MMA and me; day 135

So another day of burst drills in boxing in the books, and it felt great. We covered everything we did on Tuesday, with four separate cycles all built of the 1-2 and ending with a left turn and a double jab. Here they are:
1) 1-2-high catch counter-hook catch-3-2-left turn-1-1
2) 1-2-body catch-body catch counter-roll 7-left turn-1-1
3) 1-2-slip-slip-3-3-2-slip counter-left turn-1-1
4) 1-2-straight slip-roll counter-pull counter-left turn-1-1

The big thing for me is to keep at range with the jab, and not get too bunched up. I really like these drills because they force me to be more reactionary to what my opponent is doing. Thanks for another great class Coach Troy!

In jiu jitsu we worked on sweeps from half guard. More stuff we've covered before, but I always like to work on my game from the bottom. We covered three sweeps, and I like all of them! All of these sweeps are described from having your opponents right leg in your half guard.

1) If your opponent has a narrow base in half guard, shrimp around the side, and post on your with your same side under hook, while keeping your head on their belly. Simultaneously reach your left hand to their left foot on the blade of the foot, and your right hand under their body over their left knee. Pigeon your left leg out behind you, and suck their leg into yourself, bumping them over to their side. Posture up immediately, , keeping your left hand on the mat, and swim your right hand over behind their legs to C block, and spin around to reach under their head with your left hand, sit them up, and take their back.
2) If your opponent has a wide base, as you ratchet around to the side, keep your left hand grabbing their lat across their back, and pressure into them a bit. As they push back into you, dive under their left leg with your right hand and roll them over your body to their back. Kick your right leg free, swim your right hand behind their legs to C block, and get your left hand behind their head, and you can sit them up to take their back like in the first sweep.
3) If your opponent doesn't prevent you from shrimping around, and grabs a front head lock, simply keep shrimping, and drop your head to the mat and pull out to take their back. This is very helpful if your opponent has a stable base, and they just try to smash you down with the head lock if you grab your under hook. Thanks for all the pointers Coach Aric!