Cassio Werneck BJJ - Sacramento CA - Cassio Werneck
So I haven't been able to train as much as I'd like since Livvy showed up. I'm suprisingly ok with it, other than the times I do make it out on the mat and get my ass handed to me. That's not as ok. But since it seems to be all about mat time and I'm not putting in my due then I get what I earn, or reap what I sow or whatever.
I'm posting the technique from the class on the 11th. Some great techniques from the closed guard.
Rolling on the 11th I've completely forgotten about. Great argument for making these posts in a timely manner. Tonight's Rolls were good and bad. The first was with a white belt that needed to keep his elbows in more. I tried to remind him but I remember feeling somehow more secure on bottom when I was holding the guy. My second roll was with John, the younger one. He was all over me, I really don't know how I got out of there with out getting tapped. He did a good job staying on top and just attacking over and over. His knee across pass was really keeping me from getting closed guard. I like rolling much more when I can get closed guard ;)
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
2009-03-28 Sat AM BJJ Class
Cassio Werneck BJJ - Sacramento CA - Cassio Werneck
Interesting class today. The format normally is Cassio teaches a two or three related techniques and we drill them. The techniques are usually very distinct, like an arm bar from closed guard, step one, step two, step three, etc. Today was slightly different.
Cassio discussed standing in closed guard. Rather than show a few multi step techniques he broke down the situation itself. That maintaining your posture is key. that it canot be enough to counter what your opponent is doing, but rather use every grip break, every defensive move as an opportunity to improve your position BEYOND being in someones closed guard.
Your opponent gets a deep collar grip, you maintain your posture, put both hands on their wrist push down hard and clear the grip. Then use it as an opportunity to improve your position.
Your opponent gets the grip and initiates the cross collar choke. reach over their arms and grab their lapels. Using which ever arm they have on top you stand up and drive your fist and their collar across their throat walking to that same side. You won't likely get a tap here, but you will likely get them to pop open. Just make sure you get your arm out.
Finally an interesting answer to getting your amr caught across your body. You punch in hard with your knee on the same side as your trapped arm. this freezes their hips. Now pull your arm out.
Rolled:
rolled three 5 or 6? min rounds
Jaime, rest, Brian, Michael, rest
Jaime was really defending hte pass well, I kept getting close but just as I was about to get around he pushed me off and replaced. Not cool :D. Eventually I ended up in his closed guard and, as usual, he pulled his very effective olaplata. I managed to get out but ended up getting caught by an a reverse bar to arm bar. It was nice.
Brian was all over me as well. I left my arm a dangling and he went for a very well done arm bar from side control.
Michael is a younger kid he was really getting after me. He kept leaving his elbows out so I kept reminding him not too. I know I talk more than most while rolling with the lower belts, I just really remember feeling lost back then.
Interesting class today. The format normally is Cassio teaches a two or three related techniques and we drill them. The techniques are usually very distinct, like an arm bar from closed guard, step one, step two, step three, etc. Today was slightly different.
Cassio discussed standing in closed guard. Rather than show a few multi step techniques he broke down the situation itself. That maintaining your posture is key. that it canot be enough to counter what your opponent is doing, but rather use every grip break, every defensive move as an opportunity to improve your position BEYOND being in someones closed guard.
Your opponent gets a deep collar grip, you maintain your posture, put both hands on their wrist push down hard and clear the grip. Then use it as an opportunity to improve your position.
Your opponent gets the grip and initiates the cross collar choke. reach over their arms and grab their lapels. Using which ever arm they have on top you stand up and drive your fist and their collar across their throat walking to that same side. You won't likely get a tap here, but you will likely get them to pop open. Just make sure you get your arm out.
Finally an interesting answer to getting your amr caught across your body. You punch in hard with your knee on the same side as your trapped arm. this freezes their hips. Now pull your arm out.
Rolled:
rolled three 5 or 6? min rounds
Jaime, rest, Brian, Michael, rest
Jaime was really defending hte pass well, I kept getting close but just as I was about to get around he pushed me off and replaced. Not cool :D. Eventually I ended up in his closed guard and, as usual, he pulled his very effective olaplata. I managed to get out but ended up getting caught by an a reverse bar to arm bar. It was nice.
Brian was all over me as well. I left my arm a dangling and he went for a very well done arm bar from side control.
Michael is a younger kid he was really getting after me. He kept leaving his elbows out so I kept reminding him not too. I know I talk more than most while rolling with the lower belts, I just really remember feeling lost back then.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
2009-02-01 Sat AM BJJ Class
Cassio Werneck BJJ - Sacramento CA - Dan
Smaller class today than recent Saturdays, lot of white and blue belts at the tourny in Lodi. I guess that means Lodi actually has buildings...
Worked a few closed guard techniques, I loved it. First was the basic cross collar to arm bar attack. The second was a nifty Brabo choke from closed guard.
