martial arts

Wednesday, 2003-02-05 (Judo):  Made some improvements with tai otoshi.  Some key points:

  • need to get low, weight needs to be more evenly distributed between two feet, right foot needs to be turned far
  • face the right direction
  • keep right wrist live
  • step across with right foot

seoi nage notes:

  • if don't go low, must keep right elbow tight with body
  • for now, will try to work with ippon seoi nage more

Tuesday, 2003-02-04 (HKD):  Worked on spring hip throw with James.  Had lots of trouble getting tight.  Seem to have a much easier time doing it from a standstill than from a walk.

Monday, 2003-02-03 (Judo):

morote seoi nage:

  • get lower
  • pull opponent into me (don't pull myself into opponent).  I have a problem where I fall into the opponent a little during uchikomi.

randori:

  • gotta remember to commit
  • I seemed to get quite a few throws by attacking when my opponent was off-balance after attempting a throw.  Some counters that worked for me were:  o soto gari to seoi nage, seoi nage to seoi nage, and osoto gari to o guruma.

Monday, 2003-02-03 (HKD):

barrier rolls:

  • remember to extend arms out further so weight is more evenly distributed between the two arms (Dr. Link said that if you don't extend your arms out far enough, more and more weight is put on your front arm)
  • will try going back to planting with palms on both hands, just for barrier rolls, instead of planting with knife edge on the front hand like I've been doing lately

trithalon:

  • matwork:  need to learn a proper open guard (am currently leaving self open for ankle locks)
  • matwork:  when in the superior closed guard, need to remember keep pulling opponent in (like Mike was doing on Sunday)
  • round 4:  gotta stay just in or out of range; if too close to get out of range, then try to move in and jam the kick

Sunday, 2003-02-02 (BJJ):

1st escape from scarf hold (all escapes assuming his right arm is the scarf):

  1. Bring your right elbow to the ground while shrimping to get on your side.
  2. Now that you're on your side, it should be easier to hook one of his legs (use figure four hold on his leg).
  3. Use your hold on his leg to get your head out.

2nd escape from scarf hold (assuming you have both arms free):

  1. Push his head away with both arms.
  2. Get your left leg up and against his head.
  3. Push him away with your leg and go into side mount.

3rd escape from scarf hold (assuming you have both arms free):

  1. Wrap arms around him and clasp hands together.
  2. Throw him over your head, then to your left, in one continuous motion.

defense against opponent grabbing your wrists when he's in your guard:

  1. Bring your right hand under your left hand and grab his right wrist, and grab your right wrist with your left hand.
  2. Push your wrists out to your right.  This should free your left hand so you can go into a back mount.
  3. If he counters by pushing his right shoulder into you and sticking his left leg out, you should be able to flip him easily by turning your right leg.

Sunday, 2003-02-32 (HKD):  Early workout with Chris Peterson.  Did a high-low drill with the hands designed to make you keep your hands up all the time.  The later workout started with a card workout, then we worked on the floating drop and forward body drop from punches, then flying kicks (double leg front kick and double leg side kick).

details to remember:

  • For the double leg front kick, you can get up higher by taking off on one leg, but you have to use a two-leg takeoff to do a split kick.
  • I did the double leg side kicks by taking off the left leg and kicking with the right leg on top (and vice versa).

Friday, 2003-01-31 (Judo):  First judo workout of the semester.

throw combo:

  1. Shuffle to your left (right foot moving first), while turning your opponent (turning right on a steering wheel) and pulling him to your right.
  2. Try to sweep his right foot with your left.
  3. When he moves that foot, move in for the osoto gari.
  4. remember to sweep all the way through on the osoto gari
  5. make two circles with your hands

Friday, 2003-01-31 (HKD):  First HKD workout of the semester.  Started with a couple of rounds of matwork (brown-belt Chris and Nate).  Then a wrist technique with Doug:

response when opponent grabs your right hand with his left (same-side grab):

  1. Cover his left hand with your left hand.
  2. Bring your right hand to the outside, and back in on top of his hand, making his palm point to the outside, all while keeping your hands close to your body.
  3. Apply body weight to your hands, while retreating or advancing.

After that, we did a kicks session with Dr. (Susan) Link.  I need to work on my front kick to roundhouse combo, in which the front kick is a fake.  I also need to work on spin heel kicks.

Thursday, 2003-01-30 (HKD):  More work on the spring hip throw (hane goshi) today, and also started learning the corresponding counter throw form that starts the spring hip throw.

Wednesday, 2003-01-29 (HKD):  One of Dr. Link's points today in his post-promotion talk was to keep a journal.  I'll try harder to write here more often.  Promoted to 2nd kub today.

