Spiderguard

4/20 - Downtown

Had to work on a Saturday, but bailed to roll for a couple of hours. Then back to work. Just like a week day. Sad.

Subs and sweeps from spiderguard.

1. Spiderguard to Omoplata: This is one we've done recently. Spiderguard to foot in bicep, let go of same-side sleeve, collar grip other side, get their other arm between your legs, jam that hand in your hip pocket, rotate toward them and straighten legs toward their face for omoplata.

2. Spiderguard Sweep (Opponent kneeling): Opponent has both knees down. Spiderguard with R foot in their L bicep and L foot on their R hip. Maintain sleeve grips and push their elbow up and behind them with your foot. You should be on your R side. It helps to have hipped backwards a fair amount when getting your foot in their bicep. You can either drop your L foot to the inside of their knee and push it away from you as you turn your entire upper body to look behind you. You maintain grips all the way throughout, and should end up with them flat on their back and you in a near arm-bar position. Instead of sitting up, slide your R knee under their L arm, and hook their head with your R foot to bring it (and their L arm) closer to you so that you can lock in the arm-bar.

3. Spiderguard to Tomoe Nage (Opponent kneeling): Feet not based on anything, shins squeezing toward each other in their armpits. With sleeve grips, use legs to rock them back and forth. Once you load them up on top of you, straighten your legs as they go over your body and pull their arms toward your hips. They should fly over your head.

I hate, hate, hate this types of sweeps. Doing them or having them done to me, I am petrified of breaking a neck. Clayton and I also worked it from closed guard.

Rolls
First was with Clayton, who slapped on a couple of subs throughout our roll. I almost passed his guard a couple of times and was in a pretty good position but couldn't finish. Kept getting stuck in his half guard. Second was with Kyle, who had top position almost the entire time. I did a decent job of defending attacks. Rolled with Hustle, who was diligently working butterfly sweeps. Was interesting to roll with someone who had such a single-minded focus. He got several sweeps on me, I did not much of anything except defend. Another roll with Clayton where I defended subs better.

Couldn't linger at get more rolls in after class b/c I had to dash back to work. Boo.