4+ hrs yesterday

A day late...
10:15-11a: Private with Professor Matthias. Reviewed a half guard sweep from Revolution 1 (chapter 11). Reviewed guard passes. An escape to guard recovery from turtle. Triangle from inverted that is really a distraction to get a straight arm lock. Finished with a 7 or 8 minute roll.

11-11:20a: Warm up / drills.

11:20-11:30a: Sweep / pass the guard. Got swept twice by same blue. Made same mistake twice. Geez. Don't remember much else.

11:30a-12p: Technique. Arm bar variation from closed guard that used opponents gi to trap the arm, Also a slick choke from closed guard involving the lapel. Also a sweep that involved an inverted roll. Struggling to remember the details though. Probably forgetting a technique or two.

12-12:30p: Rolls. Got two Blues and a White. 6 minute rounds. First Blue destroyed me. Tough roll. Caught in two arm bars. Thought I was going to escape both, but no luck. Played a lot of catch and release with the other Blue who recently relocated to our school. I was impressed with his x guard break and pass reflexes. Caught the White in a bow and arrow, but really had to work for it. Also impressed with his cross face instincts from top half and side control.

2-4:15p: Fabio "Gigante" Villela seminar in Hammond, LA. Big guy Jiu Jitsu. Started with take downs. Three variations from the same basic set up. Learned a new grip technique that could come in handy some day. Worked some guard passes that differed slightly from passes I'd seen before. Learned a baseball bat choke for the first time as well. Quite effective. Spent a lot of time on various attacks from the back using your gi lapel. The chokes didn't seem very realistic but I liked the arm bar.