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This week in fundamentals, taught by Pedro Valente Jr, we learned a sequences starting with a defense against an open double collar grab, a throw, knee on belly, arm lock, full mount, and ended with a thumb down collar choke. I had missed a detail on the arm lock from knee on belly which I then learned.

After the instruction, the class watched a YouTube video of Rorion Gracie executing the collar choke on an aikido instructor, the one we just learned. Rorion Gracie defeated the instructor three times all with the same choke. I had seen this video a few times; however, this time the details, the Jiu Jitsu technique, was more apparent. The video made a lot of sense.