Ichiban MMA - Asheville, NC

Trained no-gi today at Ichiban Mixed Martial Arts in Asheville, North Carolina. Good instruction from Erick Jordan, one of the only black belts in Western NC. Learned some submissions from Kesa-Gatame (袈裟固). 

Royler Gracie San Diego

Trained at Royler Gracie San Diego in Kearny Mesa. 10-15 students in class. Rolled three, 10-min rounds with a blue, purple and brown belt. Fantastic instruction, welcoming students, great time.

Learned a couple of knee passes

Brown belt taught me a nice move. As OP is trying to pass and their knee is in the center of your chest/stomach, grab underneath OP and get their belt / Gi, then slide your inside knee out and get to OP's back.

Carlson Gracie BJJ Chicago

Taught by Daniel Wanderlay, 2nd degree black belt. Fantastic instruction

Knee bar time

After a year of training, i finally landed a knee bar.

Knee-bar

Missed two days of BJJ due to travelling in Vegas. Longed to roll...

Got caught twice in a knee bar tonight during no-gi. The guy put one foot between my legs, rotated outwards while lifting up my leg and hugging it with the outside arm, then sat down to secure the lock. Nice move...two times in a row

A submission, finally

I'm getting tired of simply surviving rounds with other blue belts and, more importantly, of being in that mentality of surviving and defending. Tonight, after who knows who long, I finally sub'd a blue. I have no clue what the choke is called, but here is a rough description:

1) From north-south, slide your R hand underneath the OP's armpit and grab the back of their collar

2) use your L hand and grip the inside of the OP's lapel on the far side

3) make sure that the L forearm is on top of the OP's throat, then open your elbows so that your L forearm is pushing the OP's face away and the R forearm is pulling the OP's lapel from underneath their armpit

I learned this at Bay Jiu Jitsu from Stephan Goyne in San Francisco.

Where's your weight?

50+ ppl in class tonight.

2 stripe Blue reminded me always think about where my weight is. Small, important detail.

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