805BJJ Class 36: hips up shrimping, mount escape, rolling

Coach Grego taught this Thursday morning class. Mark and Christian were both in attendance, observing. We started with stretching the legs and wrists. Then we did shrimping across the mat, with our hips elevated throughout. Then we did the same thing but with a partner standing over us, so we could push off their legs. Then we did the same drill but shrimping in place. We also practiced getting up and down properly, from sitting or kneeling. Grego reminded us to do it every time we got up or down.

Then Mark told Grego that he wanted to cover mount escape. Grego launched into the version of buck+trap+roll with one hand already gripping the collar. I drilled it with Victor. Reaching up around the gripping elbow and twisting down really helps you break down the top guy’s posture, and gripping high on the gi behind the gripping arm and then tucking your gripping elbow tight to your side also breaks their posture. Then you trap the foot, walking it in if it’s spaced out. With the other foot inside, buck and twist, and over they go. Solidify your position by gripping the free arm’s bicep, loop the other arm under the gripping arm and break the grip by pushing that bicep to the mat as well. Keep your head low. You’re temporarily safe.

Then we did a shrimping drill to escape from being mounted. Victor had trouble at first getting his hips clear of me, but I reminded him to do the shrimping drill and he got better.

Then it was 7 rounds of free rolling, 5 minutes each. I started with Victor. I pulled guard, thwarted a pass attempt, pulled off a sit up sweep to mount, and landed a collar choke for the tap. Christian complimented me on my movement.

Next was Aaron. We had a scrambly roll that was fun. Christian taught him not to just let me recover guard, but to pin one leg so I’d be stuck and half passed already.

I sat out the next round and talked with Jen, who tweaked her knee and was icing it.

Coming back I rolled with Josh, Colt, Brandon and Brandon. Josh and I stalemated with me lying on him and holding him stuck. Colt taught me to go for the arm bar and triangle if someone gives you their arms while in your guard. Brandon tapped me with side control pressure. Little Brandon (first day back in a month) and I finished light, and he was able to defend himself in the fetal position and I couldn’t bear to muscle an attack.

After we bowed out, Mark made us do 320 ab crunches on video as a challenge to another school, in support of fallen police officers. Ugh!

Followup: At bedtime, my right foot is aching so bad I can’t sleep. Taking ibuprofen.

Ibuprofen worked and I got good sleep. Walking seems to cause the ache to return.

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