Tuesday, February 17, 2009

First Private Class

I recently had my first private BJJ class.  I've always heard and read that private classes accelerate your learning 4x.  

Intuitively I knew this should be the case however I don't think many of my classmates have had any privates.  It would be silly to learn piano with just group classes.

My instructor Marcos Cerqueira asked me to outline some things I wanted to work on.  I started with a list of things I was having trouble with and I ended up creating an outline for a complete BJJ game.

The class was very informative.  We worked on some basic escapes and some basic concepts.  Here's what I learned and worked on:

  • How to shrimp correctly
  • How to reverse shrimp
  • Escape from head lock ala Kesa Gatame
  • Escape and posure from the mount
  • Escape and posture from the half guard, then take the back
  • Guard pass defense via the 'Butt Block' to open guard recovery
  • Guard pass, grabbing at the knees, flattening one leg and bending the other one
  • Tip: Don't fight grips. Take an equivalent grip as your opponent
  • Tip: When you take a grip, it must have a purpose
  • Tip: Always grab something


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