This week in advanced class, we learned three moves:
1) How to do a guillotine choke from the side mount while using your own kimono lapel.
2) How to escape being pinned against a wall in a head lock and into an arm lock.
3) How to escape a standing double collar choke by executing a throw.
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This week in fundamentals, we learned how to get out of a head lock when an attacker has a wide open stance. See picture. In fact, the bigger the attacker and the stronger the neck crank, the easier the take down. As in the picture, grab the hip of the attacker, the arm that was on the back, and the other hand hooks under the knee of the attacker. Next, swing the back foot through the attacker’s legs as far as possible, the other foot stays side by side the attacker’s foot, and the victim would end up in the side mounted position.
The school gave us a warning the other day. Motorcycles are dangerous and should be avoid. From our school, a purple belt died two months ago and another purple belt is in critical condition both from motorcycle accidents. They mentioned that even Master Helio Gracie, when he was nineteen, was in a serious motorcycle accident. The doctor wanted to amputate his leg but obviously didn’t. Motorcycles are dangerous.
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This month, we worked on pins in advance grappling. Control before submission.
Regarding pins, an event that changed my life. when I was ten in 1978, my first tournament, I won third place in the Chicago midwest regional judo tournament. My coach was Norm Miller of Wisconsin, a recognized U.S. National Judo Coach.. I did a quick osotio gari and used an arm and shoulder pin. I won on a thirty second pin, the one in the picture. He fought most of the pin. I rode it out. Unfortunately I lost a friendship that day. We were from the same school. He would beat me regularly at the dojo; however, that day, I defeated him in front of a thousand people. After that, he didn’t want to car pool. I was accused of cheating. I didn’t think of the consequences, not for a second. I was too young.
If in a street fight, depending on how well the fight was going, a person has options, to talk to the attacker, an escape, a decision to break a limb, or choke. Breaking someone’s arm, or any limb, has consequences; mostly negative, police, law suit, revenge.
I know a guy that had his arm broken while sparring. The arm breaking wasn’t intentional. Unfortunately, He no longer attends jiu jitsu. He was out of work for six months. He said he lost $60,000 in revenue. Every time I see him and we talked Jiu Jitsu, the arm incident would come up with a lot of anger. ” He never said he was sorry!!! I am coming back and I will get that guy!” That guy was on his mind daily, revenge. I remember reading a quote about anger. Anger was like holding onto a burning hot piece of coal in order to throw it at the enemy. In the end, the person that held onto anger hurt themselves more than the other guy.
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For information purposes only.
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To be honest, I took the week off. At 45, I felt I needed to give myself some time to heal.
What happened? Two white belts did me in. While practicing the single collar grab, thumb down, I lost my balance, fell, and put my hand on the floor. The nervous practice partner stepped forward onto my hand, the heal of his foot came down on top of index finger. I heard a loud pop. I felt bleeding but no cut. Blood pooled under the nail of my index finger. Gui taped up the fingers and I finished the class. I didn’t go to the doctor. On the internet, I found the injury. It was called, jersey finger, the opposite of a mallet. The finger has been healing and no deformation. I went to class with the fingers taped up but on the third week, I wanted sometime out. I was having trouble typing. Not to worry, the finger has almost completely healed. Last week, a bouncer, while doing knee on bellie drill fell down hard and bruised an internal organ. Perhaps I need to do more exercises out side of class.
Sorry I am not trying to make a blog of aches and pains. It has been a long time since , I had a physical. Nevertheless, I eat very healthy and am very fit.. I want to make sure the veins and arteries are clear. I need to find a new doctor in my area.
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This week in fundamentals, we had learned about signs of aggression. When a person yells at you, swears, clenches the teeth, sways with the shoulders, a closed fist, swaying finger, be prepared for violence. We worked on defensive strategies. How to talk to an aggressive person. Controlling the center. Getting distance. Self defense.
One thing that wasn’t covered was a surprise attack which comprises 60 % of attacks. I asked a Sheriff, a fellow student, what he thought. As soon as the eyes noticed the fist strike, if you’re so luck, raise the hands up to block the punch. The best scenario would be to survive the strike and go into defense mode. Common sense, don’t be a target. Knowing when to be in a state of self high alert. If traveling into a bad neighborhood, area, be more alert. Don’t be overly dressed. Don’t flash money.
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Words have power. They can do good, and they can cause harm. There is four types of harmful speech which should be removed from the mind, and refrained from doing..
Words spoken with the intent of misrepresenting the truth, Lies.
Words spoken with the intent of creating rifts, fights, between people, Divisive.
Words spoken with the intent of hurting another person’s feelings, Harsh.
Words spoken with no purposeful intent at all, Idle.
The four types of speech are: Lies, Divisive, Harsh, and Idle.
Of course this takes practice. Use jiu jitsu to become a better you. Before speaking, focus upon why do you want to speak. If what you want to say is a lie, divisive, harsh, or idle, don’t say it. If you can’t control what you say, how do you expect to control your mind? Jiu jitsu is about controling the self.
Remember, we can abstain from unsuitable conversation, even when we feel angry, by not saying anything when its not beneficial to say.
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This week, I completed three years of jiu jitsu study. Unfortunately, I didn’t attend any class. I had things to take care of and then mid week my car broke down. I took the car to a mechanic.. Too many excuses.
I did take time to read about anger and start practicing what I am writing. Basically, the goal of living anger free is to move thinking away from selfish concerns and pick up on our natural state to wish good things for ourselves and for others. It is possible that all human beings were born in this natural state but life circumstance changed that state. With determination and persistence, it is possible to move our attention away from clinging to anger, hatred, ill will and towards the part of our mind that knows we all want to be happy. It is also important to remind ourselves that sincerely wishing for the best possible circumstances and outcomes for everyone is a better place for our attention to be.
Actions have consequences, good ones and bad ones. If we come to understand, we can minimize creating a life disappointment and increase our joy. My responses are my actions. My choice of what to do. The action I choice will follow me. If I live in resentment, or if I do an act of kindness, these become causes for future events and states of mind. The action we choice are the only things we have a choice in.
Say the following for 28 days. Picture and name the person that is causing the pain while reciting the following:
” May I be well, May I be happy. May I be free from harm and suffering. May all of my good purposes be fulfilled.”
” May { specific person } be well, may she/he be happy May she/he be free from harm and suffering. May all of her/his good purposes be fulfilled.”
” May all beings be well. May they be happy. May they be free from harm and suffering. May all their good purposes be fulfilled. “
If you keep at it, you can liberate yourself. The path in the right direction.
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This week in advanced grappling, we worked on defense from the guard. Not escaping. Submission wasn’t even covered yet. During training I had a thought to myself. During a fight, you have to be able to take a punch, it’s not realistic to think that couldn’t happen. I didn’t mean engaging in give and take fighting. A mistake and a strike gets through the defense. More importantly, how to recover quickly and keep the defense up.
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