the White Belts cleared the mat and the Coloured Belts took over. There were 30 Blue and Purple Belts in the advanced session and John and I took the opportunity to promote a couple of Blues to Purple.

Congrats to Phil Stenhouse and Brad Kora! BJJ Purple Belt is a significant step up and one that is not easily earned or awarded, so well done. I know the East Coast BJJ crew will be particularly stoked with Brads promotion. We hear nothing but good things about Brad and his boys in Whakatane.

John the got straight into the session covering advanced concepts around the Kata Gatame position, including, maintaining and fine-tuning the position, finishes and entires to the position. A great session and 4 hours of hard work for John. After a few quick photos everyone split and John and I got home a good hour earlier than normal. This morning I’ve seen John off on a flight to Christchurch to meet up with his ol’ buddy Ron for a fishing trip in the Wanaka area. Ron accompanied John and Melissa on Johns very first seminar trip to Wellington in 1999!

So all up there were over 60 people attending this seminar round and I’m sure that when John returns in June we’ll have to take advanced bookings as the GSW classes grow and as Glens school requires more and more spaces on the mat for Johns seminars. Look for big things in 2010 as this is GSW’s 10th year as a BJJ school!

1:We started with hooks and underhooks ,coming up and pulling our partner off their base,over and over.

2:Again we came up and pulled our partner off their base,coming down and lifting our right hook up,and grabbing their left arm and catching it behind our right ear,sweeping them over to the right hand side

3:Here we had hooks and came up and had our left hand overhooking and catching their right arm,and our right hand underhooking their left arm.We then rolled back and over our left side,kicking our right hook up and our left hook our sweeping them over, to our left side.

4:Here our partner was sitting on our hooks,and we grabbed their right arm and pulled it to our right hand side,and with our left hand we put it under their left armpit to grab their left lat.(Their right shoulder was in the centre of our chest).We lay back down and kicked our right hook up and our left hook our sweeping them over to our left side.

5:Same setup as drill 4 but our partner goes to posture up.With our right arm we capture their left hand behind our ear,and lifted our left hook up as we rolled back to sweep them to our right side.

6:Again we went for drill 4 but this time our partner postured up,and put their right leg up as we went to put their right arm to our right side.We then grabbed their right arm and placed it to our left side,and with our right hand grabbed their right lat.We then switched our right hook and placed it behind their right knee,and our left hook dropped to their right ankle.Kicking the left ankle out with our left hook

7:Here our partner is on our hooks but pushes our legs down to the ground  on our left hand side,to start their pass.As they come around to our right hand side we grab their left hand and place it to our left side,and grabbed their right lat.We then pulled them over to our right side sweeping them over.

8:Again our partner pinned our legs to the left side.As they started to come around,we placed our right hand on their head by their neck,and stiff armed them to push their head down and moved,until our legs bacame free.

1:We started with hooks and underhooks pulling our partner off their base,over and over.

2:Hooks again with our partner giving us some resistance.Our aim being to sweep them

3:Hooks,and we pulled them off base,our partner would go to step over their left leg,so we dived down to take their right leg with our legs and arms(Horney Chihuahuia)

4:We would pre-empt drill 3,and not even wait for them to step over,and dive down to take the right leg.

5:We started in the Horney chihuahua,and crossed our legs on their right leg trapping it with our knees.We then rolled over onto our left side so we were facing the same way as our partner,and crossed and uncrossed our legs again,and used our right foot to hook their right leg,and our right hand to grab their belt,to push them up so we could duck out the back.

6:same setup again as drill 5 but this time both our arms were underneath their butt,grabbing their right leg.With our right foot we hooked their right leg again,lifting it right up,so we could duck out the back,

1: Here we had hooks,and double underhooks.We pulled our partner off their base,and rolled back onto our back,then came up again repeating the drill.

2:Again we had hooks and double underhoos, but when we came up this time we link are hands together really tight,and pulled them off thier base again.

3:Starting in drill 1 again,we came up and pulled our partner off base,With their left leg they went to step oner our right hook,so we dived deep down,and caught their right leg,with our knees and arms(Horney Chihuahua)

4:Here we had half guard and our partner stood up.With our right hand we grabbed their left ankle,and came around 90 degrees,and with our right foot which was behind their right knee we stretched it right out so we could get our left foot in their to take X-Guard

5:Same setup as drill 4 but our partner left their hands on the mat.We came around the 90 degrees again,stretched them out but this time we lifet their  left foot over our head,and placed it on the other side.Spinning another 90 degrees,we used our right hand to grab their belt,push our hooks forward to dump them on their butt in front of us.

On Tuesday the 8th of Feb the new Poneke Dojo at Prince of Wales park suffered fire damage. What appears to be an electrical fault in the kitchen, sparked a fire on the top floor of the Scottish Harriers building. The fire caused extensive damage to the kitchen and lounge area and the training areas suffered smoke and water damage.

Our thoughts go out to Jill and Chris Gower who have put in countless hours over the Christmas holidays working on getting the new facility ready. The damage is heart breaking and although insurance will cover the costs I’m sure they are hurting right now.

