Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Granby Rolls

I posted a few stills of Ryan Hall doing a guard replacement move. After Monday night's class and warmup by Stephan, I'm now thinking that guard replacement move was a Granby Roll.

Stephan's had us do this drill in warmups before, and watching guys like Ryan Hall, Tommy, and Clint--guys who spend a lot of time in the guard--over the past several months has only underscored how important this move is.

There's picture in The Essential Guard of Rodrigo Medeiros doing what he calls the "compass drill" that looks very similar, involving a shoulder roll. But there's probably a better copy of the granby roll in this Google Video.