Archive for June, 2008

Hello from Phoenix. Man it is hot out here. It’s been around 116 every day since we’ve been here. It’s a lot dryer heat, however, don’t believe people when they say, “yeah, but it’s a dry heat”. Let me tell you 116 is 116 even if it’s 3% humidity. This has been a working vacation in the since that I’ve had to work my Nortel job from the hotel. I have been fortunate enough to be able to train a little Jiu-jitsu during my stay. Last night I trained with Wellington “Megaton” Dias. Megaton is a 4th degree black belt under Royler Gracie and has won several big time tournaments. I rolled with him last night and he showed me why I need to continue training. I miss all of you at the school and hope that you’re training is going well. I want to thank James, Larry, Steve and all of the other guys that have been teaching in my absence. Take care and see you all soon.

Shannon

• Establishing Clinch (Agressive Opponents)
  • Step back when bad guy is stepping forward
  • When you decide to close the distance, block with forearm (remember fingers combing hair). Block other side of head to prevent hook. Slide in until your arms hit their chest.
  • Wrap and secure grip with front arm grabbing rear wrist.
  • Hips in tight and head secured to bad guys chest
• Leg Hook Takedown
  • Done once clinch is established.
  • Indicator = Bad guy has wide stance.
  • Take setup step
  • With outside leg hook bad guys leg (calf to calf) then pick his leg off the ground while pivoting slightly.
  • Release hook when balance is broken then step forward to prevent a crash landing.
  • Release grip before you go to the ground
  • End in mounted position
• Positional Controls (from Mount)
  • Superman Drill (working on good hip pressure) knees off the ground
  • Back hook in Front knee open, preventing bad guy from moving us off laterally.
  • Low Swim (preventing our arm from getting trapped and the bad guy rolling us over.
  • High Swim (preventing the bad guy from bench pressing us off.

I’m pleased to announce that we have settled on a date to have the women’s self-defense course here at X-Factor. The course will start on Tuesday July 1st at 7pm. The course will be 1 hour for 5 weeks. The cost of the course will be $125. If a mother and daughter would like to come the cost will be $75 for the daughter. We will be teaching women how to use the strong parts of their bodies against the weak parts of a man’s body in order to escape an attack. We will also be going over situational awareness, risk assessment & mitigation and attack prevention techniques. All of this will help to build a woman’s self-confidence which can help deter would be attackers. We will be accepting the first 30 participants to sign up. To reserve your spot please email shannon@xfactorbjj.com and pay below using google.

Sincerely,

X-Factor Staff