Rodrigo Material Revisited

Monday Night Advanced Class

Jeremy retaught Rodrigo's spider guard sequence, as well as his gi tie-up choke sequence (I have no idea what it's really called), adding his own insightful and important details. I'll put the gi tie-up choke sequence here since I didn't cover it last post after the Rodrigo Seminar. I'll just add Jeremy's spider guard details to the Rodrigo post I already did.

Rodrigo Gi Tie-Up Choke Sequence

1. When in your opponent's guard, take one bottom corner of his gi and feed it all the way up to the opposite side of his head, where your other hand, which snuck around the back of your opponent's head, will be waiting to grab it, applying pressure.
   
2. Grip and twist his pants near his hip with your free hand
3. Apply pressure with the elbow, breaking what's left of his guard (and will to resist)
4. "Step" over his controlled leg with your outside knee, then your inside, into side control of your choice

If you find yourself being arm-barred between 1 and 3 (which is probably the only decent defense to this), then:

• Post with your head
• Hop your legs over your opponent, all the while maintaining a grip on the corner of his gi
• Drive your elbow to the ground, if he hasn't already tapped.
  

First class as a blue belt. It felt good, but I think it's going to take a couple more classes to get used to the idea of no longer being a white belt.