Cross Guard

am class

cross guard-

i was aware of the cross guard a few months back, but this was the first time i had any formal instruction in it. pe de pano uses it a lot to set up sweeps, arm locks, etc.

1. from armlock position- grab pants, bridge towards opponent's free arm. they react by basing out, you take them over with a pendulum sweep variant.

2. from #1- opponent bases out with leg to prevent the sweep. you cinch down with your leg in their armpit to adjust their angle, and pass the leg over the face for the armlock.

3. from #2- opponent rips arm out- you adjust and lock up the triangle choke.

very interesting series of attacks. sort of gives direction to my old style of machine gun guard.

gotta mess around and see what develops. this seems like a very good guard system from closed guard with a gi.

rolling-

-worked to take the back a lot. experimenting with bringing opponent to other side if they control the arm (simultaneously attacking the collar with free arm). seems to work well.

-hit a nice twister from hip ride control!

-very little standup today. got thrown by a seionage because i didn't adjust my weight properly. managed to take the back from it, though.