Finally made it back on the mat tonight for a little over an hour of drills and sparring.
Rodrigo is still in Hawaii. So Cindy led the class. We worked on submissions from the guard: the "swinging" armlock drill from the guard, then a more deliberate armlock from the guard, and finally a transition to the triangle choke.
Many nice little details, especially with the triangle choke. Cindy is a big fan of the Machado approach, where you grab your shin to get the triangle in place rather than just relying on your legs. During drills, I also focused on another Cindy detail of bucking and raising your hips to help get control over your opponent's upper body and to more easily bring his trapped arm across the centerline.
Managed to get in just a little bit of sparring. Was very pleased with a half guard move to the back that I managed to execute, as well as my moth guard. I was also able to pull off my knee-stuff guard pass to side control twice.
Short, but sweet, and a post-training weigh-in of 160.4. Not bad to start the week.
