As a continuation of my public notebook: I started a new daily blogging challenge to begin solidifying the learning that I’m doing while training jiu jitsu.

11/11 (10:30am)

Warm ups 

Guard to K guard (keep knee inside), load weight, push body over and away redirecting their armpit with your arm. Gable grip knee and pull on to your chest. Lower to ankle while pushing them away more with outside foot. Swing your opposite foot in, pushing your heel to the inside of their knee folding their leg. Lift up heel hook to swing right leg out. Take back. 

Rolling 4x rounds. 

11/11 (6p) 

Warm ups 

Guard to K guard (keep knee inside), load weight, push body over and away redirecting their armpit with your arm. Gable grip knee and pull on to your chest. Lower to ankle while pushing them away more with outside foot. Swing your opposite foot in, pushing your heel to the inside of their knee folding their leg. Lift up heel hook to swing right leg out. 

Swing around to side turtle. Snake arm through to grab wrist, grab opposite ankle. Push through to side control. 

Transition to kesa.

Trap their arm with “on the phone”. You can do same side arm bar, Americana, step over for triangle, and swing around for opposite side arm bar. 

Rolling 4x rounds. 

11/12 (10:30am)

Warm ups

Intense leg locking

11/12 (6pm)

Warm ups

Side control, knee, swing around for arm bar

Mount shark tank

Mount positional rolling 

Regular rolling 

11/14 10:30am

Warm ups 

Outside hand front leg wrap around opponents leg panda roll. Post foot and hand. Stand up with their leg. Use head to drive them backwards. Pinch knees. Cut across with outside leg. Pinch again. Open and backstep. Slide back forward. Spin around to arm bar. 

11/15 (10:30am)

Warm ups 

K-guard sequence 

K-guard arm bar 

Staying heavy in kesa, scooting up behind head

11/15 Margherita Private Lesson:

11/15 Alberto Private Lesson:

Bottom of feet like bottom of hands 

Steering wheel

Hands inside position into arm locks

Arm lock so much more intense close to body

Takedowns are 1 of two things

Sweeping legs soap 

Rotation? 

Kick over flow

• Hands flat on ground, hand into knee after kesa

Back take from bottom drill:

Flat on back, swing around to shin-on-shin, hug leg, swim up to back. Hip control and neck control. 

Reverse double leg, swimming down to grab around ankles while pushing opponent over.

Hip toss. Underhook from back. Feet pointing behind them in wide stance. Butt backwards. Pull them over to other knee. Stay tight. Tipping point where abs are working and neck is crunched. 

Saturday 11/16 Women’s Class

Warm ups

K-guard entry into back position. Place bottom hook into hip and top hook into back of knee, bending knee. Lift foot upwards, expose heel. Place foot on opposite side for heel hook. 

If they step over …

K-guard entry, they block it by pushing your knee off their chest. Hips up. Grab around Tricep, kick to get grip off. Lock it by the wrist in your armpit. Hips up and swing towards them to arm bar with ankle under chin. Very tight.