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Archive for October, 2007

We spent the first 45 mins working through the fundamental sweeps, figure-4s, chokes and armbars of the blue belt syllabus. These were put together in a series of drills.

If I go into detail for all of these it’s going to be a very long read (and write!), so I’ll just list the techniques here and save the specifics for when they come up in the fundamentals class. For further explanation take a look at John Will’s BJJ Fundamentals book – all of the techniques we drilled are explained in detail with the helpful addition of photos.

Armbar Drill

Start with mount, smothering your opponent

Give them a little space to encourage them to push you off with straight arms

• Armbar from mount

Take side control, transition to knee ride with control of the near elbow

• Near armbar from knee-ride

Take knee ride, opponent tries to push you knee off with their far hand

Underhook their far arm, step over and spin for the

• Far armbar from knee-ride

Opponent performs an arm-bar escape into your closed guard

• Basic arm-bar from closed guard

Sweep Drill

Start in closed guard

Opponent initiates a single leg guard pass

• Scissor sweep

Roll back to guard, opponent goes to pass again

• Hooking sweep

Roll back to guard, opponent stands up in guard, posturing up

• Back sweep

Roll back to guard, opponent stands up again, this time with their weight forward

• Front sweep

Figure-4 Drill

Start in closed guard

Opponent makes a mistake and puts their hand on the mat

• Figure-4 from guard

Sweep them to mount

Opponent keeps their elbows in close to defend chokes

• Figure-4 from mount

Transition to side-control

Opponent attempts the underhook

• Lower figure-4 from side control

Transition to Front Control/North-South

• Figure-4 from front control

Choke Drill

Start in closed guard

• Cross lapel choke

Let go of the choke

Sit up for the

• Front choke

Sweep your opponent to mount. Let them turn away on their side, take side mount.

• Lapel 1/2 Nelson choke

Let it go and let them turn onto all fours and take hooks in back control

• Back choke/Rear naked

Alternatively, you can drill this one with your partner kneeling.

Warm Up

Hooks Guard Drills

The hooks guard involves both of the legs being hooked with the ankles in between the opponents legs, feet controlling behind their knees

1 – Sit-up and Superman

• Take a hooks in position while the other person kneels

• Sit up, underhook their arms on either side grabbing the lats or the shoulders and scoot your hips in close

• Lie back keeping their upper body close, lift them with your hooks and raise their arms out to the side by flaring your elbows

• Your partner stops the momentum with their hands (if they’re averse to face-planting) and you sit back up again

1. Let go of your grips, lie back then sit up and repeat

2 – No hands

• Take a hooks in position while the other person kneels.

• The objective of the person kneeling is to pass your guard; your objective is to stop and/or sweep them

• The person passing has to do so without coming up onto one knee

• Neither person can use their arms

2a – One arm

Same as above, but you can both use one arm and the person passing can come up on one knee

2b – Everything

One person tries to pass, the other tries to sweep – no restrictions on limbs

Did a few rounds of pass or sweep, starting with the above restrictions then progressively taking them away.

Basic Circuit

The basic circuit incorporates a series of fundamental movements and positions in BJJ

One person takes closed guard – legs crossed around the back of your partner

The other:

Begins to pass the guard

• Posture up – straight back, looking straight ahead

• Control their chest with your left arm, their hips with your right

• Drive your right knee into the base of their spine and base your left leg out to about 7′oclock

• Keep your right thigh 90 degrees to their spine to prevent them sliding up your leg

• Bring your left palm to the inside of their right knee

• Push your hips back and push down with your palm to break their legs open – pull your right arm back to your hip simultaneously

• Get under their right leg with your left shoulder

• Touch their knee to their nose by driving off your feet in a straight line

• Keep that pressure on and walk your legs around to the left (their right side)

• Shrug their leg off your shoulder as you get round to 90 degrees

Takes side-control

• Apply your weight chest to chest with your legs out behind you on the balls of your feet

• Control their far arm with your left arm and their near hip with your right

Switches their Base

• Replace your right knee with your left knee and apply your weight to their face with your left lat

• Use your right foot to brace behind you in case they attempt to lift you off with their hips

• Grab their far knee with your right hand and pull their knees toward the floor

• Swat your right foot over to the other side of their hip without lifting your weight off

Takes mount

• Keep your body low, slide your left arm to the left side of their body so you end up facing your partner

Attempts a choke

• Sit up, grab high on their left collar with your left hand – fingers in grip – to threaten a choke

Is swept by a bridging escape

• Person underneath brings your elbow into the centre of their chest using both arms

• Blocks your left ankle with their right foot

• Bridges their hips up to drive you forward then rolls over to their right

The circuit begins again with the original positions reversed

Update:
“Kora Kora Kora
It may look to some as though they’ve come out of nowhere to claim the best-selling album in the country, but Whakatane’s KORA (brothers Laughton, Stuart, Francis and Brad, with Dan McGruer) have been making music for a long time. Following up their 2004 gold-certified #34 Volume EP; their self-titled debut album claims the #1 position this week. Released on their own label and distributed by independent music distributor Border, it’s the first independently distributed chart-topper since Fat Freddy’s Drop’s Based On A True Story. The album was recorded in New Zealand and mastered in London.”

http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart_bitz.asp

Finally the boys have put the finishing touches on their album and it’s cut and being delivered to stores for release on Monday the 15th of October.

If you want to pre order a copy go to www.amplifier.co.nz

RELEASED MON 15TH OCTOBER.

Combining the invincible elements of the Kora strain, rock, funk and house, our five superheroes unleash the ultimate musical odyssey.

Recorded in Aotearoa, mastered in London by Kevin at Soundmasters (David Bowie, Queen, The Prodigy), this is the long awaited follow up to the platinum, EP Volume.

The album features fourteen tracks that hold true to every facet of music that KORA enjoy, ranging in mood from groovy, to heavy and aggressive, and the graphics pay homage to a love of arcade games and epic moves.

Brand skanking new tracks include Skankenstein, Out of My Mind/Down The Road, an instrumental Skoolyard plus Culture with a guest appearance from the old man on slide guitar.

Two tracks, Burning and Crazy Things have evolved and been revamped from the original EP.

Stu, Brad, John Will, Geoff and Fran @ GSW

Seminar as per usual.
Wednesday 28th November
8pm till late.
In order to avoid those that think they can leave it till the last minute to register or worse, think that rocking up on the day is acceptable, there is now a graduated structure for the seminar costs. Also please note, if you don’t train at GSW or have not regularly trained in the last few months your seminar place will cost you $100.

Cost:
Pay before October 20th $60
Pay before November 20th $80
Pay after November 20th $100
on the night $120