We’re keeping a training log as we work our way through the basics of the passing game during the twelve week period through January, February, and March 2012.

Tuesday Evening 2012.01.03 6:00pm

We set down the basic principles and mechanics that we’ll use to control challengers while we work our deviousness upon them.

Thursday evening 2012.01.05 6:00pm

We went through most of the core concepts above, adding in the middle knee lead from a standing position and the simultaneous use of a straight knee lead with an outside knee lead. We covered making a good fist, punching the pads and started basic, straight line punching. Class finished up with dynamic stretching, theory and application.

Friday morning 2012.01.06 8:30am

Mit work, mit work and more mit work. The legs, hips, shoulders, and arms–they all go into your punches.

Monday 2012.01.09 – Wednesday 2012.01.11

Class cancelled on a count of plague.

Thursday evening 2012.01.12 6:00pm

Passing Game: We talked about the posture angles. Both standing and sitting postures have 90°, 45°, and 0° angles. For basic training, we can analyze both the passing game and the guard game in terms of the resulting six possibilities.

Conditioning: Our range of motion work continues on as we combine a dynamic stretching protocol with reciprocal inhibition. As always, if you have any questions please consult your qualified health care provider. Also along the conditioning lines are the seated balancing exercises to get us ready for the spring and sitting guard work.

 

Friday morning 2012.01.13 8:30am

Excellent time on the mitts this morning. Stance, motion, angles, timing. Sound familiar?

Monday morning 2012.01.16 8:30am

More mitt work and the First Drill on the ground along with basic guard passing strategy.

Tuesday night 2012.01.17 6:00pm

Putting in the time: 0 posture standing pass for the passing game and basic, straight line mitt work. We also introduced punching on the turns.

Wednesday morning 2012.01.18 8:30am

Putting in the time: Mitt work and passing game with flexibility conditioning.

Thursday night 2012.01.19 6:00pm

Basic passing strategy including some thoughts on the “Can Opener”, conditioning for flexibility and we added in some pre-conditioning for hip switching.

Hip switching is a fundamental movement but in this case we’re preparing ourselves for dealing with a challenger who puts their feet on our hips while we’re passing.

Friday morning 2012.01.20 8:30am

Basic passing strategy including 0°, 45°, and 90° standing postures, conditioning for flexibility, and we added in some pre-conditioning for hip switching.

Monday morning 2012.01.23 8:30am

Hip switching!

Wednesday morning 2012.01.25 8:30am

Let’s link our work with the harness grips to Eddie Bravo’s spider web.

Harnesses

• from clinch
• from side mount
• from back mount
• from beta guard

Thursday night 2012.01.26 6:00pm

We got into mixing Twister side control, Lockdown, and Rubber guard.

Friday morning 2012.01.27 8:30am

Excellent time on the mat this morning doing a preview/review of the bottom game.

Monday 2012.01.30 – Friday 2012.02.03

This week was a hard one. We’ll catch up the training log on Monday, next.

Friday 2012.02.06 -Friday 2012.02.17

We’re working Bravo, Bravo, and more Bravo from now until the Eddie Bravo seminar on Saturday, February 18.

After the seminar we’ll keep reviewing what we learned from the 10/^th Planet, and return to our work on passing the guard.

Monday morning 2012.02.20 8:30am

We began reviewing what we learned from the Eddie Bravo and Scott Epstein seminar.

Wednesday morning 2012.02.22 8:30am

More Bravo review with some time on the Japanese Necktie, because, well, it’s right there!

 

Thursday evening 2012.02.23 6:00pm

Reviewed the material from the Bravo Epstein seminar and fired up the basic passing game strategy.

Tuesday evening 2012.03.06 – Friday morning 2012.03.15

It’s full steam ahead on the passing game strategy during March.

We’ll be focusing on the over-under pass–how to start it, how to do it, how to finish it, and how to fail at it.