What does this mean for GSW? Well I’ve made the decision to run all our classes from our Hutt Location until the Wellington Building is repaired or until a new venue is found. So beginning Sunday the 14th of February our Lower Hutt class timetable will look like this.
Sunday 6pm Fundamentals – 7pm Grappling
Monday 7pm Fundamentals – 8pm Grappling
Wednesday 7pm Fundamentals – 8pm Grappling (Please note there is no normal class on the 17th we are closed for a John Will Seminar!!)
Thursday 7pm Fundamentals – 8pm Grappling

Thomas took several pictures of the fire damage and you can see them on our facebook page. Compare them to the pristine videos posted below.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=146480&id=72268139002&ref=mf

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/local/3310078/Fire-destroys-newly-renovated-karate-dojo

Please check back here for more information as we get it.

Thanks

Geoff

1: Hooks in Warm Up Drill – Tonight we started with lying on our backs with our hooks in,and our partner on their knees.We came up and got underhooks,then pulled our partner back down again,then came back up again,and repeated over and over.

2: Basic active Hook Sweep – Again same setup as drill 1,but as we pulled our partner back down they posted on their right hand.With our left hand we grabbed their right arm and pinned it to our left air,and kicked our right leg up and left leg out and rolled them over to our left side sweeping them.We repeated the drill until we pre-empted the posting of their right hand.

3: Hook Sweep to Half Guard – Again same setup as drill 1 but when we pulled our partner back down they stepped their left leg over our right hook to go to mount.To combat this as we pulled them down,we lifted our right hook up,and shot down underneath to grab their right leg,to duck out and take the back.

4: Hook Sweep to X-Guard – Here we had hooks and our partner stood up.We quickly dropped our left hook and placed it between their legs,and came around 90 degrees to bring our left hand around their right ankle.Stretching our right hook away,we placed our left foot behind their knee to get X-Guard.Stretching our right hook out even further,we placed our right foot down by their left ankle,and put them backward onto their butt,while pulling our left foot up rolling them onto their left side.

4b: Hook Sweep to X-Guard to Back Choke – We got into the X-Guard position again,but this time our partner put their hands forward touching the mat.We stretched out our feet,and ducked under them by lifting their right foot over our head.Coming around another 90 degrees,with our hooks still in we pushed our legs forward and pulled them back,dropping them in the space we created between our legs,taking their back,setting us up for the choke.

5: Hook Sweep Attempt to Basic Hook Sweep – Drill 1 again,and as we came up,our partner did nothing and sat on their base .We came up and stepped our right hook our,and sat on our right knee,and still kept the left underhook.We grabbed their left hand,and our partner came slightly forward,so we rolled back over our right shoulder and kicked our left hook back,sweeping our partner over.

5B: Hook Sweep Attempt to Sitting Rollover Sweep Again like drill 5,we came up and sat on our right knee,and had the left underhook,only this time our partner was sitting back firmly based,and not leaning forward.We still grabbed their left hand,and came up off our right knee,and put our left knee over their left thigh to the mat while pulling them off their base and around to our right 90 degrees,sweeping them onto their back.

6:We had a go at putting it all together with our partner dictating what move by the way they moved.

Note:Geoff also mentioned that it was better to go for hooks guard first,before half or full guard.

New hours on Sunday:6:00 White belts until 6:45,then Blues until 7:30,then rolling

1:Tonight we started with feet in the hips,our hands in the collar or grabbing a sleeve.We would try to sweep our partner over as they moved around.

2:Here we had half guard,and were on our right side,with our left knee in the centre of their stomach.We would dive down and grab their left foot with our right hand.

3:Here we had half Guard(and were on our right side),with our left knee in the centre of their stomach,and our right leg trapping their left leg on the ground.We brought our left handby our left knee,and shot right under thier stomach,diving deep so our left hand could grab their right ankle,and pass it to our right hand(At the foot),we placed our left foot between their legs to hook the right leg,and our left hand grabbed their knee.From here we pulled our left leg down,and pulled thier left knee towards us,rolling them over,and coming around to side control.

4:Here we went for the above to drills but before we got the sweep our partner would post our their hands.We went from side to side rocking them back and forth over and over ,until their balance went,and we could sweep them over.

4b:Rigan’s rock and roll (Hock and Holl)sweep:Same setup as drill 3,but this time our legs would hook their right leg.We then rolled our legs up and over180 degrees,while pulling  their left knee towards us.

5:Drill 2 setup again but this time, instead of grabbing the feet we just ducked out and took the back with seatbelt control.

6:We had half guard and went for all the above, while our partner gave us some resistance,and they would dictate.

7:Here we had half guard on our partner,but they had the underhook.With our right hand we blocked their left hip,and our left hand trapped their right arm against us.From here we took our left leg out,and hipped out about 60 degrees,so we had enough space to bring it back in,and place it on our partners right hip as we rolled onto our right side.This set us up in the starting position of drill 1 again,so we could go through all the above drills.

Geoff talked about ducking out the back as being the number priority,even if we had a favourite sweep.