We did some guard pass drills for warm up. The topic of the day is Guard Submissions. Stu taught the trinity of the guard subs: arm bar, triangle bar, omoplata. It is most problably the most popular combination of subs from the guard. Training was concluded by a shark tank where fresh training partner will jump in every 2 minutes. It was great to see Jose back training after his injury. Stu is off to Wellington for the Judo National. Good Luck. PS: No gi on Tuesday from Now On. We also have an additional a Nogi training on Thursday 31 oct for our competitors getting ready for the competition on saturday 2 NOV. http://www.aucklandbjj.com/2013/09/bjj-nogi-competition-ibjjf-rules-sat-2.html

Drop Seo Nage is not that great for your knees Light warm up Fundamentals for the beginners The Trinity for the advanced students: It is the combination of 3 Judo techniques that Rodolfo like hitting at competition until the cows come home Drop seo Nage. Kouchi Gari Ouchi Gari I especially like the way he breaks the balance of the opponent by pulling so hard (also known as walking the dog). Breaking the balance is vital to set up a good throw, it is known as Kuzushi in Judo. The ground part of the class was the forgotten close guard with overhook lapel grip.   It is a great guard that can be use for nogi as well: keep the posture broken down, sweeps, omoplata, chokes, triangle and arm locks.                    

Yet another technique video this time on the Omoplata from guard, inverted guard, mount etc. I especially like when they move their but to the side to collapse the uke to put on the technique.