Tuesday, 2003-01-28 (HKD):  Dr. Min is teaching an Advanced Hankido class on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and I decided that I had to take advantage of it.  We worked on the spring hip throw today.  I need to remember to:

  • turn my head
  • point my supporting foot in the direction I want to throw
  • point my other foot's toes down
  • keep my leading arm's elbow above the shoulder
  • keep body contact from my armpit to my hip.

Wednesday, 2003-01-15 (BJJ):  Worked out with just Mike today.  He said there were six basic BJJ positions:  full mount, side mount, back mount, knee-on-stomach, north-south, and guard.  I'd never even heard of the knee-on-stomach before today.

1st side mount attack (figure 4 AKA ude garami):

  1. Lock one of uke's arms in figure 4 position.
  2. Bring that arm into uke's hip, while bringing elbow up.

2nd side mount attack (juji gatame):

  1. Control uke's arm that is closest to your head.
  2. Swing around uke's body, while staying low, passing momentarily through the north-south position, into juji gatame.

side mount escape (do this if the person on top is keeping a hand against your hip to keep you from getting your knee up, and thus, to keep you from shrimping away):

  1. Keep on shrimping away anyway, while pushing against uke's hips the whole time.
  2. When 180 degrees from uke, turn over onto stomach in one quick move, while keeping him away at arms' distance with hands.
  3. Pull one of uke's knees into you while pushing forward, to knock him off balance.

defense from guillotine choke if they go into a guard position (assume uke is choking with his right arm):

  1. Defend the choke by gripping his right wrist with your left hand.
  2. Keep uke from arching his back by wrapping your right arm around his left shoulder, with your elbow about at his shoulder (hopefully, you can do this before he drops into the guard).
  3. Get on your feet and drive into his left shoulder.
  4. Use your right arm to push against his throat and get your head out, while keeping your left hand on his wrist.

defense from guillotine choke if they stay on their knees:

  1. (forgot this one already)

choke from knee-on-stomach position:

  1. Grab opponent's right lapel with your left hand and his left lapel with your right hand with thumb-inside grips.
  2. Assuming your your opponent is on your right, swing your body around 180 degrees, staying low, and pull elbows out.

2002-11-15, 10:56AM:  I decided to log all my workouts, like I used to do when I ran in high school.  I'll review the techniques I learned that day, and also I'll note little things I need to remember (like not always blocking with an open hand).

Thursday, 2002-11-14 (BJJ):  This was my second workout with Dennis, Mike, Mauro, and Orapim (Orapim's boyfriend Ali showed up today, too).  First, Dennis taught two arm bars, two reversals, and a choke, all from the superior guard.  Next, we did some grappling, when I got poked in the eye.  It didn't hurt, but later Bosun noticed a big red splotch where I got poked.  Luckily, it's not serious.

1st arm bar:

  1. Control uke's right arm.
  2. Post left foot on uke's right hip, and at the same time, pull uke's torso close with right leg (place leg as far up on uke as possible, preferably at armpit level).
  3. Move left leg up, past uke's head, onto his left shoulder, while maintaining control of arm (don't cross ankles, because that opens up your knees, creating more room for escape).
  4. Lift hip to apply pain.
  • NOTE:  Need to pull in controlled arm as close as possible.

2nd arm bar (good if uke is resting hand on ground):

  1. Get uke's right hand onto ground close to his right knee, and control that wrist with left hand.
  2. Sit up, reaching right hand over uke's right arm and back under, and grab own left forearm with right hand.
  3. Sit back, maintaining control on arm, bringing left leg onto his back, and keeping him close with right leg.
  4. Move his arm in an arc towards his head, keeping his arm bent at the elbow, but not close enough to his back so that he can grab his gi and counter the arm bar.

Scissor reversal:

  1. Control uke's right hand with your left arm to keep him from posting, while controlling his head with your right hand (if he's wearing a gi, preferably grab his right collar, so you end up with forearm against his neck at the end of reversal; otherwise, brace right hand against left side of uke's neck).
  2. Shrimp to left to bring right leg in.  Place right leg straight across his abdomen.
  3. Pull uke onto you with your arms while lifting him with your leg, until his weight is resting on you.
  4. Scissor legs together.

Other reversal (do this if uke sits back when you attempt the scissor reversal):

  1. Sit up, posting on left forearm, then on left hand, while reaching with right hand as deep as possible onto his back (right arm should be on uke's left shoulder).
  2. Sit back, while pushing uke off you with your right leg.  Slip into side control.
  • NOTE:  If your right leg is against his chest, at an angle, instead of straight across his abdomen, the technique is more effective and dangerous, because you can drop him on his head.

Choke:

  1. Reach right hand as deep as possible into uke's right collar.
  2. If uke tucks chin, pry open with right forearm, so you can get left hand deep into uke's left collar.
  3. Bring elbows out, while pulling uke close with legs (don't try to roll wrist into his neck).