MMA and me; day 178

Yesterday we worked on arm bars. First, the snap arm bar from side control, where you hook the near side arm, windshield your waist side leg into the body while leaning over, then ratchet your head side leg around their head, then cinch that heel in tight against the side of their neck, pinch your knees together. As you lean back, make sure you have the arm hooked elbow pit deep, and tight in against your chest, make sure the thumb is pointed up, and extend your hips until they tap. We next worked an S mount arm bar, where from mount, you push one of their arms across their body, and hold it in place with your own chest. Slide the knee on the same side as the arm that you pushed across up just past their head, and swivel so the other leg is straight out, and your are pressing down with all your weight on their chest with your thigh. From here, post a hand on their far side leg to prevent them from getting up, hook their near side arm elbow pit deep, and go through the same checklist for the arm bar as you lean back. Third, we drilled the arm bar from back mount. From back mount, if you get bucked forward, don't post both hands on the mat, instead, get an over/under, or seat belt grip and roll over the shoulder of the over hook, pull them over your body, and then simultaneously push their head away while lifting their near side arm with the under hook to pivot yourself to a position where you can swing the outside leg around their head, and lock in the arm bar. Lastly, we worked a rolling arm bar from the knees, but this could also work from a standing position. In a 50-50 collar tie, switch your grip on the arm from the tricep to the forearm, and roll to the opposite side shoulder, bringing your knee on the collar tie side up to their chest, while swinging the other leg around their head, getting their neck in the crook of your knee, pulling them in tight, then going down the checklist, (boots on, knees pinched, thumb pointing up, or away from your hips, and arch your hips) until they tap. Great day of classes, and I'm back to just about full time now. Got a lot of rust to shake off, but I'm up for the challenge!