MMA and me; day 253

Back at the leg locks, and we once again covered the Imanari entry, but expanded it to somewhat include attacking from the knees and from the feet. We will gradually get to where we can enter into a heel hook or straight ankle lock from standing, but for now we are just focusing on getting the basic mechanics down. From your back, facing up with your opponent standing at your head facing you, reach inside their left knee with your right hand, and roll up onto your shoulders. From there, pull the knee bent and towards you, and rotate your hips around to the outside, sweeping your left leg behind their calves, while pushing their hips back with your right foot, and pinching your knees around their left leg. As they fall back, scoot on to your right hip, and get your hips in as close to theirs as possible, making sure to keep the boot on your left foot in the middle of their butt, and pushing their right leg away with your own right foot. Shrimp your hips out to create space, reach over and under the leg for an ankle lock, and then quickly shrimp back in. Post up on your other arm and begin steadily ratcheting around behind yourself while looking over your shoulder until they tap.

We next worked on an entry while standing over an opponent who is on their back with their head away from you. Cupping underneath the heels, slide your left hand to the inside of the knee and pin it to the mat, stacking your bones so you are not using strength, but rather your weight, to hold it down. Swim your left knee over the top of their right thigh, all the way to the mat, and then swing your other leg over the top, tucking your foot under their upper body, to prevent toe holds. From here, pinch your knees together, and much like before, scoot out, grab the ankle lock, scoot back in, post up, and ratchet around for the tap.

We also covered the back spin knee bar, but seeing as how we went over all of these tonight as well, I will cover the knee bar tomorrow. Gotta keep you coming back somehow...

Oh yeah, during fighters training, I got whooped on, then sweated, and then whooped on some more. It was great!!!