9.24.2011 - Breakfast Club Training

7am on Saturdays is becoming a ritual now.  Laird, Lee, Roger, Rino, TJ and myself coming out and training.  Today was an odd day though.  Mike came out and taught class and I unfortunately had to leave for Kaitlyn's first ballet class.  In the time that I was there Mike showed some details  to the leg drag pass and Laird and Lee showed me some De La Riva stuff.

Leg Dreg

 - torreando is key
 - if top leg comes in, leg drag
 - if bottom leg comes in, scoop into leg drag

De La Riva

 - kick and pull in (collar and sleeve control) to off balance
 - drive shin/knee down to turn them
 - pinch for omoplata

02.24.2011 - Training

De La Riva Guard Passing
- establish elbow knee
- pivot on heel

02.22.2011 - Training

It's a truism in BJJ that the moves work - you just have to have faith in them.

De La Riva Guard Work:

Lasso Sweep
- lasso needs to be over elbow
- bridge and drive leg across chest (deeper the better)
- berimbolo to the back if there

De La Riva Passing:

Leg Drag
- elbow knee (near hand controlling opponent's free leg)
- back step and step over (using far arm to control DLR hook)
- leg drag leg across hip

Other DLR passing from Monday:
- pivot on heel to turn foot out
- drive and work staple pass

02.08.2011 - Training

Worked on the following:



A couple of key notes:

- use your leg as a hook to pull them
- pull them on top of you then between your legs
- swing back on top if they open legs and take sidemount.

Worked on the Berimbolo roll from DLR:



Rafael sets it up at 1:33.

Key notes:

- control goes from belt to opposite hip
- eventually the hand controlling on the DLR side will switch to the other leg

What I can't figure out is how to create the momentum when they have strong control of the free leg.

02.05.2011 - Training

Staple Pass
- elbow-knee
- shuck leg across
- sprawl
- backdoor or walk up

DLR lasso sweep
- lasso near arm
- pressure arm
- take back or finish arm when they roll

Other notes
- stay tight on back (whisper in ear)

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De La Riva and Open Guard

Open Guard revisited:

- never over extend
- want knees at a 90 degree angle
- do not get stacked
- continue to circle (egg beater)
- always return to 90 degree

De La Riva notes:

- cross grip (preferred method)
- wrist control to wrist (same side) and collar control (think tomanagi)
- use shoulder to bridge to get deeper
- always keep them off balance by kicking leg away
- always control ankle

DLR sweeps:

1. Taking the back

- cross grip
- kick leg away
- drive leg deeper
- finish w/ the slide

2. Tomanagi sweep

- wrist control or wrist and lapel
- kick leg away
- use their momentum (when they step back into you) to sweep them
- make sure foot is on hip
- bring their wrists to their waist

3. Cobrinha to Waiter sweep

- cross grip
- rolle polle
- key is to get your head in between their legs
- will typically get stuck, but a matter of shifting to get the sweep
- insert knee for the waiter sweep

Reverse De La Riva

Was at the gym yesterday and got to roll a bit. I got stacked when I had a triangle and re-injured my neck. I really need to chill out, but all this guard stuff has got my head spinning. Areas of note:

From RDLR:

- switch to x-guard for single leg
- if they anchor go deep half guard
- remember to pull them into you
- manipulate knee

Garage Training

Got to train at the house.

Guillotine work from butterfly

- from head and arm control in butterfly
- push in for guillotine, lean to side and sweep

Guillotine from half guard (top position)

- sprawl
- dig ribs into neck
- other arm check top leg, look for opening
- dump truck to finish

Butterfly notes (using head and arm control)

- remember to elevate opponent's arm by turning elbow out and up
- do not necessarily need opponent's arm locked in the bend of neck. makes it easier for opponent to escape

Passing against Z-Guard

- grab foot and turn up to open for over the shoulder pass
- use elbow to pry it open and look for over the shoulder pass

De La Riva Sweep

- pass arm between their legs to your hand
- not sure if grabbing should be under or over my leg
- dive in between their legs and roll them over

De La Riva Sweep #2

- attack far arm
- turn knees to dump em

Reverse De La Riva

- remember to coax em to come to you by pulling them in w/ your hook
- hook legs w/ arms
- be sure to turn opponent's knee out to make sweep easier

Taking Back

- w/ no hooks, block same side arm (preferably elbow)
- other arm should be keeping you tight
- drive em to roll over their shoulder
- w/ harness walk em up to get hooks

Sidemount escape

- use pendulm when opponent is flat
- when curled, better to bridge

Fun day of picking apart certain trouble areas. Got to roll a little with my stiff neck. Played w/ the de la riva and starting to see openings. There is really no difference when using the de la riva when someone is standing or kneeling w/ knee up. Pretty excited.

Remember to attack left and right

Drill Day

Went to the gym with a stiff neck, but still gave it a go. Definitely went too cautious when I rolled, but it was for the best. There were some positions where my neck would just tingle and I'd stop or just tap to pressure on my neck. Conventional wisdom is to stop rolling and take some time off, but with all this Cobrinha stuff I'm learning I really don't think I can. I'll probably drill moves and roll light, but talking to Jeremy and drilling some positions has got my mind racing 100 mph.

Thoughts

- Spider seems to be a great start from open.
- Remember to kick out their far leg to open their base.
- Tri-pod, if they push leg down DLR
- If they defend DLR, Reverse DLR
- If they don't, sweep or inverted

So many combinations, but right now in my head all I can think of is: Spider - Tri-pod - DLR - Inverted. I also drilled the "rollie-pollie" movement and felt way smoother.

All I want to do is keep playing with this.

AM Training

Gi Class

Technique covered - De la Riva

#1 Taking the back

- extend wrapped leg so to push far leg out
- bring free leg in and in the bend of the close knee
- grab tail or belt to take back

#2 Controlling

- free leg in the pit of the arm or hip
- remember to transition between tripod and de la riva

#3 Sweep from kneeling

- opponent kneels, be sure to keep leg entangled between opponents
- free leg goes to base of leg kneeling
- grab far arm and kick out base to get sweep

Options from kneeling:

#3A - arm drag to elevator sweep
#3B - omoplata (available only when hand is planted on mat)

- remember to combine all 3 options. attack the elevator and then go for the far arm, etc...it's all about combinations

#4 Sweep from standing (Glover roll)

- from tripod
- bring leg over and make sure leg is over opponent's arm (the one entangled)
- switch grip (move from one hand to the other)
- swing underneath
- grab leg and push over if needed

Notes:

- be sure to look back at old notes on de la riva to remember combinations
- train from this spot to get a feel for what works
- remember when in de la riva, rest leg by bending and extend when attacking
- tripod is key transitional position to all other entries: x-guard, de la riva, deep half guard, spider

From Friday (De La Riva)

Tripod sweeps

Basic
- extend leg and off balance

Leg over their arm
- bring their leg across
- put their leg over near side cross grip
- off balance

Taking the back
- same set up as above
- guy is turning away
- pull knee in
- make em slide down

De la riva notes
- rest in bend of knee
- extend to attack