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Musings from the BJJ Gi #29, lesson 60, stripe 3!

I'm just posting the milestone BJJ experiences for the time being, as for now and into the near future, it's primarily just more knuckling down and getting many...

Musings from the BJJ Gi #28, lesson 40, stripe 2!

It's been a long time between posts, partially because I lost track of where I was up to with which lesson I had written about, partially because it gets kind o...

Musings from the BJJ Gi #27, lesson 29; rear takedown & elevator sweep

The rear takedown indicator (in this drill), is clinching with your opponent, and they try to push your head down into a guillotine choke. You stand up straight...

Second quarterly fast, done! Now to FEEEAST...

I made it 1 hour and 18 minutes longer than last time....

Musings from the BJJ Gi #26, lesson 28; clinch (conservative opponent) & take the back from the mount + R.N.C

Third time I've done this lesson now, and it's sinking in well. I don't feel that there are many new details to take note of with the clinches, I think it's mor...

Musings from the BJJ Gi#25, lessons 26 & 27; leg hook takdedown/trap and rolls, & clinch (aggressive opponent)/americana armlock

We've done the leg hook takedown/trap and rolls lesson a couple of times now, and there wasn't much to report about it really. All good with the trap and rolls,...

Musings from the BJJ Gi #24, lesson 25; double leg takedown (conservative opponent) & double underhook guard pass

Second time doing this lesson, and in the past, the double leg takedown has always been a movement/technique which I have never really done well or got the flue...

Musings from the BJJ Gi #23, lesson 24; standing headlock defence & take the back from the guard

We have gone over the standing headlock defence quite a few times, and the technique is always being refined by small details. My partner was really nailing it ...

Musings from the BJJ Gi #22, lesson 23; standing guillotine defence & hook sweep

The indicator for the standing guillotine defence is obviously if your opponent catches you in a guillotine choke. You flex your neck muscles, and catch their g...

Musing from the BJJ Gi #21, lesson 22; leg hook takedown, and kimura armlock (guard)

Second time I'd done the leg hook takedown, and there weren't many notes to take away from this one, I find this technique fairly straight forward to pull off w...

Musings from the BJJ Gi #20, lesson 21; body fold takedown & shrimp escape from side mount

Second repeat of this lesson, and not a whole lot to document which stood out for this one. The main takeaway point I got from practicing the body fold takedown...

Musings from the BJJ Gi #19, lesson 20; standing headlock defence & headlock escape (side mount), plus, Combatives Stripe 1!

This standing headlock defence is a kind of dynamic movement, where you essentially go from standing crouched over in the traditional headlock position, and you...

Musings from the BJJ Gi #18, lesson 19; clinch (aggressive opponent) & straight armlock (guard)

Clinch (aggressive opponent) is not much different to the strategy for clinch (conservative opponent), except for the obvious; that the aggressive opponent is a...

Musings from the BJJ Gi #17, lesson 18; standing armlock & headlock escapes from side mount

So the indicator for the standing armlock is your opponent extending their arm to grab your shirt or push your chest area, you grab their pushing wrist with bot...

Musings from the BJJ Gi #16, lesson 17; clinch (conservative opponent) & headlock escape (side mount)

This was the second time I'd done this lesson, and not a whole heap of noteworthy experiences this time. I managed the 3 variations of the headlock escape from ...

Musings from the BJJ Gi #15, lesson 16; guard pull & elbow escape (mount)

The guard pull was the standing technique this time. So, from the clinch, the indicator is when your opponent tries to create space by backing/pushing their hip...

Musings from the BJJ Gi #14, lesson 15; rear takedown & elevator sweep

The rear takedown drill involves responding to the indicator of your opponent attempting to push your head into a guillotine once you have established the clinc...

Musings from the BJJ Gi #13, lesson 14; haymaker punch defence, & triangle choke

I was familiar with both of these techniques, but it was still the first time doing them at this academy. The haymaker punch defence is where someone charges at...

Musings from the BJJ GI #12, lesson 13, clinch (conservative opponent), & take the back from the mount, R.N.C

My second round of doing this lesson, and it went a lot more smoothly than the first time. I usually have some issues with my footwork in regards to establishin...

Musings from the BJJ Gi #11, Lesson 12; body fold takedown, & positional control - mount

My first repeat lesson! As in, the second time I've done this lesson at this new academy, and the first time I've repeated a lesson there. As I've said previous...