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David

@davidrichards

Aspiring youth mental health worker. Autodidact. Hiker. iPhoneographer. Blogger. Novice Gracie Jiu Jitsu student.

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David
@davidrichards Nov 23, 2018, 9:34 PM UTC

Musings from the BJJ Gi #29, lesson 60, stripe 3!

I'm just posting the milestone BJJ experiences for the time being, as for now and into the near future, it's primarily just more knuckling down and getting many more repetitions of the same group of…

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@davidrichards Aug 19, 2018, 3:25 AM UTC

Musings from the BJJ Gi #28, lesson 40, stripe 2!

It's been a long time between posts, partially because I lost track of where I was up to with which lesson I had written about, partially because it gets kind of boring for both you and me to keep go…

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David
@davidrichards Jun 28, 2018, 5:06 AM UTC

Musings from the BJJ Gi #27, lesson 29; rear takedown & elevator sweep

The rear takedown indicator (in this drill), is clinching with your opponent, and they try to push your head down into a guillotine choke. You stand up straight and look upward, pushing your head up…

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@davidrichards Jun 24, 2018, 2:42 AM UTC

Second quarterly fast, done! Now to FEEEAST...

I made it 1 hour and 18 minutes longer than last time.

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David
@davidrichards Jun 21, 2018, 7:41 AM UTC

Musings from the BJJ Gi #26, lesson 28; clinch (conservative opponent) & take the back from the mount + R.N.C

Third time I've done this lesson now, and it's sinking in well. I don't feel that there are many new details to take note of with the clinches, I think it's more a matter of just repetitions; doing i…

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David
@davidrichards Jun 19, 2018, 10:06 AM UTC

Musings from the BJJ Gi#25, lessons 26 & 27; leg hook takdedown/trap and rolls, & clinch (aggressive opponent)/americana armlock

We've done the leg hook takedown/trap and rolls lesson a couple of times now, and there wasn't much to report about it really. All good with the trap and rolls, and I got the leg hook takedown happen…

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David
@davidrichards Jun 14, 2018, 3:01 AM UTC

Musings from the BJJ Gi #24, lesson 25; double leg takedown (conservative opponent) & double underhook guard pass

Second time doing this lesson, and in the past, the double leg takedown has always been a movement/technique which I have never really done well or got the fluent hang of. I guess it's pretty dynamic…

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David
@davidrichards Jun 9, 2018, 1:06 AM UTC

Musings from the BJJ Gi #23, lesson 24; standing headlock defence & take the back from the guard

We have gone over the standing headlock defence quite a few times, and the technique is always being refined by small details. My partner was really nailing it this time with precision though; when I…

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David
@davidrichards Jun 7, 2018, 3:28 AM UTC

Musings from the BJJ Gi #22, lesson 23; standing guillotine defence & hook sweep

The indicator for the standing guillotine defence is obviously if your opponent catches you in a guillotine choke. You flex your neck muscles, and catch their guillotine-ing wrist with your hand on t…

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David
@davidrichards Jun 5, 2018, 3:38 AM UTC

Musing from the BJJ Gi #21, lesson 22; leg hook takedown, and kimura armlock (guard)

Second time I'd done the leg hook takedown, and there weren't many notes to take away from this one, I find this technique fairly straight forward to pull off well, I just need to get some reps in to…

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