Martial Arts Wellington 272 Taranaki St GSW BJJ NZ

John Will returned to GSW in Lower Hutt for another round of BJJ Seminars. Once again due to numbers the seminars were split into two sessions.
White Belts and Coloured Belts.

The White Belt session was attended by 40 BJJ Students from GSW and Submission Martial Arts in Whitby. John covered a bunch of Immediate Action techniques in a seminar that he called a Vaccination Seminar.

Basically John covered answers to several of the problem areas that he sees beginners getting caught in during their first months of BJJ training. Things that John covered were, Crossover Guard defence, Side Control Escape (Hip in Pocket), Switchbase escape, Elbow Escape from Mount, Side Mount Escape, 1/2 Guard pass, Head to Head (Sit-out) and Front Choke Escape.

At the end of the White Belts session 4 New Blues were Presented 1 from Glen’s Submission Martial Arts and 3 from GSW. Conrats to Melvin, Kym and Kelvin

The Coloured Belts session covered getting the back and was attended by 30 of GSW’s Blue and Purple Belts. John had given us some great chokes at the last seminar and this time he went into several ways of gaining and controlling the back using several vital principals involving leverage and weight placement.

As always Johns seminar left everyone with something to take away and think about, as well as many things that instantly fitted into peoples grappling. Johns next session will be November 24th..

Our next seminar at GSW is with Richard Norton one of John Will’s training partners and multiple Black Belt, including his BJJ Black Belt from Jean Jacques Machado. Richard has starred in dozens of movies, with many top Martial Arts Movie Stars. Richard has also travelled the world as personal protection to performance artists. Richard bio can be found at his site www.richardnorton.net/blog

Richard will be running BJJ Seminars at GSW Lower Hutt on the 3rd of July 2010. Each seminar will be $50 and last 2 hours. Jump onto the GSW facebook page to register your interest as places are strictly limited and filling fast.
Wellington Saturday 3rd July 2010
BJJ Seminar White Belts 1pm – 3pm $50
BJJ Seminar coloured Belts 3.30pm-5.30pm $50

Wellington Sunday 4th July 2010
MMA / Street Defence Seminar (for Zen Do Kai Students)
Sunday 4th July
9am – 11am
$50

The boys and Girls in Auckland are hosting this years Will / Machado BJJNZ nationals.

Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010
Time: 9:30am – 5:00pm
Location: AUT, North Shore Campus
Street: 90 Akoranga Drive
City/Town: Northcote, New Zealand

Download the NZ Nationals Poster A4 >>

Online registrations can be made here >> http://strongvon.com/willmachado2010

A facebook event page has been set up for all information and news:
Facebook Event Page Nationals 2010

Here is all the info from the facebook page. We look forward to seeing all Will / Machado BJJ Students there!!

Early Bird Entry Fee, before 5th July
$40.00, includes free competition t-shirt

After 6th July $40.00 entry fee plus $20.00 for competition t-shirt

Online entries at http://strongvon.com/willmachado2010

Weigh In 9:30am

ENTRIES CLOSE MIDNIGHT FRIDAY 23rd JULY

* You must be a member of a Will/Machado affiliated academy to compete

DIVISIONS

WHITE BELT - 5 minutes
63KG
68KG
73KG
78KG
83KG
88KG
93KG
98KG
+98KG

BLUE BELT – 6 minutes
63KG
68KG
73KG
78KG
83KG
88KG
93KG
98KG
+98KG

PURPLE BELT – 7 minutes
80KG
+80KG

BROWN BELT – 8 minutes
Open

FEMALE:

WHITE BELT – 5 minutes
65KG
+65KG

BLUE-PURPLE BELT – 6 minutes
Open

2KG allowance for Gi

NB: Divisions are subject to entries, there may be an adjustment in weight split to make for better competition pools

It’s done.. decision made… GSW and the Poneke Dojo are parting ways. Pretty sad, after a stellar relationship for 8 years. But we need to move onwards and upwards.

