Saturday, November 24, 2007

Omoplatas

AM class

techniques-
-omoplata from guard
-omoplata escape to guard pass
-omoplata escape counter to armbar
-omoplata spin around escape

notes-
-omoplata- hand in collar will help break their posture down
-omoplata escape- must grab belt and throw hand across your body to roll (not through legs like normal roll- you are rolling perpendicular instead of directly forward). land on knees and throw arm under leg, plant shoulder, kick trailing foot backward and replace side control
-omoplata escape counter- they grab belt and post, you slide shin down and put knee on ground, pry hand off the belt for the straight arm bar. they can possibly roll out for a second, but you can just push them over for the sweep.
-omoplata spin around escape- when you feel them putting the move on, spin around to side control. need to be quicker than them and not let them block your hip as you come across. maybe jump high like a cartwheel almost?

guard drill-

vs. tony- very tough today. he postured strong and resisted my attacks, managed to stand and break my guard open. avoided my tripod sweep and stayed out of x-guard, and controlled my pants for the slow toriani. i replaced, he switched sides and passed. he passed a few more times similarly- very tight and slow grinding, closing my escape options. i tried to push his head away and free my legs, but wasn't able to. he did the leg on shoulder pass and i resisted but eventually got passed for a second- too much pressure. i replaced half guard and held him there. very tired, stiff, and lacking leg muscle endurance today. maybe would have done better if i was more fresh.

me passing tony's guard- he broke down my posture- i tried to maintain by setting up the log splitter guard pass with hands in armpits. i stood up even though i didn't have posture, and fought off some attacks. he tried to collar choke me, i defended. he tried to armbar me- i defended. he tried to triangle me- i defended. he tried to sweep and opened up, i got to my passing posture. he did a deep de la riva guard with cross sleeve control and ankle control. avoided the sweep, but he came to his knees and wrapped me up for the takedown. did pass to half guard, and he underhooked my leg to try to sweep. i attacked the arm and he tucked it. he shucked me over for the sweep, and i switched for the reverse half guard pass.

overall, some very tough matches. need to up my strength, stamina, and defense. definitely need to work on passing de la riva guard. need to free the sleeves first and then work on getting the ankle free. was just off balance and out of sorts today.

rolling-
-vs. tony- more of the same from the guard drill. played some spider guard and half guard. eventually was standing trying to pass his guard. don't recall the rest.

-vs. jesse- played from my guard and hit him with some spider guard sweep attempts, eventually just went back to guard and got him in rubber guard control with the arm isolated. couldn't get the omoplata or triangle from there, match ended.

notes-
-half guard top- need to not give up the leg underhook so easily. need to keep leg low and crossface them hard, put them on their back. i think i'm getting too comfortable fighting them from a favorable half guard, but i need to shut them down before they get there.
-de la riva guard with sleeve control and deep hook- gotta free the sleeve and the heel, reset to passing stance.
-gotta attack plenty of kimuras, guillotines, arm drags, etc. from the sitting butterfly guard.
-need to get the stamina and strength up. granted, i am broken down from the week's crossfit routines, but i need to get to the next level of physical fitness.

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