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This week we spent focusing on the Butterfly Guard Position. This is a really mobile platform and probably the first open guard people should (in my opinion) really focusing on learning. This particular sweep is one of the highest percentage attacks from the position and is often done without the proper focus on detail. What order does everyone else think open guards should be learned in? Other favorite movements fro this guard? Or any other open guards?

Rest. Recover. Everyone is giving sound advice. Give your body time to recover. It's going to be one of the largest problem areas. Go slow, build up, Don't ballistically do things like you would have at 30.

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6/15 Drilled butterfly guard mechanics. 40 min free roll. PTK: 60 min flow with knives. 6/16 2 mile run Bodyweight routine.

Leg locks of any kind can be controversial in BJJ. We spent all week on them working from the straight ankle lock to rolling knee bars. In this video, I kick around the ideas I have about when you should learn them vs. when you should put them into rolls. Then we discuss the mechanics of the straight ankle lock. A movement that even 15 years after the explosion of BJJ onto the American martial arts scene that people still perform in manners that are less than optimal. Check it out: Feel free to discuss. What role do leg attacks play in your grappling? When do you start learning them? Deploying them?

Thanks! Yeah, he did a great job. I agree with the undertook variant. Great option.

6/9 1.5 mile run Bodyweight routine.

The gi is always an option. What manipulations to creates options are you looking at?

This previous week, we worked from side mount. Part of this was working on driving pressure to control. The other part, was using this control to create opportunities to attack. Here, we look at not just the key control components of running the side mount but the hip manipulation needed to safely transition to the scarf position. Then, we look at attacks in combination from the scarf. Here's the recap from the week: Check it out and please compare and contrast to what you utilize from this position. Comments and discussion welcome.

Finally back after a weekend away teaching handgun classes in souther IL. Turns out, wireless isn't what I had guessed it to be. 6/5 Finished up with the week of side mount pressure. 6/8 Drilled the straight ankle lock and variations.

6/3 Drilled far side arm attack from holding side. Wrist lock, kimura control, americana. 40 min free roll. PTK: Drilled thrusting form. Footwork with short blade. technical sparring. 2 on 1 knife sparring.

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Thank you, Brian! Glad that you're liking what we're doing. As to the upa not working out as it should there could be a couple of reasons. First up you might not be doing anything wrong. Sometimes, people you're working with are just better with balance, base etc. Maybe they have more experience, maybe they are more athletic and can cheat the system that way. There are multipe reasons. That said, if you feel like it should be working, take a look at where you're placing your feet in relation to your hips prior to the bump. If your feet are too far away, the power of the bridge will be limited. Try brining them in tighter. Maybe.

5/30 AM open mat with a visiting BB from the Roy Harris association. I'd met hi before at events but it was the first time we got to roll. Great time! PM: Roy Harris top game side mount seminar. FANTASTIC evening! 6/1 Side mount review from the weekend. 30 min free roll. PTK: knife jabbing drilling Flow 6/2 2 mile run bodyweight workout

This week, we drilled escapes from mount. The fundamental movements of jiu jitsu, the art, is at the core of everything we do. Those fundamentals are what build either the sportive art movements or the movements that create a core self defense system. All facets of jiu jitsu are worth striving after but we really need to understand the difference in the need and techniques of each. Here, we compare and contrast a mount escape out of an artistic lens and one from a self defense outlook. Please note, there's overlap for sure, and there is very rarely only one domain that a tactic can be placed in as certain movements of it may apply elsewhere based on the dynamics of movement. There's also some drill work included that is great for stress inoculation to dealing with a top assault: So, who uses these or variants of these? Do you have certain tactics that that apply to only a single outlet for your art? Or do you see overlap from one to the other? Has anyone leaned hard lessons about the capabilities of tactics in a given situation?

5/29 Drilled mount escapes from self defense situations. 30 min free roll.

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This is a great point and it can't be stressed enough. BJJ is CONSTANTLY pressure tested. From very nearly day one you're moving against a resistive human being. The value in that can't be understated. Particularly when you look at the sensitivity to movement that it build after years of practice.

It's a good point and we often tell the White/ Blue level that this is never to be done. I'd agree that it's less than optimal. However, it happens all the time. When you start digging into the side pressure that Purple and above can generate turning in can be impossible. If I make the choice to go away, I want to do so with a clear understanding of the risks. If it's going to happen, I need to understand how it's done. Hence, the extended leg to prevent the modified mount and offset prayer to protect the next. Hip mobility will generally prevent a movement to full mount during the transition IF you understand the application of rotational movement. The roll to recovery is a drill as much as a technique. Movement in and around the guard becomes super important to a dynamic guard recovery. The more you leave these kinds of things up to the "scramble" the more likely the bigger, stronger, athletic person is to win. The more sensitive that one is to how to move during recovery the less scramble that occurs and the more technical manipulation occurs.

5/25 2 a day on the holiday! Review of escaping mount on both AM and PM classes. 30 min free roll AM, 40 min PM. PTK- review striking mechanics and ranging angles footwork. Moved to the knife and worked slashing forms and sparring.

I'm sure your skills are pretty well up to the need! That said, any rolling sorts of recovery can look really daunting. And again, it's a process. This shouldn't be first thing a person learns from bottom side. Nor should it be the first option for everyone else. Even with that, it's actually easier than it looks at first glance. Take the time to set into the position. Then, look at adding the roll step by step.

Ah, Risk! Only Axis and Allies can turn adults into bickering children quicker! Love both of them!

Man Rifts! I had forgot about that. Makes me want to go pull out those books! I remember loving the setting while hating the mechanics. The sheer amount of die rolls to resolve a combat was crazy even at entry levels of the game. But man the SAMAS armor was cool!