I am nearly fifty-nine. About to start my sixtieth trip around the sun on this pale blue dot. My goal was to achieve a Jiu Jitsu black belt before I was sixty. I have been fortunate beyond all expectation to have achieved that goal ahead of time. In realising my good fortune, I also realise…
Year: 2013
John Will Seminar 29th September 2013 – Crucifix Control
Held at Rick Spain’s gym in Surry Hills. Osotogari (done as a warm up rather than in depth technical analysis) Major outer reaping throw from Judo Step You both have judo grips (R hand on his L collar, L hand on the gi seam under his R elbow). Pull his collar to your R…
Carlos Machado seminar 16 May 2013
At Langes MMA Artarmon. Guardwork You have your R hand in his R collar. Stiff arm. You are up on your L elbow. Guard is not closed but you are “setting the stirrups”, holding onto and controlling him with your heels. You “swim” clockwise, moving around to his R on your elbow, getting an angle…
John Will seminar 24 March 2013 – X Guard
George Adams and I were wrestling before the seminar. John stopped us and gave us a brief lesson on getting the necessary arm controls for effective use of our hooks – the double hook sweep is much more about arm controls than about the hooks themselves. It can be very hard to get those arm…