Escaping and Sweeping

Packed gym last night, both for jiu jitsu and Crossfit. Due to the crowd on the Crossfit side, I was a bit rushed, but did squeeze in some deadlifts.

Our jiu jitsu warmups have changed a bit in the past couple of weeks. We still do our usual jog, shuffle and crisscross, but no calisthenics. Instead we do a bit of synchronized drilling. Last night, we did 10 single leg takedowns to penetration. Then 10 singled leg, he defends, switch to double. Then 10 seoi nages. Then 10 more seoi nages. And the pace isn’t leisurely. I’m pretty sure I only managed to get in 9 of each in the time given.

The lesson of the day was a quick review of the new side control escape, and then a modification of the same technique to escape if/when your opponent switches to kesa gatame. We also did a neat sweep from within kesa gatame.

Class finished up with 30 minutes of a new game…Winners & Losers. Pair up, roll until someone is submitted. Winner finds another winner to switch to. Loser finds another loser.

Ron and I paired up. 30 minutes later, we were still going. We both had our chances to finish each other, but never quite pulled it off.