MMA and me; day 123

So I just realized that I spaced and forgot to blog for last Thursday, luckily, we covered the exact same combo that we did on Thursday, so check day 122, and you'll be good to go! Same for grappling, so if you missed either Tuesday or Thursday, there you go. Sorry so lame, but had a very interesting weekend, and not much time to get stuff written down but all is well, and now I'm raring to go.

So yesterday, I wasn't able to make it to kickboxing, but I did come in to grapple, and it was the first time I got to participate with Riley teaching a grappling class. We covered the D'Arce, which is a modified choke, where you defend a take down, and slip an arm under their neck, and through their arm pit. From here, grab your opposite bicep, and bring that same side's hand up to the shoulder blade. At this point it's all about controlling their body with your legs, arching your hips, and constricting your grip until they tap or pass out. We learned an entry from guard, where you apply the choke after attempting either a guillotine, or a kimura, which if not for my stumpy arms I would have had more success with. From either of those submission attempts, you just snake the arm further through until you get to a point where you can grab the bicep and lock up the choke. The nice thing about this entry is that you already have their torso controlled, and once your arms are locked, they're done for. Lastly, we worked a more high level entry from a leg ride, or having their back with a single hook. You feint like you're trying to get the other hook in, and cross face with the arm on the same side as your single hook. From here, bring the other arm towards you, and sneak it under their neck, as you pull the cross face off and drop to your hip and snag your bicep with the arm under their neck, and sink in the D'Arce! Very technical, and I had a hard time with it, but Riley made it look super easy. Afterwards we rolled for a while, and then I went home and passed out, Cheers!