This weeks training as I edified on some new concepts, techniques and philosophies. On Monday, Andrej illustrated methods of basic open guard sweep coming via swinging the leg over to the opponent's hip then conducting a basic scissor sweep. From that point the training was focused on creativity using the guard and simply playing in order to find movements and pivotal concepts which are enormously conducive to my BJJ game. Tuesday was an inspiring wrestling session whereupon jimmy went over methods of catching the arm drag when the arm as the hand clubs the head then going inside for the double takedown thereafter. He further elaborated on waiting for the guy to pull the arm as a trigger to attack the double leg takedown from having the arm inside the leg. Wednesday was further inculcation by Andre upon the importance of the grip, and the rolling which that followed dealt with more of the same training on Monday but I did notice in the rolling session that I feel a bit more confident in hitting the umoplata. Thursday entailed my participation in Luca's class and he went through a knee shield pass instruction which I has been well-known to me previously but I unfortunately passed over some vital points and details. First Lucas stated to push the shoulder forward and then dive my shoulder down, and from that point my hips fall close to the floor and glide along the opponent's side to a clean and smooth pass. Friday once again had judo mark teaching. My tai-otoshi skills are coming along nicely. In regards to the Tai-Otoshi, there are some crucial elements to consider before the throw is attempted. First, the opponent must be moving forward towards me. Second, ample amount of room (ideally 1 foot) must be present. Third, the conduction of the throw must be done using my legs and minimizing use of the arms.
  Saturday proved to be an incredibly enlightening session as I headed to 10th planet. Richie Martinez went through the Mexicana, which comes via establishing the pancho villa position with elbows inside the opponents armpits, switching the hips then using my near side leg to pin the opponents leg and grabbing the looping opponents wrist and gaining the Mexicana. Geo then went over a guard sweep where you push the opponents head while in guard, then wait for the opponent to push back, use the momentum of the head pushing back then swim my hand inside and basically crank the opponent over. As the opponent falls over opportunities for mount and truck position will explicitly present themselves. Sunday was a very fun session as I got beat up badly by Baret, Joel and my new friend Jerry. Joel illustrated a few different key concepts. One that gained my attention is attacking the lower leg on the half-guard pass then reverting to the capoeira pass pulling myself into a nice strong ankle lock. Additionally, Joel reviewed the Barum pass whereupon you grab the upper collar of opponent in butterfly and switch legs over and pas. Furthermore, the 405 pass can be had by establishing grips on one leg at first then pass. Lastly, Jerry elaborated on my ankle lock from knee cut pass and how I must grab the ankle then move my body diagonally backwards away from my opponent, sprawl and then attack the ankle.It was an enthralling week of training and I will maintain a new training curriculum consisting of simply training daily.