Practised a new technique in class today. This was a ground move where the top person uses a Chicken Wing (or arm bar) hold to wrap the opponent up and wind their arm around their back. When done correctly with lots of pressure, this move is very difficult to counter. The trick is to get a tight chicken wing hold on the opponent's near arm (on the same side as your body). Walk around to the other side of their body while pulling tightly on the arm. This will force your opponent to turn over. Once you have them in the danger position, grab their chin with your other hand and secure the hold or try for the pin.

Other than that, we did lots of sparring too. We did some situational sparring from the whizzer position. But everyone seemed pretty tired and flat. We have been working pretty hard and maybe we need a short break to refresh ourselves on Friday. So I think Friday will be more of a troubleshooting session where everyone can try to work on their technique.

Daniel and I recorded one of our sparring rounds. We're on youtube! Check it out.