MMA and me; day 184

Triangles, triangles, triangles. That's what we drilled in jiu jitsu. We began the class by shrimping and rolling. We rolled forward and backward, and across our shoulders from our behinds and our knees. After partnering up, we started working the run and roll drill. From all fours with your partner behind you and to the side, you take a few steps forward and then lay your same side shoulder to the mat, and roll across your shoulders. Swing your opposite side leg over your head around their neck, and spin on your shoulders to a perpendicular angle from them, making sure to have your boot on as you bring your leg over the back of their neck. From here, you have three options to secure your position; under hook their near side arm, under hook their near side leg, or reach under their body for a full body lock. The next triangle drill we worked was from full guard. With wrist control, shove one of their wrists to their own waist, and swing your same side leg around their neck, while pushing off their other side hip with your other leg, to get to that same perpendicular position. From here, go through the same checklist; boot on as the leg goes across the neck, push their arm across their face, loop your other leg around the ankle of the leg on their neck, and then go from arm, to leg, to body. The key to the triangle is not the over hooking leg, but the leg over the neck, keeping your boot on, and having their neck as tight into the crook of your knee as possible. If your opponent uses their arm in to block the triangle, bring it up to the side of your head, pull it toward you while driving your carpal bone into the elbow for a cutting arm bar, or pull the arm and press the top side leg straight to get the tap due to the choke. You can also switch leg positions into a reverse triangle, if they posture up with their head, and then pull down on their head while arching your hips. Triangles are everywhere, and for some reason, very satisfying to apply. Thanks to everyone for a great day!