training, Tues Sep 22

working some sweeps from the open guard! did some drills to help with bottom work and also made some adjustments for some for the top game. Got a lot of sparring in tonight. Here, Charlie and Max go at it... Farieba attacks Ray from cross body...

Ben and Charlie, always a good roll...

Ray and Jimmy start their match...

Max and Matt, tough training partners

Matt and Jimmy trade Jiu Jitsu!

Charlie pointing out some details to Farieba

then has her work on the position

Farieba is getting the hang of it!

Tito and Jimmy work hard. Tito is improving week by week...

Charlie and Max trade grips and techniques

Ray and Charlie, always a battle!









-Michio

training, Mon Sep 21

Great Energy tonight! Had a great class...worked on a particular way of opening the closed guard and a couple of guard passes with pressure...

Charlie making sure that Farieba is getting the the technique down

Christie attacking Ray with multiple submission attempts!

Farieba and Christie drilling guard passing

Dan attacking Jaime with the crucifix from the back mount! Dan has been on a roll lately!

Again, Christie attacking Ray, but Ray picks her up to decrease her amount of leverage

Max attacking Jimmy from the back mount

Farieba attacking Charlie with a choke attempt!

training, Sep 20-25

This week, we're going to work on tightening up the Jiu Jitsu game! Using pressure to create openings to attack! Here, Jeremy applies a wicked choke on Jaime...

Ben attacking Jim from the back mount. Ben is about 150lbs and Jim, about 217lbs...It just goes to show, with good Jiu Jitsu, equalizes the size advantage.

Now, Jaimes' turn! Jaime applying the rear naked choke on Jeremy! We worked on a lot of subtle details on particular chokes: 1)the entries 2)the application 3) and the finishes in todays class.

Grapplers Quest, here in Southern California! Competition is good for your education! Think about it!



Another good tournament coming in November! This will be a good chance to see where you are at in your Jiu Jitsu!

-Michio

training, Fri Sep 18

Sweeps and attacks from the open guard was the theme for Thurs and Fri. Here, Andrew and Jaime work together...

Andrew and Andy got some great sparring in!

Charlie keeping a watchful eye on the technique of Andy and Gio

Gio getting some work in with Jeremy

Matt attacking the back of Jeremy

The Three Amigos! Daniel stops in for a surprise visit! great seeing him again!

Wandah watching the guys roll!

training, Tues Sep 15

Great class tonight! Lots of good energy. Everyone working to improve their Jiu Jitsu game and work on Team Building. I want to send an extra shout out to Charlie for helping me run the classes. His character and expertise are invaluable!

We're continuing the week working on some athletic type movements begining with different types of handstands and rolls

Tito, grinding it out with Jimmy

Matt and Jaime working on the standing guard pass

Gio and Max, great training partners! Gio is off to a great start!

training, Mon Sep 14

Did a class on footwork from the standing guard pass position and some acrobatic type guard passing. Here, Megan and Christie having a great time training!Dan and Jaime working some standing guard passing...

Hi Max! What's up buddy? Good training tonight!

At the beginning of class we warmed up with a lot of different types of shoulder rolling + different types of handstands to work on balance. To be a great guard passer, exceptional balance is a must!

Ben working Dan's back

Max and Charlie training

Ryan teaching Jimmy and Ben some good technique!




-Michio

training Sep 13-18

This week, we will be spending a lot of time developing a "Flowing Jiu Jitsu" game. This will take much practice for some but it's essential to get to the higher levels. Jeremy taking the knee bar on Ben! (above pic)

Jeremy doing what he does best...looking for the submission from pretzle-like positions

working on the triangle from the back mount.

Andy and Andrew working on positional attacks and escapes

Monkey on the back! Gio attacking Ben from the back mount

Jeremy coaching Farieba along with the knee bar

coaching Farieba with strategy from the bottom game

Sorry Jaime! Heel to the Nuts from a guy with a bad hair cut! wasn't my intentions! Sorry bro!

-Michio