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this whole past week was groundwork. i still feel really weak trying to do groundwork with all the big people in club... i guess i'll have to learn to be faster, or at least defend better. we seemed to get in a decent amount of practice in the mounted position, which is when the defender is on the ground on their back and the person on the offensive sits on top of the defender across their hips. dr link emphsized that the person on top should feel their butt make contact with the legs of the person on the ground to make sure there was enough coverage on the hips to keep him from moving too much.


he made the point that usually, when on top, and the defender tries to pitch you forward, the person on top makes the mistake of bracing themselves for the fall. instead, we might as well go with our momentum and smoosh their face with our chests-- i guess this is practical if you're a guy, but i dont know if the other girls and i are totally comfortable with that...


if someone on the bottom is trying to choke you, you can push your belly button forward too keep their arms far away enough that they can't pull sideways enough to get a decent choke. and then to add insult to injury, dr link taught us a way to get into an armbar from the mount if they are trying to choke you. so what you do is grab their arm and pull it across your body. then, keeping tension on that arm you slide around them, so that their arm goes between your legs into the armbar position. you have to make sure there is as little space as possible when transitioning into the armbar, or else it will be too loose and not be an effective armbar. also, when you actually do the armbar, you shouldn't bring their arm towards your face; it's better that it go above or below the plane of your face.


we then learned a defense for that technique. if you are defending, and the person is about to go into the armbar, you can grab their pants as they slide into the armbar. effectively, they are pulling themselves around and if you follow their momentum, you can roll onto them. the second defense is more or less the same; as they move into the armbar, you reach under the leg which is not sliding around you-- for example, if they are in the mount position, and they go for an armbar on your left arm, you would reach under their left leg. after reaching under, you roll up on them again. the only trouble is if you're not fast enough, they will be in a perfect position to do a leg choke. but if you are fast enough, it's a good way to defend and transition into something more stable, like a sidemount.


the idea behind this technique is the same as the "carrot peeler" technique. when the arms are above the plane of the shoulders, they become weak. the same is true with the legs; if you can get the knees above the plane of the hips, the legs become weak.


th last thing that dr link emphasized for the day was to remember is that if you're on top, being symmetric is an advantage, whereas if you are on the bottom, you want to stay asymmetric to the other person.

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posted by muce at 4:57 PM [+]

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Woohoo, maybe I can move all of my stuff over here. :) Anyhow, it's already Tuesday, but I wanted to talk about last Sunday's workout. Dave Currie taught an advanced workshop on spinning and turning kicks. We covered spin heel kick and narabangs, mostly with paddles and with individual attention from Dave. I'm still having problems leaning back during spin heel kicks and seem to have completely lost my narabang. Guess it's something to work on during Spring Break. The later workout was the last one on 16 step. We worked in cross-level groups of three, and at the end my wrist was nice and bruised. Got to work a little on the rice thresher throws, but I still need help on those, the spring hip throw, and the fireman's carry throws. Also had a nice lecture on some finish offs - Susan showed one where you spun around so that the hand pronated, drilling the elbow into the grown as you stepped around their body. James Chiu showed one where you supanated, and Chris showed the funky one where you used your leg to drill into the bicep.

This week is groundwork. Am planning to go tomorrow, if all goes well at the school.

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