My first repeat lesson! As in, the second time I've done this lesson at this new academy, and the first time I've repeated a lesson there. As I've said previously, given that I've described these techniques to the best of my ability the first time I posted about them, I won't go through it all again.
We drilled the body fold takedown a little bit more this time, not just going through the steps of the technique 1 by 1, but also attaining the clinch, maintaining it while our opponent resists a little bit, and then responding to the indicator with the takedown, the indicator being when they draw an arm back to attempt to strike you with, at which point you do a quarter squat, mainatain super tight clinch squeeze, lift them slightly, bend them back using your torso to push, and the arms locked around their lower back to pull, let them go to the ground, and then attain full mount with hooks in.
We drilled the positional control - mount a little more than last time too, switching from side to side a little bit more rapidly and with some extra force used by our partners. My partner for this lesson was significantly heavier than me, which made it a great test for me to have to get the technique right while on top, and also a great workout from underneath when trying to push and give resistance for him to respond to.
I've been partnered up with a broad range of body sizes and shapes so far, as well as people of different ages and levels of experience. It seems to be quite advantageous in your BJJ training to not become too familiar with training with any particular body size and shape. Switching it up constantly forces you to learn how to modify your movements to be optimal for the height, weight, age, experience and athleticism of your partner/opponent.
Cheers,
- David.