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Matthew McDowell-Sweet

@msms

Training log, no-gi: worked on mitigating the half guard knee shield by getting to mission control and passing. Worked first on a leg pin and opposite side pass, second on a conventional knee cut, and third on a slide over pass. Finished up with a backstep into the saddle position and a leg attack. Sparring was 9 x 5 minute rounds. A few light and fast juvenile rolls, some standup action during which I landed a couple messy throws, an almost-pass* of our instructor's guard, and a fair bit of scrambling across open guard, side control, turtle and back positions. *That's what it felt like anyway, but I'll defer to Feynman: "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool."

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Matthew McDowell-Sweet

@msms

Gonna experiment with some of these leg control / isolationtechniques this week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUC-_W8raW0

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JB Rubinovitz ⌐◨-◨

@rubinovitz

I took the summer off from training because I wasn’t having fun anymore. Trying again tonight.

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Matthew McDowell-Sweet

@msms

Training log, no-gi: worked on a few moves originating from a knee slide pass in mission control. First, a pass into a pin and then an armbar. Second, a progression into quarter guard and then a backstep into either a pass or the saddle position. Third, a backstep followed by a rolling back take. Sparring was chill. 9 x 5 min rounds. A couple light technical rolls focusing on guard entanglement, a round with a juvenile working on fast paced open guard pass/recovery, and some more regular rounds accepting bottom position and working on guard retention, recovery and sweeps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnnJGKrDKWU

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Matthew McDowell-Sweet

@msms

Training log, gi: worked on a knee slide pass sequence beginning from mission control / HQ. Focused on details of control, response to initial defence/re-frame, switching quarter guard to technical mount, taking the back via a roll, and transitioning between the above to get the eventual pass based on the opponent's reactions. Sparring was 9 x 5 minute rounds. Deliberately played guard from the bottom and focused on guard retention and recovery, and also included a few instances of more intensive wrestle ups/sweeps/attacking from top. Final round: FAFO'd using a belt as an implement to entangle, control, sweep, sub my partner—it was, uh, interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq4f2fK3XaM

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Matthew McDowell-Sweet

@msms

Training log, no-gi: worked on a few things from half guard. First, a roll-under back take from the bottom. Second, an entry into deep half and a waiter sweep. Third, a back take in response to the opponent defending the latter stage of the waiter sweep. Sparring was mostly calm and composed. Several sessions with juveniles and new-ish practitioners meant a mix of light/fast movement and guided rolls. Also included a couple tougher rolls with a nice balance of attacking, defending, and straight-up holding out till the timer ran down.

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Matthew McDowell-Sweet

@msms

Favourite matches from CJI were the K.Ruotolo - A.Tackett match and the Davies - Dern superfight. Any other favourites? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkwFwGYtqfk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF4eJEPNAu8

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Matthew McDowell-Sweet

@msms

Training log, gi. Worked on submissions from the guard with an overwrap/overhook: a cross-choke, an armbar and a triangle. Sparring was 10 x 5 minute rounds as usual... The first four were, individually and collectively, probably the hardest rounds I've had for the last six months. High intensity plus high technicality against higher level opponents whose styles meshed with my own and who pushed just as hard. The remaining rounds were still tough but included some nice scrambles. I also attempted to flit between untangling/deconstructing guards and using aggressive forward posts and sprawls to get passes. Probably coasting off some of the post-CJI inspiration / energy, but also starting to dial back in on time-restricted eating, which has a noticeable effect on my energy / intensity and recovery between rounds.

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Matthew McDowell-Sweet

@msms

Training log, gi: worked a progression from closed guard > knee cut pass > paper cut choke > reverse triangle from the back. Sparring was 10 x 5 minute rounds. Got caught in a couple head-arm chokes and triangles, attempted some awful deep half entries and gave up position multiple times, and also played around with some more exuberant pass and sweep attempts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNGyEkbdklI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKDeN4piNjs

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Jon 🎩🫂

@commstark

just finished an Open Mat class with ppl from the advanced class I’m dead and feel like a complete wuss Tbh I feel bad that half way through my energy levels were so low I couldn’t really give anyone a good roll I often pride myself on at least having good cardio ten minute games and 6 minute rounds vs 5 minute games and 5 minute rounds that I’m used to

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kia

@kia.eth

who's watching CJI rn?

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Matthew McDowell-Sweet

@msms

Training log, gi: worked on entry into deep half guard followed by a forward sweep, a reverse sweep, an exit to a back take, and a waiter sweep (the waiter sweep we drilled was from the deep half like the first vid but with the knee in like the second vid's setup). Sparring was 8 x 5 mins round. 70-80% of the time playing from bottom whilst feeling energetically flat, allowing passes and control and working on defence/guard recovery. Other 20-30% I was more active—either attacking from open guard or playing chess with lapel and leg entanglements. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrnsua9Xifc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsHKEdoO3bs

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Matthew McDowell-Sweet

@msms

Training log, no-gi: drilled a straightforward butterfly sweep before progressing into 1) a deep half guard sweep and 2) a deep half guard pass into a rolling back take. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkX4oAIZ48k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lNWGYg35YY

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miguelito

@mc

Training log: nogi Yesterday: open mat, 8 rolls - focused on control and technique Today: drilled a variety of toe holds, then had 4 fun rolls

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miguelito

@mc

https://youtu.be/_3LWMZjdeNE?feature=shared

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