Jumping Guard

2/21 - Downtown

The Valley class was cancelled. Worked out ok though, b/c I went to the downtown class. Our instructor's instructor is here for the next couple of days. A bunch of people showed up tonight, probably ~25 or so. We did jumping into guard, jumping into guard and transitioning to DLR, and then sweeping with DLR if they get their inside leg out.

I decided to get the white SYR gi. Wore it to class tonight, couldn't help myself. Probably should have washed it first, but as soon as I tried it on with my belt, I couldn't take it off. By the time we were done rolling it was pretty foul. Especially since there isn't much of an air current in the school and we had so many people. Mmmf.

1. Jumping guard: Aim for their upper chest and you'll land on their hips.

2. Jumping guard to take down: Jump guard, get underhooks on both sides and gable grip your hands together. Drop R foot behind you and stay on your toes as you also drop your L foot, which should be positioned behind their R foot (your L leg wraps around the front of their R leg and your L foot is in the back). Drive into them and move to side-control.

3. Jumping guard to DLR: Jump guard, pull yourself a bit to their L side and drop down. Feed your L leg behind their R leg and then foot across their L hip (top of foot should be pressing against their hip). The deeper you can get this the better. R leg is across the front of their R leg and your L foot is hooked behind their L knee. R hand is on their R lapel and L hand is holding the back of the ankle. If you are doing push/pull  you should have pretty good control of them and they shouldn't be able to pass.

4. Same as above, but they get their R leg free and pass to the L of your L leg. Drop your R foot to behind their L ankle, keep R foot on their hip, replace grip with L hand on behind their R ankle. Sweep L leg forward (parallel to mat), push with R leg and keep them from moving their R foot with your L hand. Once they come down, you should be in position to foot lock by sliding L arm under their ankle, gripping your R side lapel and arching back. Walter made a good point of turning the wrist so the blade of the wrist is flush with their ankle calf.

King-of-the-hill rolls at the end b/c we had so many people. I rolled with Felicia, Wayne, Andy, James and Walter. The last two rolls were pretty brief b/c they wanted time to roll with everyone.