Geoff away, so Dion took class again with help from Melissa.
Continuing on from Monday's class, the theme was again attacking the turtle position, but this time drilling this phase of the game to gain fluency. After a quick warm-up, the two techniques from Monday were quickly revised.
Then these techniques were drilled to increase speed and fluency.
Before proceeding towards sparring the class practised two 'attacking turtle' games.

(1) Our partners try to stay in turtle, defending the clock choke grip and space between knee and elbow, effectively 'shutting up shop.' This dictates which of the two (or other) techniques we use to disrupt their turtle defence.

(2) Building on the first game, our partner does not stay rigidly in turtle position, but actively defends our attacks. However, if the attacks fail the attacker has to manipulate the partner back into turtle position and keep attacking. Our defending partners are working with us and escaping but returning towards turtle position each time. The game is continuous, starting slowly and working up to sparring speed.

Next we did some rounds of sparring. First round, no subs. We then did some 5 min and some 2 min rounds with submissions.
Finally, we did "Iwama's cheeky leg lock" from single hook position. This leg lock is MEAN, and only for MMA, or people you really don't like. As with all leg locks, not to be used on a regular basis or in sparring below blue belt. Sssshhhh! Don't tell Geoff we did this one.....
Good class, everyone getting the main techniques down, trying variations, and working them effectively into their game.

Kia ora team.