Martial Arts Wellington 272 Taranaki St GSW BJJ NZ

The first class back for GSW in Lower Hutt and a good turnout of almost 30 people on the mat.

The class covered chokes mainly from the sprawl position.

• First we started with a quick review of the standard Guillotine from the closed guard. This gave us several simple principals that we could then apply to techniques later in the class.
• Next was the Anaconda choke from the sprawl position.  We take a loose seatbelt grip, right bicep in front of their collar bone, left arm under their armpit. Our Right arm traps their right tricep and then we place our right hand in our left bicep. From there we apply pressure by bringing our elbows together and then roll under their body. Once we’re on our backs we walk our legs towards their body and apply more pressure for the tap.
  
• Darce Choke – From the same sprawl position with the seatbelt grips. This time we move our body to the left and align ourselves with their shoulders. At the same time we push our left arm deep so our left hand is up by their neck. We then clasp palms and drive our right forearm across their neck forcing them onto their left side on the mat. We then push our left arm out the back of their shoulders and clasp our right bicep, placing our right hand on their back. We then switch our base towards their legs and use our body to apply pressure to the back of their tricep.
  
• Peruvian necktie - Same grips as before, same angle change, but this time we jump up to a squat and step our right leg over their head as we sit back, we bring our left leg over their back so they cannot roll out of the choke.
  
• Rolling Lapel Half Nelson – as we had a few minutes left I added this choke to the end of the class. Although not strictly of the same type of chokes it is applied from the same sprawl position. This time from the sprawl we place our right hand under their chin and grab their opposite lapel with a pistol grip (four fingers in the collar). From their our left hand comes under their right armpit and then behind their head. We use our left hand to pull their elbow out of the way so we can roll under their body. When we are on our back we extend our left arm behind their head and support it with our left knee, using the leverage and pull their lapel with our right hand for the tap.

Things to thnk about for the coming year.

Set small goals. – simple obtainable goals will help you see your progress far better than general long term aims. In BJJ it’s the little things that make all the difference. Lasting a round before being submitted by the Blue Belts, escaping side control quickly where you would normally take minutes, holding a strong position where normally the person would escape easily. These sort of goals will help focus your game and give you an idea of how your progressing on the mat.

Drill – at the beginning or end of ever session, grab a willing partner and rep out a technique 20, 30, 40 or 50 times. It could be a technique you just learnt in the last class or something you need to add to your game. Drilling the technique will help cement it into you game all the quicker. But remember “Practice Makes Permanent” so make sure you understand the technique before you rep 50 sloppy versions.

Game Diagnostics tool – Don’t forget to grab a cop of Johns Game Diagnostics tool from the club. An awesome tool to assist in recognising your “IA” (Immediate Action) from any given position: http://bjj-australia.blogspot.com/2008/11/game-diagnostics.html

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