This week, class has consisted of a.) learning how to heel hook properly from open guard and how to turn/roll with them if they start turning. Basically gotta catch the heel almost like a Rear naked Choke, tight and back. Gotta control the knee and pull it in towards me and step the outside leg close to his hips while falling on my shoulder with his leg. Then gotta keep my knee up so he can't sit up, and arch away! Rolling with him is just that. b.) Also learned how to sweep from Z guard and how to better do a deep half so its not dangerous with triangles. To sweep from z, grips should be hand on open knee and hand on hand over your legs. go like you are doing a scissor sweep so they base out but then pull them over the other side. While doing so, make sure that your knee pushes their arm out and lift on their knee. Eventually switch hips and kick their leg out (and kick your leg out so you're not stuck in half guard!). Deep half is pretty basic this time. Go under their middle if in half guard, roll to the side they are giving you. Go around them if they let you, but if they sit back then make sure to almost "double under" the leg, and bend it so they have no leveerage. so basically gotta bend the knee normally but also bend the leg so that we are opening their hips.

Another quick note. I can't believe 2 months ago, october first I broke my finger! Trying to get back into it has been tough, but I think I'm coming along. No rolling yet, but at least I'm drilling and trying to get in shape.

Passing Trying to remember some passing details that I learned from class and from a training partner recently. We learned that its okay to pass and open guard in no gi if you hook the arm over the thigh (REALLY hook that hand over their thigh) I learned from the classmate how to pass open guard by using two arms to pull the leg over and then to split their legs with my knee while their legs are facing downward. Or I can pass by basically grabbing one leg, keeping it between my knees and holding it there with my arm (keep arm tight, or kimura or he can sneak his legs out), wrap the other leg and start pressuring forward as I pass. And finally, to really pressure someones guard gotta "plank" into his legs. I totally realize this isn't a fully thought out post, but I'm hoping this will help me remember some passes.