APH-2025-089

Overview:

• Quarterly Goal: Emphasize better rather than more or harder.
• Monthly Focus: Bad Position / Addressing Deficits
• Weekly Objective: Upper Body Attacks

Intention:

Today’s class focused on escaping the back and positional sparring.

Warm Up:

• 2 x 3 minute: drill attack sequences from the back.
• 5 x 1 minute: standing scrimmage (focus on disrupting the feet)

Work:

• Drilling back escapes to “pillow” and “underhook” sides.

  • Emphasize grip fighting and head position.
  • Getting mounted is not a valid escape.

• Positional Sparring:

  • 3 x 6 minute (3 minute front, 3 minute back): back escape / submit

    • First two rounds from OT position
    • Last round with arm trap, or body triangle (not both)

• CARs

  • Shoulder, 1 x 5
  • Hip, 1 x 5

Reflection:

What worked well:

• We spent the warm up attacking which primed us for positional sparring.
• During the second two positional rounds I instructed people to “keep track of re/scoring” which some folks took advantage of well.

What didn’t:

• We didn’t have time to cover body-triangle escapes, but I did show that just so people have an idea of the additional mechanics. The overall principles remain the same though; it’s just an overall much more difficult position.

Plan for next time:

• This was the last day of “back stuff” before we start to get really competition focused. Next week’s class content will follow behind my personal training (armbars or guillotines).
• As per yesterday’s notes I’m going to finish re-watching ADCC 2022 and draw some new strategy conclusions to explore at open mat this week.