I had a great time rolling today and working on judo. We worked sacrifice throws, which I find very useful against people that like to push and shove from standing. I specifically enjoyed yoko garuma from a Russian two on one or just a clinch type position.
It really flows very naturally into knee on belly mount.
I stayed for sparring as well and I'm having an odd time of it. I either completely dominate or I am completely dominated. There isn't really any middle ground for me. I used to think it had something to do with my cardio, but I'm finding that that is not the case.
I also discovered that I have a very difficult time getting control of someone in open guard. If we start in closed guard and I release them to open, that's fine. But if we just start open....not so great. I need to work on some fast entries into an open guard set.
As for passing guard, I had some fun with a standing break today and tried the standing passes that I learned from Kris Williams down in Florida. I'm clearing legs and getting passed knees fairly well (against most people....so of the purple belts and higher blue belts still sweep me fairly regularly and I need to get a go to standing pass).
What I'm running into now is issues with people that know how to use their hands well (pushing the head, shoulder, shooting for an under hook, etc). I need to start thinking about getting passed that next level.
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Fun stuff.
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