Tonight it was just Trevor and me.

We worked breakfalls 1-6, 8, 9, 10, and 11 for a warm up.

we then started with ground defense:
two hands on the throat, sitting on chest
two hands on the throat kneeling between the legs
scarf hold
defense from a scarf hold

I also worked in two armlocks that I learned from an instructional video that i was watching on the weekend:

1. Tori has full mount. uke has his hands and arms up in a turtle block to protect his fact. Tori "punches" across uke's body with his right or left hand and grabs uke's right or left wrist (respectively) with his hand (no thumbs) and drives it onto the mat. Tori's elbow is up against uke's BPO and uke's elbow is bend 90 degrees. With tori's other arm, he slides it under uke's bicep and grabs his own wrist (no thumbs) in a figure-4 lock. It is important that uke's tricep is braced against tori's bicep to provide a solid base. Tori brings his head down beside uke's head and pulls uke's wrist down along the mat causing trauma to the shoulder.

2. Tori has uke in his guard. Uke places his left hand on the mat beside tori's right hip to regain balance. Tori grabs uke's wrist with his right hand. Tori gets up sideways onto his right elbow and with his left arm reaches over top of uke's arm and then under uke's arm and grabs his own wrist to get the figure-4 lock (no thumbs). This force uke's elbow to bend. It is important that Tori uses an open guard for this as it makes it easier to maneuver vs having the legs crossed behind uke. Tori then falls back to his starting position and brings uke's arm with him. this will pull uke forward across his body. While doing this Tori swings his hip out to the right so he is lying on his left hip and swings his right leg over top of uke's back to prevent uke from rolling out of the lock. Tori then tries to bring uke's wrist to his ear.

We finished grading Trevor for his Yellow belt and awarded it to him after class. We also started Trevor with the hip throw.