Post by Randall Jones on Oct 15, 2005 22:11:29 GMT -5
We did fairly well at Mark Shrader's tournament on Saturday. I will be posting official results on the website soon.
As always, I learn something new at every tournament. At my last tournament, I learned mostly an attitude lesson and decided to take my training more seriously.
At this tournament, I made some more technical observations. There are many things our club does well, but still a few areas in which we could improve. I want to focus on the following areas for the next couple months:
1. Technical defenses to basic submissions: We have already started working on these, but I'd like to keep it going. I'd like to go beyond defenses such as "look up to counter the guillotine" and actually teach step by step defenses, just as we'd teach the submission itself.
2. Leglocks: Sometimes we neglect the leglock game. I learned in my advanced matches just how important this part of grappling can be. I would like to cover leglocks and their defenses in technical detail. This includes even the more dangerous leglocks such as heel hooks and toeholds since I was attacked with them in every match.
However, due to safety concerns, I want to make heel hooks and toeholds "catch and release" submissions. That means that if you see an opportunity for the lock when rolling, you may obtain the position for the lock on your partner. Once you obtain position though, you may NOT apply the lock in any way. You simply release the hold, and both you and your partner restart the match.
You may continue to apply achilles locks and straight kneebars since they are safer submissions in general.
3. Open guard: I want to cover the open guard game in a little more detail. I mainly want to focus on how and where to put your feet (for control and for defense against leglocks). I also want to cover a few more open guard sweeps against a standing opponent, as it is easy to get into this position against a wrestler or an opponent who passes standing.
I'll cover all of this in more detail on Tuesday. Just thought I'd post it on the forum so you get an idea of what I want to work on for a while.
As always, I learn something new at every tournament. At my last tournament, I learned mostly an attitude lesson and decided to take my training more seriously.
At this tournament, I made some more technical observations. There are many things our club does well, but still a few areas in which we could improve. I want to focus on the following areas for the next couple months:
1. Technical defenses to basic submissions: We have already started working on these, but I'd like to keep it going. I'd like to go beyond defenses such as "look up to counter the guillotine" and actually teach step by step defenses, just as we'd teach the submission itself.
2. Leglocks: Sometimes we neglect the leglock game. I learned in my advanced matches just how important this part of grappling can be. I would like to cover leglocks and their defenses in technical detail. This includes even the more dangerous leglocks such as heel hooks and toeholds since I was attacked with them in every match.
However, due to safety concerns, I want to make heel hooks and toeholds "catch and release" submissions. That means that if you see an opportunity for the lock when rolling, you may obtain the position for the lock on your partner. Once you obtain position though, you may NOT apply the lock in any way. You simply release the hold, and both you and your partner restart the match.
You may continue to apply achilles locks and straight kneebars since they are safer submissions in general.
3. Open guard: I want to cover the open guard game in a little more detail. I mainly want to focus on how and where to put your feet (for control and for defense against leglocks). I also want to cover a few more open guard sweeps against a standing opponent, as it is easy to get into this position against a wrestler or an opponent who passes standing.
I'll cover all of this in more detail on Tuesday. Just thought I'd post it on the forum so you get an idea of what I want to work on for a while.