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Heat-Seeking Kimura & Knee-Pin Escape (diary entry)

May 29, 2023 | Diary / Training Notes [ssba]
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  26.05.2023 Friday morning’s lesson brought my teacher client from USKO Cotswolds onto hour eight of his submission grappling/ground fighting course. We finished off the north-south pin work by linking it with the previous two pins and then I introduced escaping the knee-pin. For the former I used the heat-seeking Kimua, which is a great way introduce the versatility of this arm-lock whilst demonstrating the importance of being able to transition between pins. The sequence starts in side control with […]

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North South Attacks (diary entry)

May 23, 2023 | Diary / Training Notes [ssba]
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19.05.2023 Friday morning’s lesson brought my teacher client from USKO Cotswolds onto hour seven of his submission grappling/ground fighting course. We focused on attacking from the north south pin. After our warm-up sport specific and muscle activation crawls and the pin transitioning drill, we moved onto a Kimura submission. This time we used a straight arm-lock setup with the head to perform the Kimura lock from a geneflect position. Next, we moved onto the north south choke and then the Darce […]

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North South Defence (diary entry)

May 16, 2023 | Diary / Training Notes [ssba]
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12.05.2023 Friday morning brought my teacher client from USKO Cotswolds onto hour  six of his submission grappling/ground fighting course. We looked at defending the north south pin with two counters from dog-fight position. I also introduced an attack that we will continue with next lesson. The session began with the usual dynamic stretching, muscle activation and sport specific crawling exercises. Then we went back to our pattern base with the pin transitioning performed both as a muscle memory exercise and […]

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Escaping North-South & Sparring (diary entry)

June 8, 2022 | Diary / Training Notes [ssba]
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06.06.2022 Hour five of my couple clients’ second course on submission grappling/ground-fighting brought us to defending against the north-south pin. After warming up with appropriate muscle activation and sport specific exercises, we revised the pin transition drills and then I had both clients train this under pressure. The pressure benefits both parties. Those transitioning through the pins get some honest feedback on how well they are maintaining pressure throughout the drill and also whether they being fluid enough. The person […]

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Top Surfing and Escaping (diary entry)

November 5, 2020 | Diary / Training Notes [ssba]
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03.11.20 Tuesday night’s third and final lesson was my teacher consultation class. Matters moved in a totally different direction as my client now has her lockdown daughter present for partner training. Despite my client having an excellent background and level of experience in submission grappling, I was asked to cover this topic as a means of refreshing information and providing an insight into my approach to this area. We went through my clockwise and anti-clockwise pin drill. This is a […]

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The Importance of Fundamentals (diary entry)

December 5, 2019 | Diary / Training Notes [ssba]
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04.12.19   Wednesday evening consisted of attacking with and escaping the North-South pin for my junior client and MMA training with senior client where we expanded upon clinching against the cage as well as guard-work on the ground.   We warmed up with various ground callisthenics such as crawls and snaking. Then we went straight into the North-South position and looked at its function when transitioning from scarf-hold. My junior client covered the Kimura from here as well as the […]

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