Classes get bigger and bigger, no matter what I say people still keep coming along. So I’ve made the decision to run all classes out of the Hutt for a few months while we finalise a new Wellington location!

Wellington will be Bigger Better More Classes and More Variety. Stay tuned for more in the coming months.

The last class at Prince of Wales Park will be this Sunday 9th May!

I just want to say a heartfelt thank you to Chris & Jill Gower for everything they have done for me and GSW over the years, you guys are the very best.

Geoff

Purple Belt Darren Brown took class tonight as Geoff was away. With almost 40 on the mat it was a challenging class.

Class Mon 19 Apr

2 types of kneeride – first grab behind their head while other grabs far knee, then pull up to align your knee, hip and shoulder turning your opponent into the letter U. This sucks their energy. The other kneeride is low and hunting for the opportunity for a submission. Your shin is across their belly with little to no weight on your foot, the other leg floats out for support. Your right hand is outside your knee, acting as both a post and to block their hip while they go spastic, like in side control, again without too much weight. Your left hand is controlling behind their head.

Near armbar – grab behind their tricep of the near arm (thumb down). Straighten your body and pull up on their arm. Step your left foot over their head with control – you’ll know your doing this if you can step back and forth to reset and your upper body doesn’t move and you don’t kick your opponent in the head. Slide down the back of their arm, so you get good hip penetration and use your right arm to wrap their arm close to your body. Weld their little finger to your chest, thumb up and break the arm.

Far arm bar – from the low hunting kneeride, fake an attack on the near arm. They don’t need to put their hand on your knee. Reach under their far arm, grab their tricep, and up and crush by putting your elbow through their solar plexus. They make a funny noise, change colour and turn towards you. Spin on the ball of your right foot and kick them in the belt with your left foot, staying low while you spin. Get good hip penetration, squeeze your knees, attach their pinky to your chest and break their arm.

The more you fake for an armbar on either side, the more the attack their arms, exposing their neck. Put your left hand behind their head. Put 4 fingers low inside their lapel and zipper them up to make the baseball grip (your hands don’t have to touch). Bring your top elbow down to your bottom elbow, this will turn you towards their head, they may try to defend by putting their near arm in the way, kill this by driving your knee over the top of it and get it out the way by ’sliding fir home’. Put your head on the side you just came from and shoulder on their belly. Tripod up and pull your elbows to your back.

Finish

The Poneke Dojo @ Prince of wales park has been repaired and rematted and is ready for us to use. Our first class there will be Thursday the 15th of April. Remember there is limited space so please don’t come. You are encouraged to make the drive to Lower Hutt where several Blue Belts will be on hand to help you with your game and have a roll. Other than that if you can only make it into town then I’ll see you on Thursday.

GSW Wellington Prince of Wales Park, Salisbury Tce, Mt Cook

Monday

8.00 – 9.30 pm: BJJ Intermediate (Open – Gi – grappling)

Wednesday

8.00 – 9.30 pm: BJJ Intermediate (Open – Gi – grappling)

Thursday

7.00 – 7.45 pm: BJJ Fundamentals (new members)
7.45 – 8.30 pm: BJJ Apartheid (Coloured only)
8.30 – 9.00 pm: BJJ Grappling (Gi – grappling)

Sunday

6.00 – 6.45 pm: BJJ Fundamentals (new members)
6.45 – 7.30 pm: BJJ Apartheid (Coloured only)
7.30 – 8.00 pm: BJJ Grappling (Gi – grappling)

1:Here we started off on our partners hooks.We dropped our base to the mat,and our hands came down and around to grab their butt,so our biceps were blocking their knees pinning them down.With our left leg we stepped it off,and placed it by our right knee.

1b:Same again as drill 1 but this time our partner would be a bit more active and try to follow us with their hooks.

1c:Again same as drill 1 but this time our partner would follow us with their hooks and try and get underhooks.

2:Again we were on the hooks keeping low.With our right hand we pushed down on their left ankle,and scooted back(our weight doesn’t come forward).We then slid our right knee backward.Our left shoulder and bicep came into their right leg,as we switched base into hips to pass the guard.

