You want to paste your coach’s post-class notes into the project after each class, then discuss and convert them into drills, cues, and next-session goals.
Theme: Escaping turtle position
- Concepts
- Mechanics
- Movements
- Transitions
- Interplay between positions
- Building height
- Quadding up
Theme: Back escapes
- Concepts emphasized:
- Wedges
- Placeholders
- Connections
- Angles
- Sequencing goal:
- Into irimi ashi garami
- To hip-heist up
- To pass of choice (example: tornado pass)
- Phase 2 problem set:
- Dealing with chokes
- Dealing with partner going to mount
- Dealing with partner resetting controls
- You hit a Santa Claus choke on a blue belt who tends to go harder than necessary, even during learning-focused rounds.
- You also helped coach a white belt who was not understanding the mechanics. You applied only enough pressure for them to practice, and you stayed focused on positional offense rather than hunting submissions.
You have been studying Emily Kwok’s approach to handling bigger, stronger opponents. You noted her framing is from the perspective of a shorter athlete.
You are tall, lanky, and (when in shape) fairly thin. You want guidance on how to adapt the "bigger/stronger opponent" strategies to your build (long limbs and different leverage).
You asked for a realistic estimate of how long it could take you to reach black belt given your current training frequency and progress.
You requested additional drills specifically to reinforce posture alignment.