Sunday the 19th of April Fundamentals
Tonight Gareth ran the class as Geoff was away
1:Tonight we ran through some armbar defences but we ran through the Armbar from Guard first:We had our partner in guard,and grabbed their right arm,and secured it to the centre of our chest by grabbing their wrist with our right hand,and behind their tricep with our left hand.We then opened our legs and brought up our left foot and placed it in their right hip.Using this leg as a pivot now,we came up off our back,and turned 90 degrees to the right,and placed our right leg over their back at the same time.From here we swung our left leg over and caught the back of their neck with our knee.Welding the thumb to the centre of our chest we bridge up for the Tap.
2:Here we were in our partners guard and they had the first step of the arm bar by securing our arm to the centre of their chest,as they go to swing the leg over we followed them in the same direction 2(b) we went one further and blocked their knee everytime they went to swing it over.We them did a 30 second drill of trying out both combo’s.
3:This time our partner has secured the armbar, but before they can bridge their hips up,we placed our left ear on their left leg by dropping our left shoulder,and brought our left knee to their right ear.We then grabbed our right forearm with our left hand,and brought our left hand through behind their left knee to create space.We then did waht Gareth called starting the Lawnmower,and pulled our right hand free.
4:Again we were in our partners guard,and placed our elbows out and kept their hips flat.Our partner couldn’t really move our get their legs around our elbows.
5:Here our partner has locked on a standard armbar from side control.Before they bridged their hips for the tap we turned our thumb towards our head,gave a bidge up and walked around towards their feet,and right around to the opposite side.5(b) Same drill as 5 bit this time our partner follows us as we walk around.We ended up on the opposite side and lay flat.It ended up in a Stalemate,as our partner couldn’t get the armbar.
6:Same basic armbar again, but our parner only had their leg over our head and not chest.They also didn’t have our arm secure.We grabbed the leg that was over our head with both hands,and rolled over our far shoulder.Note Look towards the shoulder you are going to roll over.
7:Here our partner goes for the far armbar from side control.As they stepped around,we hooked their leg with our (in this case left hand) and followed them around and rolled out.
8:Far armbar again, we trapped their arm with our left arm by pulling it tight into our lat,and lay back dowm flat.From here we grabbed their near leg and pushed it out towards our feet,causing them to roll over and we ended up with them in side control.
9:Far armbar again,as they go to step around we came up and put our left shoulder into their thigh,grabbed their left ankle,and stepped around and up while pulling the leg.(Like a single leg takedown).Our partner ended up on the ground.
