Ok that'll teach me for getting snarky about the MMA class. Today we had 14 on the mat for MMA. We grappled the whole hour away starting with no subs to warm up then moving onto all subs when everyone was warm. Good burn session with a great deal of sweat to indicate the hard work. So much so that some of Alex's ink work slid off onto the mat.

The "Fundamentals my Ass", class carried on its theme of not following the theme.

We started out ok, with a few basic sweeps but it quickly degenerated into a mounted collar choke and roll to guard to continue the choke.

From a basic sweep, we follow our partner to mount then post with our left hand to stop their bridge and roll. Keeping our right hand deep in their collar we then slip our left hand onto the opposite shoulder and claim the collar / shoulder. We then place our head on the mat and chest through the hole for the tap.

As a variation, when mounted we claim the collar but they bridge us strongly and roll us over. So we close our guard and apply the choke from there. Then sweep them and repeat until we run out of mat.

Next we covered the single wing choke from the Purple belt syllabus (so in a way it’s still on track.. :) We secure their right lapel at chest height with our right hand. Then push our hand onto their left side and raise our right elbow, securing the label under their chin. We change the angle of our body, shifting our upper body to the left in a manner seminal to the basic armbar from guard. Then cut our left hand behind their neck and raise our right elbow for the tap.

Good session with a couple of new faces including one from Mats Aikido session on Thursday.