HALF GUARD INCOMING! After working on the Hip Switch and Knee Cut, it's time to shift gears and address the bottom position of Half Guard. The most obvious positional improvement is simply recovering Guard - our focus of Monday and Tuesday! Click here to view the Recovering the Guard Lesson … [Read more...] about Lesson Plans – Week of June 5, 2023
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Lesson Plans – Week of April 24, 2023
Next week we're returning to our feet and getting back to Guard! The Closed Guard position is one of the strongest offensive positions that we can utilize, so our focus will be getting there on Monday and Tuesday. If our opponent reacts by posturing, we're ready for that too - Sweeps and … [Read more...] about Lesson Plans – Week of April 24, 2023
Lesson Plans – Week of January 2, 2023
HAPPY NEW YEAR! With the start of a New Year comes new goals, new adventures and new memories! Some of our favorite Lesson Plans are on the way next week to kick things off. We'll begin with the Cross Choke from Closed Guard. This technique is one of the classic submissions of Brazilian … [Read more...] about Lesson Plans – Week of January 2, 2023
Lesson Plans – Week of August 22, 2022
Our week is full of shoulder locks from beginning to end! Straight from our successes at the Jiu-Jitsu World League tournament, we're diving into our Modified Overhook material on the curriculum! We'll use this position to isolate an arm and then work towards an Omoplata submission: Click here … [Read more...] about Lesson Plans – Week of August 22, 2022
Lesson Plans – Week of April 18, 2022
Our work from Closed Guard continues this week by featuring two incredible Shoulder Lock submissions - the Omoplata and Kimura. Both of these are similar in nature as far as how your opponent's arm is positioned, but the setups and details surrounding them couldn't be more different. Monday and … [Read more...] about Lesson Plans – Week of April 18, 2022
Lesson Plans – Week of December 20, 2021
MERRY CHRISTMAS! With the Christmas holiday being this week, the Academy will be closed for ALL classes Friday-Sunday (December 24-26) and we will only be having Adults Open Mat at 12:00pm on Monday, December 27th. Although it's a short week, we've still got work to do! Our Lesson Plans for … [Read more...] about Lesson Plans – Week of December 20, 2021