2b:Again we went for 2 but out partner would give us a bit of grief by following with their hooks.

2c:This time they would try grabbing our arms,as well as trying to follow with their hooks.

3:Same again as drill 1 but this time our partner had the underhook on our left side.With our right hand,we pushed down on their knee keeping our base down,and coming around to pass the guard.

4:Here our partner had the hooks,and were attacking out arms.We would block the knees,and shuffle back keeping down until we were in a comfortable position,until we could pass the guard.

5Here were were still on the hooks but our head was in the middle of our partners stomach,and we were between their legs.Staying as low as possible,and stretching down (going backwards) we walked around to our left side,so we their right knee would come to the ground with our body weight.We walked all the way around until we could secure side control.

1:Tonight we started with our feet in our partners hips and we had control of their wrist,or gi cuffs(Thumbs out).We had 3 choices(1) Turn on right hip and put our knee across their belly, pull them forward for the sweep (2) They came up onto their left knee so we put out foot under that knee for the hook,pull their arms forward,and lift up that same knee for the hooking sweep.(3)They stand up and put left  leg forward so we would grab it and pull it towards us,,and push our left leg which was in the centre of their stomach back to put them on their butt.

2:(Basic Arm Bar)Here we had Mount on our partner,and were smothering them which caused them to push up on our chest.With our right hand we put it on their chest between their arms,and with the left hand were circled their right arm,and put it on our right hand.Jumping up to a squat,we placed our left foot by their right ear,then stepped over their head with the same foot,and slid down the arm(Bat Pole).We then squeezed our knees together,welded their little finger to our chest,and bridged up for hip penetration for the armbar.

3:We go for drill 2 but stuff it up when we got to sitting down.Our partner sucked back their right arm.We posted on our left arm,and grabbed their left bicep with our right hand,so our elbow was facing away from us.We then pushed off our left hand and sat on their ribs,then sat down on the opposite side,trapping their left arm.With our left hand we grabbed under their leg,and squeezed our knees together,welded their little finger to our chest,and bridged up for hip penetration for the armbar.Once we got the tap,we came back up and placed our right hand between their legs,and swung our left leg over their body to bring us to the opposite side control.We then proceded to mount,repeating the drill.

4:Here we had top control,with our partner having their arms up in the defence position.With our hands faced down on their chest under their elbows, we used our forehead and legs to push their left forearm down towards their left knee. keeping as low as possible,we then swapped hands so the right hand grabbed the left arm,and our knees were either side of our partners face.We then brought our left knee down further than the right so the left hand could grabbed the left leg,and we could roll to our left,so our left leg came up,and our right leg went across their head trapping their arm ,squeezing the knees for the armbar.

1:Here we had our partner inside control,and they would move.We had to keep control of them.

2:Here our partner had us in side contol.We would either escape and switch or they would keep us in control.

3:(Near Armbar)Here we had knee ride.With our left hand we grabbed their right arm and pulled it up.Transferring all our weight to our right knee,we stepped over their head,sat down on our butt,welded their little finger to our chest,and squeezed our knees together,lying back with hip penetration for the armbar.

4:(Far Armber)Again we had kneeride but this time our partner pushed with their left hand on our right knee creating a bit of space.With our right hand we grabbed their left arm at the elbow,and pulled them onto our feet.Stepping around,and kicking them in the small of the back with our left foot, we again claimed the left arm this time,welding the little finger to our chest,squeezing the kness,and bridging up with hip penetration for the armar.

5:Here we had side control with our left hand under their right wrist.Pushing up with our left hand,we jump our left leg over their head,wipered our right leg up to squeeze our knees together,welding the little finger to our chest,bridging up with hip penetration for the armbar.

6:Side control again,coming around to top control,with our left hand under their left wrist.We then stepped over their head with our right leg,squeezing our knees together,welding their little finger to our chest for the armber.

