Mount Escapes

10/3 

Went to the Thu night class since I'm not doing Tue/Thu daytime classes in the Valley anymore. Relatively small class tonight, about 10 peeps. Did several variations of back escapes, and a bow-and-arrow escape just for fun.

Our king of the hill at the end was ridiculous. James had to explain the rules three times, and even then we still weren't doing it right. It wasn't that complicated, but it was completely over our collective heads. Four people down on the mat. The person off the wall starts in back mount. If they get a submission from any position, they win. If the other person escapes to any variation of guard or top control, they win. If mount is achieved, it's treated as back mount and you keep going. The kicker is that the loser stays on the mat. Confusing, right?

Overall, the escapes were much easier for everyone than the submissions. I think this speaks both to our defensive prowess and our inability to maintain back control. I had back-control of James for about .3 seconds before he escaped, and I have pretty decent control. *sigh*

Jumped Jimmy after class and had a good roll with him that lasted at least five minutes. He was in dominant position for most of it but I was able to defend and regain guard fairly consistently.