We are continuing on our second week of the half guard by studying the sweeps from half guard. See you on the mats

Half guard is the position which we concentrate the most. In one year training program, we teach 8 weeks of half guard which consists of 4 weeks of top half and 4 weeks of bottom half guard spread trough 2 semesters. http://www.bjjheroes.com/techniques/half-guard

One more training to finish the week on Saturday morning: open mats at city BJJ from 10 am or Judo class with Ben Epsom at 11 am. Have a good weekend.

To conclude semester one, we will have graduation on Tuesday 5 July. Usually we try to have graduation in June and in December. The reason for the delay for this semester is that Stu is coming back in July from Japan. Traditionally, mid year graduation does not that many students being promoted to the next belts. Not sure why! What to expect: We try to do not waste too much training time and it just happens during a normal class. Instead of having a technical class where the instructor teaches the topic of the week, the students will just demonstrate their favorite moves. Now, this is NOT an exam. It is their chance to show off their skills in front of your peers. The decision is already made by the instructors once we advised you that you are due to move to your next belt. For the students that are not moving to the next belt, you will receive a stripe. This is what the black tab is for, you can receive up to 4 stripes. So usually, you get 4 stripes after 2 yea...

After the Regional Competition last Saturday, it was important to address some of the mistakes that the competitors did. We worked on cross choke defense, Knee on the belly and Triangle defense. On Thursday, we finish the class at 7.45 pm so the competitors could do some speed drills. The moral is very high after the comp and I can see that the competitors are still hungry for more competition. So we have the National gi competition on the 06 August, it gives us 12 weeks to prepare. I think I will trim down the content of the classes and concentrate more on repetition: less is more. Also I need to talk to city BJJ to see if they want to host an friendly competition next month for our competitors to fine tune their game plan but also for students that want to try out to compete in a more friendly and smaller event. Otherwise, keep training. Next 2 weeks topic is half guard. See you on the mats.

I think vandersen and renee from Fuji Mae nz are planning some new competitions. 16th July and 8th October. Watch this space...=)