Wicked Wednesday and Passing the Guard
Do to family I can’t go on Monday any more, so in place of “Magic Monday”, its going to be “Wicked Wednesday”. For all of you… Continue reading | 2 Comments
Do to family I can’t go on Monday any more, so in place of “Magic Monday”, its going to be “Wicked Wednesday”. For all of you… Continue reading | 2 Comments
My last post Scissor Sweep and Arm Bar from Guard covered most of what we did in class… Continue reading
Wednesday night was great. Rich Cesena went over the standard Arm Bar from Guard as shown in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Theory and Technique
I got my sorry fat self to BJJ tonight. I had a good time like I knew I would. So why is it I go through these binge and purge cycles. For a while I’m all fired up and I can’t get enough. Then I hit the purge and I can’t get my self to go. Oh there are other factors, sickness, family, life. Regardless I still can find time… Continue reading
Holidays, sickness, family, laziness, they have all kept me away from BJJ for the last month or so. Tonight I went back and it was just like a homecoming. I was warmly greeted by my BJJ family. I realized how much I missed them and they let me know I was missed. It was great. I had a a interesting experiences in class that I can’t go without mentioning. It… Continue reading
While surfing MMAOutLet.com I came across the Hayabusa Ashi MMA Footgrips and I thought about getting myself a pair. But before I could do that I had to see how they compared to some of the grapple socks… Continue reading | 1 Comment
I bought my wife a Kindle Wireless Reading Device from Amazon.com
for Christmas. It has become a big hit. In fact I am getting a little jealous. Its… Continue reading | 2 Comments
Oh, man! 2011 is here and its time to review my goals I set last year in my post “New Years Jiu-Jitsu Goals for 2010”. I have been thinking about this post and avoiding it too. I did better this year on my goals then in 2009. This year I actually know what I succeeded and failed at. LOL!
Successes
It has been a while since we had Takedown Tuesday. We went over Osoto-Gari and I think the other was called Oshi-Gari. It involved grabbing around… Continue reading
As I am learning more about getting to the back I’m always amazed at how there is a counter it seems to everything. I’ve been working on improving my Arm Drag technique. I figured that was a good place to start in my quest to get to the back.
Marcelo Garcia gives a excellent example in this video of how to counter a arm drag. At the same time… Continue reading | 2 Comments