Buna echipa.
What a full month!
TECHNIQUE OF THE MONTH
February we have looked solely at Fundamentals. Those positions and attacks that should be the base for your grappling. It’s easy to overlook these fundamentals as boring and obvious but, as Roger Gracie has proven, if you do the simple things well you will win matches. Ideally if you can have two or three high percentage attacks from the base positions this will give you a solid base to work from.
RECAP:
From Knee on Belly - Kimura or Armbar
From Side Control - Kimura or Americana
From Mount - Cross choke or Armbar
From Back Mount - Lapel choke or Bow and Arrow
From Closed Guard - Armbar or Triangle
*Remember these don’t have to be your only attacks but if you have them other attacks will appear.
If you want to watch the fundamentals in action watch any of Roger Gracie’s matches from the IBJJF Worlds in 2009.
Attendance Leaderboard
Congratulations to Crazy Horse who tops the leaderboard this month. Absolutely smashing it, fulled mostly by MacDonalds!
1.= | Alex Valea | 17 |
2. | Robert Kis | 11 |
3.= | Alex Enache | 10 |
3.= | Raresh Pa | 10 |
3.= | Darius Imbrea | 10 |
4.= | Andrei Molnar | 8 |
4.= | Alex Mezei | 8 |
4.= | Razvan Mihonesc | 8 |
6.= | Razvan Furdui | 3 |
6.= | Alexandru Cioran | 3 |
6.= | Mircea Iovan | 3 |
7. | Alin Rados | 1 |
Finally
At the start of the month Alex and I were in Brasov with the Absoluto team at their Winter Camp. It was great to see some of our friends and do some training. Then we sadly said goodbye to our friend Mircea Iovan who heads back to Cluj to finish his medical training and resume training with our friends at Cluj Napoca JiuJitsu.
Dinu Bucalet
Finally we had a great seminar with Dinu Bucalet. I know you were all as enthused after the seminar as I was. It was great to welcome him to Deva and I have already seen the techniques he showed working for you in sparring!
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