Just came back from another private lesson.
As I wrote in the last group session we did a lot of half guard sparring and I got swept by one guy pretty easy and wanted to fix that (he is a purple belt so I guess he is supposed to sweep me).
My weight was distributed wrong. I drove my weight over his hips which made it easier for him to sweep me.
As a rule of thumb: If the legs are still in play I want my weight low and behind his legs.
If the legs are passed I want my weight high.
Another detail I was missing was that my should was not really trapping my opponents head and neither was my head. I want that this is like frame.
We continued with attacks from the closed guard.
We started with a basic sweep a hip bump. It works particularly good if the opponent is not controlling the hands or even pull back his hands or muster up a lot.
I drop one hand and push myself up pushing my elbow to the one of my opponents but crossed. I bump my hip and while he is falling I grab his elbow and can isolate the arm.
Even if he doenst fall I can get his arm on the ground and go for a Kimora.
Here I have to pay attention that I "chicke leg" his arm and control his posture by pinching my knees.
Another possibility is going for a Guillotine.
A mistake I made while drilling this, was not really going for the hip bump because I knew already I wanted to attack the arm or neck but if I dont really threaten the opponent to sweep him I dont get the reaction I need to start further attacks.
We chained all 3 attacks togehter and also transitions from it. Fe if I go for the Kimura but the opponent is holding his arm and I cant break it I can start attacking the neck or try to sweep him again. This constant change between attacks is also very overwhelming especially for beginners like me.
I am looking forward to try some of these new thing tomorrow during the rolling.
I am going to the Hot Yoga class in a couple of minutes and after that I am looking forward to end the day. I am considering merging this diary with the Wim Hof one and just calling it my fitness diary or so.
What you think about this?
