I once again had the pleasure of traveling to Auckland to do a couple of seminars with the Ground Control crew in Howick. They hosted John Will for Saturday and ran two 3 hour sessions on the day.

The morning session was for Mike Fooks and his crew and covered basic concepts in BJJ including open guard skills which lead onto several submissions from the foot in bicep position. John showed ways of dealing with several different reactions from our opponent. Including Triangle if they don't do anything and moving into a couple of second level standing sweeps. Leg reap and hook sweep, depending which foot they have in range to grab. John also covered general concepts of open guard sweeps and motion.

We then moved onto Standing Guard sweep and a basic Half guard pass. Essentially covering off the last escapes in the blue belt syllabus. We then adjourned for lunch for 1 hour.

The second session was directed at Glen Tarrants crew and covered some very cool armbars from side back control. Some of the armbars were quite advanced and had everyone thinking hard about what each limb was supposed to be doing to contribute to the move. Most of the moves from this session were taken directly from John and Dave's DVD "Mastering Arm Bars".

All in all a fantastic day, one that culminated in John awarding Mike Fooks with his Blue Belt. Thanks to the Ground Control crew for your hospitality and for allowing me to join in your sessions.