Another week down...

I've been a bit of a slacker with posting over the last two weeks I must admit. I've trained though I swear :) Last week Monday was a second Christmas for me because coach worked an entire sequence on going from mount to back! Are you kidding me!?! Its like this guy reads minds or something. Perfect for exactly what I'm working this month. On Wednesday we worked a great step by step setup for the omoplata...some thing that I rarely ever try because I just don't feel confident enough with it. Coach walked us through really securing the position before attempting any sub and his process, as usual, made perfect sense for me. Dev has a great breakdown of it on his blog.

This Monday (18 Jan 09) we worked the good 'ol basics! We started with the 5 point arm bar from the guard. Next we moved to transitioning to a triangle choke if your opponent pulls his arm out to defend. Third came attacking the arm that is left inside your legs and applying the omoplata from last week. Lastly...and this was my favorite of the night....was attacking the arm that was left in with an arm bar. Basically you will secure it from the opposite side with a good grip, take the same side foot and put it in the hip to shrimp out for position, lock the opposite side leg up at the neck like your going for a gogoplata and then secure your free leg around the head for the arm bar and hip up. I don't do the explanation just! Trust me... it was BA!

Rolling has gone good over the last week. I have been purposely rolling with those at my level or below so that I can focus on technique for my "month of the mount" right now. I'll use the same philosophy on Wednesday and then ask those who crush me to roll next week. This way I can end the month with my ego in check :)

Also, on another important note, Chelle has committed to competing in a female bodybuilding competition in May of this year in Southern Cali. She started a new blog to document her training, ups and downs emotional and anything else that happens to her while training. PLEASE check it out.