7:Side control again but this time we had the underhook on our far side.We came up and lifted them onto their right side almost onto our knees and spiked down onto their chest with our right elbow.From here we stepped over their head spinning around to the left side,squeezing our knees together,welding their little finger to our chest for the armbar.

8:We picked 3 moves above we liked,and repped 10 each,the swapped with our partner.

1:We started with hooks and underhooks ,coming up and pulling our partner off their base,over and over.Keeping out elbows up high,and head low.

2:This time we were on our partners hooks,and they wee going for Drill 1.As they came up we blocked by grabbing their shins,and stepping out right hook off,then left hook.

3Here we shook our partners hands,and came up and placed our right foot between their legs,at the same time grabbing the right underhook,and falling to our left side sweeping them over or trying to.

4:Same setup as drill 3 but this time  we had (elbow-knee)and sat back down on our left ankle,and keeping low,we fell to out left side kicking up our right leg,and kicking our left leg out,sweeping our partner over to side control.

5.A drill with our partner,we had hooks,and would pull them off their base,and stretch our legs out,and palce them on their knees,and lay back again,then we would come up and do the same thing until we had reached the end of the mat,and then we swapped.

6:Here we started with coming up with right hand underhook and left hand overhook,to sweep them over,but out partner would step off our hooks.We would follow them by butt scooting in close,attemping a few times before we rolled back on our left shoulder,and kicked the right hook up,and the left hook out.

7:Hooks again,and we went to go for drill 6,but our partner would grab our knees.We grabbed the right hand and pulled it to our right side,with our chest in their right shoulder connecting with them so they couldn’t pull their arm back.With our left hand we grabbed their left lat and welded their body to us.We came up and posted on our right hand,then put it between their arms,rolling back onto our left shoulder,kicking the right leg up and the left leg out,sweeping them over to side control.

8:Here they gripped our left leg at the bottom of the gi pants.We pulled our left leg out of the hook position,and grabbed their right gi cuff.Kicking our left leg back sharply,and pulling our hands towards us,we would break the grip,then pull the right arm across our right side,and repeat drill 7.

9:Here we would go for drill 7 again but as we kicked our right hook up and left hook out,we would use our hands to turn our partner in between our legs,and drop them in the space between,allowing us to get out grips to go for the rear naked choke.This is called”Pig on a Spit”.

1:We started with hooks and underhooks ,coming up and pulling our partner off their base,over and over.Keeping out elbows up high,and head low.

2:Here we started off with our feet in our partners hips,and controls of their sleeves,and our knees in their elbows.Our partner would give us some resistance and we would keep control.Then we would go for the following1: with our feet in hips,our right hand in their collar,and our left hand gripping their sleeve.From here we turned on our left side,kicked our right leg up under our partners left armpit,and pulled them over to mount.(2) They stand up and put 1 leg forward we would grab the leg,push the opposite hip back and put them on their butt(3)They came up onto 1 knee so we put out foot under that knee for the hook,pull their arms forward,and lift up that same knee for the hooking sweep.

3:Here we would start in drill 1 postion,and our partner would stand up,so we would go for the previous sweep Option 2),Then we would post on our left hand and jump back to our knees trapping their leg and still had control of their sleeve,ready to attack.

3B:Same start as drill 3,and as our partner stood up they would put their right leg forward instead of the left.We turned on our right side,and reached around to grab their left leg still,and placed our left toes in the centre of their stomach.With our right leg we put it under their right ankle,and pushed our left leg back,sweeping them over,and coming to our knees again ready for the attack.

4:Here we had hooks again,and had the right hand underhook,and left hand gripped their right hand.Falling to our left side,we kicked up our right hook,at the same time flipping over just before our shoulder touched the ground,and pulling our right hand up,ending up on our knees coming to side control.

5:Here we had double underhooks,and had our head down low as possible,rolling back over we had to rock form side to side to try and sweep.Our partner would try and counter by putting their hands on the mat.Our counter would be to take our hooks down,and capture their arms,and roll over to mount.