Weight: 247.5
Getting old is not for sissies. I've had one ailment after another in the last two weeks or so, what with a recurring foot and ankle problem from old breaks in my teens and early 20's, my lower back, and mysterious pains in my left wrist that denied me some sleep earlier this week. Together they combined to make it infeasible to lift or do jujitsu lately. That and some off site physical security training I was press-ganged into conducting this week. But I'm mostly OK now.
Jujitsu with the kids class last night was another success for all concerned. They listened up and were remarkably receptive to some coaching of their two hand deflections to a back leg sweep takedown. This was a pretty advanced technique for all of them and they didn't get it the first few tries but eventually pulled it off in most cases.
The adult class had us working on similar techniques as well. A two hand deflection of a straight punch with a 45 degree side step transitioning into a classic sleeve and lapel grip heel to heel trip otherwise known as osoto gari. We worked on a variant of this entry and transition to a cross leg rear takedown using our left leg and foot to the knee and calf of the attacker with a pull down and backward with the left hand along with some help hooking around the neck with the right arm. We then worked on a two hand outward block of a roundhouse punch. The right hand breaks contact with the arm and fires across to the right side of the attacker's neck and just under the jaw in an upward curving knife hand (shuto) that really rattles the molars and can induce a lightning flash in one or both eyes even done at 30% power. The follow up is that same hand then grips the attacker's collar or shoulder on the right side and the elbow pivots upward under the chin moving the head backward and setting the balance there also. As the head goes, the body follows. The defender then transitions into osota gari and the fall is a very hard one with the back of the head leading the way to the ground. A real skull cracker if you don't know how to fall by rounding your back and tucking your chin to your chest. We promoted two blue belts one stripe at the end of class.
I did a GXP this morning just to reinforce getting back in the trenches.