Eye of the tiger

So it's been forever since I've posted here. Lets start with last Sunday. Donny showed me an awesome armbar. Pretty simple.

From guard, cross grab with our opposite hand in this case your right. Your forearm should cross on top of the other guys arm and your hand should grab the back of his tricep. Your left hand cross grabs his collar. His us only used to break him down and make him worried about the choke. You pull him down then let him rise up just a little. Scoot hips and finish armbar. It's amazingly hard to get your arm out of that thing. Tip: Use your knee to keep his arm from being pulled out.

So I've been training friday, saturday, sunday, monday, wednesday, and thursday. I'll try to not think anything jiu-jitsu tonight but that wont happen.

Monday we had a seminar with Daniel and his brother Deigo. It was focused on butterfly. It was kept simple and the most important thing to remember is keep the underhooks high on the other person's neck.

We had an awesome private lesson with Tonja on Thursday. She went over two takedowns. The first one was a variation of a hip toss but instead of wrapping your hand around their back you take out their Gi and use it like a handle. When going to throw you shoot your hand towards their other armpit like an uppercut. It's awesome. We also worked a trip. Simple but really effective. I motion for a crash mat. Ashley Seconds.

Ashley was trying to make it under 135 for the tournament tomorrow but it's not going to happen. We've been trying for the past couple days to get her to shed the 5 lbs she needs. The weight bracket for her is 135 and under or 135 and above. She passed out today so we've ditched the cutting, have been rehydrating and will focus on beating everyone that weighs more than 135.

I'm good for the 164-180 bracket as long as I dont need to weigh in with the Gi. I read that we do but people who are working the tournament claim we dont. I'll bring my gi just in case. Here's to a good ass whoopin, getting or giving.