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We had such a great class today I thought i'd tell y'all about it.

You know how your progress seems to go in steps and plateaus? Well, I think today was one of those quantum leaps for Todd. We worked on ogoshi and seoinage with particular emphasis on ukemi - how to turn an otherwise onerous thing to practice into a survivable, and even enjoyable light breakfall. Then we moved into a sequence that went like this:

(ogoshi or seoi) to ukigatame to kesagatame to (any kesa escape)

This improved his flow from standing to ground and really tied his green belt skills together for him better than all our previous practices. It seems like all the practices we've done before came together and really paid off in today's practice.

I am pumped!

(and tired)

Sounds cool Pat.

We typically have a throwing portion of class, and a grappling portion of class, but for the most part keep them separate. It's helpful to have folks throw, then carefully enter into any of the osae-komi-waza they want, then for their partner to escape. When we do this, I will make the class do escapes only for 5-6 minutes, then allow submission work for the bottom side man for 3 minutes, then submission work for both for about 3 minutes.

By entering into a hold-down scenario, it makes the throwing aspect get a little more crisp, and the terminal posture is very correct.

Yeah, "quantum leap" sounds about right to me. That was the first time hip throw practice didn't leave me sore for a few days. Days like that can carry me through about 3 months of feeling like I'm not "getting it"!
😂