Fundies and Technique Only

Feeling a bit under the weather, so I taught the Fundamentals class, stayed for the technique portion of the noon class and then bailed. 

Fundamentals consisted of side-control escapes. I prefaced with a fair amount of best practices, then went over one from each of the major side-control positions (cross-face with arm-over, cross-face with arm on same side, kesa gatame and reverse kesa gatame. Only had six folks today (including Rachael and Savannah), so there was plenty of drill time and chance for me to meet with everyone. Two new guys, Eric and Jeremy came in.

Roll with Rachael after class for at least 20min. A lot of back and forth where she'd have top side or I'd have her back. She got KOB a couple of times and really drove her knee into my sternum while pulling up on my lapel. It was very, very uncomfortable. If it was anyone else I would have been concerned about why they were doing that to a training partner, but Rachael gets a pass. 

Technique for the noon class was James' new pass that involves popping your hips over your opponents hips from seated guard. The ideal is to end in mount, but if you end up with one or two legs between yours (butterfly), it's still better than being caught in a DLR or bolo. So goes the theory.

Sarah was back in class after a couple of weeks, so of course I drilled with her.