Friday BJJ Class 1/18/2008

Awesome class on Friday. My brother has been training for a few months now, and was in the area for work. So, he drove down and was able to drop in for a class. It was interesting to talk with him about the similarities and differences in our two schools. He did great and it's clear that the BJJ is getting him in shape. He's proof that it's never too late to start training.

I'm continuing to work from half-guard as often as I can. One class, while sparring, I would work to half-guard, and then work to get the overhook, but as soon as I would get it, I'd be flattened out and get passed. I realized after class, trying to figure out why it wasn't working... at all... that I was overhooking the wrong arm. Well, THAT'S an important thing to screw up. Since then, working to control the correct arm has really helped. Another thing I'm working on is working in a sweep from there, as well. I don't want to add too many techniques at once, but I think that the lockflow combined with a sweep/reversal will get me started.