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 May 22, 2023
We're heading into Memorial Day weekend with our Knees on some Bellies! The Knee on Belly position is an incredibly strong position for applying pressure and safely transitioning to mount. It can also be used to attack Armlocks and a variety of Chokes as well: Click here to view the Knee on … [Read more...] about Lesson Plans – Week of May 22, 2023
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 April 17, 2023
More Half Guard Passing and Attacking from Side Control on deck! If our opponent has mobile hips and it is hard to isolate their position, then opening up our own hips becomes the strategy. This allows us the opportunity to either Mount of pass to Side Control without the risk of getting … [Read more...] about Lesson Plans – Week of April 17, 2023
Lesson Plans – Week of March 13, 2023
This next week is lined up to be a truly exciting one for all of our students! Before an action-packed weekend, our Lesson Plans will focus on the Closed Guard position. Once we've recovered Guard, that means we've established control and it's time to improve our position with some a sweep … [Read more...] about Lesson Plans – Week of March 13, 2023
Lesson Plans – Week of February 13, 2023
This week we return to our feet! We will use Monday and Tuesday to discuss the Single Leg Takedown and introduce the Guillotine Choke. Both of these techniques are incredibly effective, but pairing them together to drill both an offensive and counter-offensive series is our goal to start the … [Read more...] about Lesson Plans – Week of February 13, 2023