Gracie Barra tv commercial day- 5 black belts on the mat!

pm class

gracie barra temecula commercial film shoot!

lots of hoopla- full mat- from the window to the wall.

5 black belts- ricardo, nelson montiero, rafael ramos, magid hage, dominic.

techniques-
-spider guard shin across belly variation- arm heavy on elbow (half loaded leg on shoulder)- swing over head, swing back and hit in neck, dump over. transition to arm bar.
-taking back from guard stack.

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rolling-

rafael ramos-
-guard drill- i fake break with saulo opener, control sleeve as he reaches, open, and go to passing posture. he puts in de la riva hook on right side, i rotate knee out and force it out. i try and pass to the right side, and he hip escapes. he sweep attempts, i base. i try and pass again. eventually he turtles, i try and attack something, and he spins back to guard. i think he de la riva sweeps to single leg, which forces me to bounce around and eventually go to my knees. we stop here. mostly flowing and not trying to go too crazy.
-session #2- i open, he puts in de la riva hook on left side, elevates me and sweeps me. i try and base with my face, which fails. lol.

nelson montiero-
-guard drill- i break with saulo opener and begin passing series on left side with driving knee. i get underhook and nearly pass with knee slide (or perhaps the scissor pass at one point), and he loop chokes me. almost passed, but am losing consciousness to loop choke. i flop over and he gets on top.
-guard drill #2- aware of the loop choke, i try the same thing but keep my head high. i break again with the same opener and try to go marcelo pass to half guard. doesn't pan out as well as i'd like, and we're back to passing posture. he tries to z-guard, and i break the lock and try to scissor pass. i get the underhook and try to knee slide, keeping my head high this time to avoid loop choke. he recovers to butterfly guard, and i try and flatten him, but get elevator swept as he capitalizes on my half second of being off-balance.