Just a reminder to all students – classes start tonight!
This semester we’ll be officially introducing the “ABC’s of MMA” which will be our syllabus, more or less. This more formalized curriculum will help students progress from class to class, semester to semester, keep track of progress, and more. I’ll post a ton more details and how we’ll be using this syllabus, found here: ABCs 05172011 Keep in mind that while the ABC’s of MMA is in beta, you’re experience and feedback is going to help the program evolve.
We were working on some body locks and positioning last night at the U and we went over this counter to the double leg takedown. In a sense, its not a counter to the double leg takedown because you are still going to the ground. It’s a “make the best of things” type counter. The guy gets in too deep, too fast to sprawl; its too late to stop him for taking you for a ride. Best case scenario is that you get to pick the destination. Video below shows Utah local, Brian Yamasaki teaching the move.
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I remember seeing Dan Henderson use something like this in his fight against Jake Shields. He wasn’t able to roll Jake, but kept his hips from getting sucked underneath and got his legs to the side and then to freedom with his belly down.
We had a really fun training session tonight at the U, and one of the things we drilled was a transition to mount. As I mentioned, the points brought up in training were pretty much the same as the following instruction from BJ Penn. Personally I’m always pumped when we can do something like he does, as BJ’s jujitsu is strong enough to make a man wet his pants at 50 paces.
Just a reminder to U of U students, classes start tonight. As I mentioned, we’re focusing on the ground game this semester. To prepare for class, you’ll want to bring the following:
A water bottle
Appropriate workout clothes
An athletic cup
A mouth guard
If you don’t have any of this stuff, don’t worry, I will forgive you … for tonight only! Protective training gear becomes more and more important as time goes on. As always, I am excited to begin training with you.
