Sunday the 22nd of December Fundamentals
Well here’s the last post for 2008.
1:Far armbar from side control.Here we had our partner in side control with both hands cupping their left shoulder.We placed our left hand right by their left ear as a post,and came up and spiked our right elbow into their ribs,while still cupping their left shoulder.We then came around to North/South position.From here we put our left foot into the small of their back and spun around so our right leg was over their face,still controlling their left arm.We then squeezed our knees together welded their little finger to our chest and lay back slowly for the tap.For those who felt a little bit more confident, they would just spin around, instead of going to Norht/South.
1A:Slight variation on drill 1.We had side control,and the left shoulder secured.This time we put our right knee into the centre of their stomach,posted up on the left hand,and spun around locking in the same grips as drill 1, (foot in the small of their back, squeezed knees,finger welded to the centre of our stomach).Lying back for the tap.
2:We had our partner on our hooks.We came up and got our right hand underhook, and left hand overhook.Placing our head lower than their chin we rolled over onto our left shoulder,and kicked our right hook up and left leg out.This swept them over and we followed them over to side control.From here we secured their left shoulder and went into drill 1.So we started out having hooks and ended up doing the far armbar.For those who felt confident, we had the option of going left or right.
3:Bridging escape:Our partner is on mount, with their hands spread out on the mat.We placed our hands in their hips(locking our elbows to our ribs).We brought our feet right up and bridged up.As we bridged we locked our arms straight suspending them in mid air leaving a gap to bring our knees through sitting them on our hooks.(The trick to this move is not physically trying to bench press our partner, but to use the bridge as leverage and then lock the arms.)Once sitting on our hooks, we did the over under sweep to side control,then far armbar.
4:Here our partner had us in side control.We placed our left arm on their right shoulder creating space,and blocked their left hip with our right forearm.We pushed them down to our thighs,and bridged up creating enough space to bring our right and left knee under to get the hooks.From here we did the over under sweep to side control, then far armbar.
5:Here our partner had us in guard.We locked our elbows in tight to our ribs,and nailed their butt to the mat by holding down their hips.We shuffled back to pop open their legs,and brought our right knee up.We pushed down their right leg,and did what was called a knee through pass.(brought our right knee over the top pinning thier leg down).Our left leg acted as an outrigger posting out at 7:30.We dropped our right hip down placing it on their right hip and got the underhook.We ended up in side contol cupping the left shoulder again.We then proceeded to go for the far armber.
Geoff later spoke about looking for a submission from every position, and replicating it from everywhere.He also spoke about transitioning to get yourself into a postion where you can get your favourite submission.If you are stuck on your back for example, what do you have to do to get to a position to get your favourite sweep or submission.
I would just like wish you all a Merry Christmas and happy new year, and thank Geoff personally for his constant support and hard work continuing to make GSW the place it is.We are very fortunate.see you on the Mat in the new year.
