Sunday The 9th of November Fundamentals
1:Tonight we started off being in side control,with both our partners arms across our body(elbows on the mat).We would bump up,swing our leg through,coming around 90 degrees,and place them in guard. 1B:Same postion again but this time our partner would have their right hand blocking our right hip,and the left hand cupping our left shoulder.We would buck and bridge to get our left hand under their right armpit(Underhook).Once we had the underhook we owuld hip away to the left until their was enought space to turn and go to our knees and on all fours.1c: Same position again but our partner would move from the the first 2 postions and allow us 5 escapes from each before upping the pressure.Depending on what postion they had us in,we would have to decide what drill we were going to use.
2:(For those of us who have ever rolled with Hemi and know how hard it is when we are on his hooks,he somehow captures our hand behind his head(either left or right)by coming up and cupping and pulling our arm back behind his head,straightens it out for a cutting armbar,Geoff showed us the counter) We are on our partners hooks and they come up to grab our right arm.We push down their right leg and suck our elbow back close to our sides to avoid them grabbing our arm.Placing our head in the centre of their chest.we stepped off the right hook,kept low and walked around to the left side,killing the left hook to side control.
3:This time our partner has managed to grab our arm and place it behind their head.Before they can get the armbar our priority is to get the trapped elbow as close as we can to the mat.Kill the right leg by pushing it down to the mat.Head goes into the centre of the chest,and we walked around to side control.
4:Same postion as drill 3 but this time they would sweep us with the right hook over to the left side.(this was better than being armbarred)
5:We would get swept like drill 4 but when we hit the mat we would jump to half guard because our partner still had their left hook secured,so all we had to do was wrap our left leg around their leg,or we would get off the hook and come around to side control.
6:This time our partner would secure the right arm and go for the cutting armbar so we would go for drill 3.As we came around to the right side, they would counter by grabbing our left arm behind their head.We would have to reverse our postion by killing the left hook and walk back around to the left side(Remember to keep your butt low when killing the hooks)
