A different twist on class tonight.
I had that juniors for the majority of the class while Sensei Mariedke worked with Colby on his breakfalls.
I ran the juniors through breakfalls 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8. They absolutely love 4, 6, and 8. I then had them do a game of over-unders: one partner is on hands and knees, the other hops over their back and then crawls back on their stomachs under the partner on their hands and knees. 10 per person. They eat this up!
I then had them do some bridging exercises before we worked on a ground escape where a bully is sitting on their chest and hitting them. Sensei Mariedke and I swapped and she finished the juniors while i went to work with Colby on the same attack.
We did 2 hands on throat, sitting on chest. after the turnover, I showed Colby two "should know" techniques on how to pass your opponents guard when you are between their legs: scooping your arm under the knee and getting into side control and the other where you bring your knee over the anterior femoral and drive the shin into the nerve to pass and then bring the other leg over and into full mount. We did a drill where we started at one side of the mat. executed the attack, defense, and then when tori is in uke's guard instead of getting up and re-starting, tori would work on passing uke's guard to get into position to start the technique again, but with the roles reversed.
we also worked on 2 hands on throat, kneeling between the legs & did the usual escape: losen the grip around the throat, shrimp to the side, throw uke's right hand out while kicking uke's knee back and then swing your right leg over uke's left arm and under his chin to secure an arm bar.
Lastly, we worked on the outter wrist lock from a hammer/ice-pick type punch. step @ 45 degrees to your left while parrying uke's hand with your left hand in a circular motion, with your right hand, grab the wrist at the bottom of the arc and secure the outter wrist lock. From here we transitions to a gooseneck come-a-long and a twist-wrist come-a-long.
After class, Sensei Mariedke showed me a few variation of the outter wrist lock that she used to do at her old school, and I showed her some of the variations that I've picked up at other dojos.
I had that juniors for the majority of the class while Sensei Mariedke worked with Colby on his breakfalls.
I ran the juniors through breakfalls 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8. They absolutely love 4, 6, and 8. I then had them do a game of over-unders: one partner is on hands and knees, the other hops over their back and then crawls back on their stomachs under the partner on their hands and knees. 10 per person. They eat this up!
I then had them do some bridging exercises before we worked on a ground escape where a bully is sitting on their chest and hitting them. Sensei Mariedke and I swapped and she finished the juniors while i went to work with Colby on the same attack.
We did 2 hands on throat, sitting on chest. after the turnover, I showed Colby two "should know" techniques on how to pass your opponents guard when you are between their legs: scooping your arm under the knee and getting into side control and the other where you bring your knee over the anterior femoral and drive the shin into the nerve to pass and then bring the other leg over and into full mount. We did a drill where we started at one side of the mat. executed the attack, defense, and then when tori is in uke's guard instead of getting up and re-starting, tori would work on passing uke's guard to get into position to start the technique again, but with the roles reversed.
we also worked on 2 hands on throat, kneeling between the legs & did the usual escape: losen the grip around the throat, shrimp to the side, throw uke's right hand out while kicking uke's knee back and then swing your right leg over uke's left arm and under his chin to secure an arm bar.
Lastly, we worked on the outter wrist lock from a hammer/ice-pick type punch. step @ 45 degrees to your left while parrying uke's hand with your left hand in a circular motion, with your right hand, grab the wrist at the bottom of the arc and secure the outter wrist lock. From here we transitions to a gooseneck come-a-long and a twist-wrist come-a-long.
After class, Sensei Mariedke showed me a few variation of the outter wrist lock that she used to do at her old school, and I showed her some of the variations that I've picked up at other dojos.
