Month: May 2021

Id like to see us get more into back retention, back finishes, and positional training where applicable. I’ll follow up with instructors next week to find out where we’re all at. we should be chaining chokes to armlocks and submission chaining like pros by the end of next week. I miss you guys already whilst im typing this in Chicago. call me if you guys need ANYTHING. Im glad to send techniques via video or whatever y’all need. I’m pretty available. Ill be on the mats (updated daily)
Tuesday: 12:30pm and 7:30pm calls time.

Curriculums up tmw am/afternoon

Beginners, take a look at the past two weeks on the situations of moving to the back or side standing. If you take them down with a rear body lock mat return, go to the back, RNC

If you get head and arm thrown from body lock position on their side, then execute the escapes from kesagatame and then move to the back and get the RNC, or move to the arm bar. After they can  work back defense or spider web defense. That was Professor John’s recommendation for this month, that we need back and spider web defense. If by the end of the week we haven’t gotten to this, then that’ll be next week.

Also Kaleb will be joining us this week to help out here with kids. Let’s help him out . Welcome Kaleb !

Combatives was great this weekend. Already made some adjustments to make it better, we will refine that one and run it again soon.

Curriculums 

Beginners: Moving to the Back Standing(body lock)
1. Pummeling to Double Underhooks
2. Shucking to the side, then behind
2.5(add this in some days) fight the hands and “Walk it out”defense…hipping through the grip
3. Basic Forward mat returns- Sag & Lift returns
4.Take the Back Mount
5. Defend the Back Mount

***^^^^^^: this was the previous weeks curriculum…feel free to stay with this especially with the kids, but also with the adult fundamentals  classes if they did not get this far. However if they did….like my morning class finished most of this, I’d like to get to moving to the back, however on the initial shuck when you move to their side in a safety clinch type position they go for Headlock

1. Standing Headlock Defense to the back
2. Getting Head locked to the ground the roll through/under
3. Head lock/Kesa Gatame Defense(s) to offensive positions or submissions

Intermediate: Butterfly & Half Guard Connections
(make flow drills that incorporate what the beginners will be doing this month)

Announcements

1.No Classes nor Open mat Saturday

2. Sole Force Combatives Seminar 10am-4pm  Interior Defense. $100. This class has to do with understanding how to defend your home and other interior spaces. If you’ve ever been concerned on how to react when someone enters your home, or having to take action in an interior space, this is the class.

3. Glad to have Amun and Lathon back.

Word of the Month: Integrity

Let’s give the definition of this term, and let it soak this week.

1.he quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.

2.the state of being whole and undivided.* I like this one

We have had Respect, courage, discipline, and loyalty thus far. You can talk about this words relationship to those.

Thank you All So much for making the last 4 years so special, no matter how long you’ve been with the team. The people are the reason that we are special and you guys are the leaders of those people. I appreciate you all very much and I’m glad most of you were able to make it to celebrate with us this weekend at the seminars or the BBQ.  Moving Forward I know we’re going to continue to grow in all ways and thats very exciting. Amun and Lathon are gone from the 5th through the 9th this week. Have a great trip guys. This week will be the first week of the new schedule.

Escapes from back mount, spider web arm bar. Beginners/Adv

Beginners: Moving to the Back Standing(body lock)
1. Pummeling to Double Underhooks
2. Shucking to the side, then behind
2.5(add this in some days) fight the hands and “Walk it out”defense…hipping through the grip
3. Basic Forward mat returns- Sag & Lift returns
4.Take the Back Mount
5. Defend the Back Mount

Intermediate: Butterfly & Half Guard Connection
(make flow drills that incorporate what the beginners will be doing this month)