A lot of personal life is going on right now, with Zac starting school, Julia starting preschool, my friend Shane moving in and two exchange students moving in.
Add to that the fact that I start teaching my law school class soon and I'm a little busy.
That being said, I still manage to make it to Tuesday night judo and sparring regardless of what happens the rest of the week. Wednesday night, a fair regular class night, will be off for the next two months as it is one of my teaching nights. Additionally, Saturdays will be off the table, so I'll be clinging to Tuesday and every other Friday terribly (not to mention Thursday night at my house).
Anyway, in judo tonight we worked on the Tai Otoshi body drop. I like these sort of techniques where I allow their moment throw themselves with just a little redirection. I feel much better about a throw like this than I do with a hip throw or even Uchi Mata.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Judo and sparring, August 3, 2010
I'm exhausted. It was exceedingly hot tonight. Great workout, but my ears are still ringing.
Judo, we worked on the entry, completion and variations on kata garuma or the shoulder wheel, fireman's carry. Though there is some question about this "leg" first technique in modern judo competitions, it is still a very good throw for BJJ.
I like it because it makes it easy for me to get under people shorter than me, especially if I take a knee.
We worked on the basic throw, dumping it short and then how to make the throw work on a defense sprawl (by moving legs, windshield wiper style, towards their feet.)
We also worked on some arm triangle enteries from mount and kesa gatame.
In sparring tonight, I got smashed a lot. I need to work on side control escapes very badly. Towards the end of sparring, I got fairly decent at getting my knees with a strong underhook.
I also liked very much moving to north/south to get them on a side and to isolate an arm. I found it very effective.
I need more work on staying low in butterfly AND in having more than one sweep there. I need to rewatch Moura Robison and the counters he uses to still get the sweep.
Judo, we worked on the entry, completion and variations on kata garuma or the shoulder wheel, fireman's carry. Though there is some question about this "leg" first technique in modern judo competitions, it is still a very good throw for BJJ.
I like it because it makes it easy for me to get under people shorter than me, especially if I take a knee.
We worked on the basic throw, dumping it short and then how to make the throw work on a defense sprawl (by moving legs, windshield wiper style, towards their feet.)
We also worked on some arm triangle enteries from mount and kesa gatame.
In sparring tonight, I got smashed a lot. I need to work on side control escapes very badly. Towards the end of sparring, I got fairly decent at getting my knees with a strong underhook.
I also liked very much moving to north/south to get them on a side and to isolate an arm. I found it very effective.
I need more work on staying low in butterfly AND in having more than one sweep there. I need to rewatch Moura Robison and the counters he uses to still get the sweep.
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