Yesterday's class was fun. Overall, it was a lighter workout than on Tuesday, but that's okay by me. I was beat after Tuesday's class.
Warmups were pretty good... lots of ab work and then in lieu of technique we worked on a lockflow drill, and then 3 minute rounds against one of the upper belts. Sparring was relatively light for me, because my right elbow is still not 100%. It's doing okay, but while we were doing the sitout drill, it got tweaked a little bit. Nothing major, but I want to be gentle with it.
So, the lockflow drill is one I've done before, but never as shown by Coach Foster. We've done it a couple of times during warmups. It was a great workout, and in order to do it, you have to really mind your hip movement and technique. It starts with a basic armbar from guard. So, I trap an arm, get one leg high on the shoulders to prevent my partner from posturing up and then swing the other leg around into an armbar. The counter to this is for him to stack me up and pull his arm out. When he does this, I have a head and arm still in danger, so I swing my leg back around and secure a triangle. The basic counter to the triangle is to posture up and move around in the direction of the trapped arm. He does this, and so I swing around into an omoplata. When he realizes his mistake, he tries to posture up, where I will then move back into a triangle, and then finish the lockflow drill by swinging my arm around into an armbar on the other arm.
Warmups were pretty good... lots of ab work and then in lieu of technique we worked on a lockflow drill, and then 3 minute rounds against one of the upper belts. Sparring was relatively light for me, because my right elbow is still not 100%. It's doing okay, but while we were doing the sitout drill, it got tweaked a little bit. Nothing major, but I want to be gentle with it.
So, the lockflow drill is one I've done before, but never as shown by Coach Foster. We've done it a couple of times during warmups. It was a great workout, and in order to do it, you have to really mind your hip movement and technique. It starts with a basic armbar from guard. So, I trap an arm, get one leg high on the shoulders to prevent my partner from posturing up and then swing the other leg around into an armbar. The counter to this is for him to stack me up and pull his arm out. When he does this, I have a head and arm still in danger, so I swing my leg back around and secure a triangle. The basic counter to the triangle is to posture up and move around in the direction of the trapped arm. He does this, and so I swing around into an omoplata. When he realizes his mistake, he tries to posture up, where I will then move back into a triangle, and then finish the lockflow drill by swinging my arm around into an armbar on the other arm.
Next class will probably be on Sunday.