20 at class tonight: with quite a few regulars missing.

Continued on the fundamentals theme, covering the figure 4's.
Started with warming up, using side control drills, then hip out drills.
Then,
1) Figure 4 from Mount
2) Figure 4 from Side Control
3) Figure 4 from Guard
4) Figure 4 from top Control

After class, rolled with JM and AR, grappled them both in exactly the same way, using the same skills and resistance. Just trying to see how easy it is to gauge the difference in skill level and thought processing.

I found it very helpful as it clearly highlighted the difference between the two and their reactions to prompts. Big difference was in the speed of their escape response. AR was slower to react to a change in my top position, whether as a result of a positional change or a reaction to an attempt to escape. Where as JM was moving as soon as I shifted position or opened a safe gap.