For the first technique you start in closed guard. open the lapel with one hand and get a nice deep grip with the other, your last knuckle should be around the shoulder blade. For the sake of this discussion lets say your using your left hand to grip the collar. Your opponent is understandibly not very happy with this grip. To help loosen the pressure some they reach in with their left arm placing it over your elbow and pushing down to release some of the pressure. Now you need to do two things at once. Help their right arm a little farther across their body with your free hand and put your right knee on their hip, pinching pretty hard, to keep that elbow trapped. Now finally kicking your left leg up and to your right, trying to lean your opponent that direction. From here you either work the other hand in for a top of the shoulder grip for the cross collar choke or you kick your leg over their head for the arm bar, you can even go bck and forth. It's kinda fun actually.
Second was the Brabo choke. This one as a little more perplexing. It's weird how some techniques just don't fit right. Starting from the closed guard again with the same deep cross collar grip this time the opponent is going to defend their arm with their same side arm. In this case their right arm. Now you attack that arm by grabbing the sleeve or elbow and driving it across their body, down to your right hip basically and at the same time plant your left foot on their hip to block their arm from returning to a safer spot. Now that the arm is across, you sit up a bit, grab them over the back with your free arm, and do a crunch pulling them into you. Sposed to mash their right side carotid with their shoulder and their left with your deep grip. I could ony get it a few times. I'm blaming it on Mark's nonexistent delts, nothing to do with any lack of skill on my part..... ;)
Rolled:
Somehow (all the resting maybe) only rolled two 8 min rounds
rest, Jordan, rest, ?,
The roll with Jordan was good. He's always a struggle. He dove in for an early deep half guard, something I don't remmeber seeing from him before. I ended up going reverse halfguard and passing. I don't know I could reproduce it though. It would have been much smoother if I was more limber. I still could not sweep or sub him from my closed guard. He's got a strong base.
Also rolled with a white belt that I hate to admit I've never caught his name. Besides the experience gap I also had at least 30 or 40 lbs on him. I just tried to share with him as many little tips as I could in the 8 minutes we rolled. Stuff that you sometimes just never get 'taught' in a class. where to be and where not to be with your hands in someone's guard and why, where to put your arms when your in someone's side control and why you shouldn't try to just keep benching the guy off you, stuff like that. I try to keep it as brief as possible so we can both feel like we worked. Sometimes I don't think I do this enough with the new guys.
Smaller class today than recent Saturdays, lot of white and blue belts at the tourny in Lodi. I guess that means Lodi actually has buildings...
Worked a few closed guard techniques, I loved it. First was the basic cross collar to arm bar attack. The second was a nifty Brabo choke from closed guard.
For the first technique you start in closed guard. open the lapel with one hand and get a nice deep grip with the other, your last knuckle should be around the shoulder blade. For the sake of this discussion lets say your using your left hand to grip the collar. Your opponent is understandibly not very happy with this grip. To help loosen the pressure some they reach in with their left arm placing it over your elbow and pushing down to release some of the pressure. Now you need to do two things at once. Help their right arm a little farther across their body with your free hand and put your right knee on their hip, pinching pretty hard, to keep that elbow trapped. Now finally kicking your left leg up and to your right, trying to lean your opponent that direction. From here you either work the other hand in for a top of the shoulder grip for the cross collar choke or you kick your leg over their head for the arm bar, you can even go bck and forth. It's kinda fun actually.
Second was the Brabo choke. This one as a little more perplexing. It's weird how some techniques just don't fit right. Starting from the closed guard again with the same deep cross collar grip this time the opponent is going to defend their arm with their same side arm. In this case their right arm. Now you attack that arm by grabbing the sleeve or elbow and driving it across their body, down to your right hip basically and at the same time plant your left foot on their hip to block their arm from returning to a safer spot. Now that the arm is across, you sit up a bit, grab them over the back with your free arm, and do a crunch pulling them into you. Sposed to mash their right side carotid with their shoulder and their left with your deep grip. I could ony get it a few times. I'm blaming it on Mark's nonexistent delts, nothing to do with any lack of skill on my part..... ;)
Rolled:
Somehow (all the resting maybe) only rolled two 8 min rounds
rest, Jordan, rest, ?,
The roll with Jordan was good. He's always a struggle. He dove in for an early deep half guard, something I don't remmeber seeing from him before. I ended up going reverse halfguard and passing. I don't know I could reproduce it though. It would have been much smoother if I was more limber. I still could not sweep or sub him from my closed guard. He's got a strong base.
Also rolled with a white belt that I hate to admit I've never caught his name. Besides the experience gap I also had at least 30 or 40 lbs on him. I just tried to share with him as many little tips as I could in the 8 minutes we rolled. Stuff that you sometimes just never get 'taught' in a class. where to be and where not to be with your hands in someone's guard and why, where to put your arms when your in someone's side control and why you shouldn't try to just keep benching the guy off you, stuff like that. I try to keep it as brief as possible so we can both feel like we worked. Sometimes I don't think I do this enough with the new guys.
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