Thursday the 4th of September Fundamentals
1:Fior this drill we had our partner in closed guard and had our legs relaxed.We would pull in with our heals,and pull their hands to the opposite side,causing them to fall forward.We did this from both sides alternating.
2:Here we were in closed guard again and went for one of Geoff’s favourite sweeps.There were 4 things in succession:(1)We secured their right hand at the gi cuff,(2)open our legs into open guard,(3)sat up and around to the right at 90 degrees(4) Grabbed their left gi pant with our right hand.From here we kick into their left armpit with our right shin,dropped our left leg,and lifted their left leg up,causing them to roll over.
3:Here we were in open guard again and our partner grabbed our gi cuff at the ankle.We would grab their right wrist,and break the grip by pulling back our knee really quickly.
4:Here we were in our partners guard,and we have backed back,creating enough room to bring our right knee up.We then pushed their right leg down with our left hand,placed our right knee through to their chest,and stepped around with ourleft leg to the knee ride postion.
5:Here we were on our partners hooks.We would grab their ankles with both hands pinning down their legs,and drop our hips down.We then stepped off the left hook and freed our left hand stepping around to take side control
6:Here our partner had us in half guard.We would bring our right hand through between their legs pinning them down,and dropping our elbow to the mat.Putting all our weight on their legs,we walked around to side control.If we were the one in side control we practised pushing the head away and to the mat when they came around to side contol,as an ecape
