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groundwork

some basic techniques
in the early class we did a lot of review of techniques. mostly the armclip then shrimp technique--> roll over when someone has you in the full mount, and scissors technique--> roll over when you are in the guard position. we also practiced the scarfhold and transitions into other holds. a few techniques i learned were to hold onto your pants with the hand that is around the other person's head-- this cinches in on their head and pulls up on their neck, making the scarfhold that much more painful. a way i remember to get out of scarfhold: with the free hand force your opponent's head back far enough to get a hold of the head with your legs, and then rock forward. this might be hard to do if the person doing scarfhold protects their head against your body.

transition basics
in the late class, the advanced group did a lot of practicing transitions into other pins. dr link started with a quick review of the various mount positions. scarfhold should not be high on the chest, it should contact at the corner of the ribs. person doing the scarfhold should be up off their hips, on their side (or moreso than on their back) and heel closer to the feet should drive into the opponent. for top mount, control should be over at least two of three points-- each shoulder and the head. when transitioning it's a good idea to be greedy and gather limbs as you transition-- for example, if you have control of the head, as you transition, try to take control of an arm, and as you transition again, grab another arm, or a leg, while keeping control of the limbs you're already controlling.

transition from scarfhold to top mount
later, we practiced a transition from scarfhold into a top mount (high mount/4 corner pin). from a right scarfhold (right arm around the head), you roll onto their head and with the left arm, you grasp around the left side of their head, and underneath. keeping constant pressure with the chest, with the left arm, the elbow goes over the face so that this bicep is more or less across the neck, and the you are holding onto the opponent's head from underneath. in effect, you will have transferred control of the head from the right arm to the left arm. a lot of the trouble i had with this technique was keeping the pressure on when transferring between the right arm and the left arm whose elbow goes over the opponents face.

next we tried a transition from a top mount into a scarfhold. but i can't totally remember it. there was a reverse scarfhold into a regular scarfhold.
there was also a transition from scarfhold into side mount that pivots over an annoying hand, but i can't remember that either. more when i remember.

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Time to start posting again

A few weeks ago, we did kick defenses. In the advanced workout, dr link showed us to defend with a transfer block into a pivot. if the kicker kicks the same leg as you have forward (kicking your front side), with the forward hand, you start in a supinated position and as the kick comes in, you pronate the arm to intercept and step inside the ranger of their kick. then transfer to the rear hand and with the rear hand lift up so they lose control of their leg. on the interception, you pivot on the forward foot and turn to the rear.
if the kick comes towards your back, you can charge into the person with your shoulder to get inside the range of the kick and knock them over.

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