Thursday, September 3, 2009
Thursday Lunch Class
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
No Classes Monday the 7th
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Tuesday Night Class
Jeff has the Sit-Up Guard on Cobrinha. This is a very offensive guard, Jeff has Cobrinha's arm and leg trapped and can set up a number of sweeps from this position. To set up his counter Cobrinha controls Jeff's leg and the back of the neck.
Cobrinha pulls Jeff towads him and pushes down on the leg to release his knee
With his leg free Cobrinha can step over Jeff's leg and he uses his grip on the collar to turn Jeff and put his back on the floor. In this position Cobrinha has Jeff's right leg pinned and his left arm trapped between his thigh and calf
From this point Cobrinha can set up his attack, he feeds his right hand (palm up) deep into Jeff's collar then breaks Jeff's grip on his sleeve. With his right hand trapped Jeff can't hold on to Cobrinha's sleeve

Once his Arm is free Cobrinha grabs Jeff's other collar (palm up).

To apply pressure to the choke Cobrinha turns his wrists, pulls his elbows to his hips and drives his weight forward
Monday, August 31, 2009
Monday Evening Class
The Advanced guys worked with Cobrinha, the technique was to sit out and take the back after your opponent spraws.

Homberto shoots on Adam, Adam spraws to defend.

Before Adam can cross face, Homberto traps Adam's right arm and switches his hip. As Homberto kicks his right leg through he uses the back of his head to assist the movement.

Once Homberto kicks through he turns the corner and controls Adam's back
Jacare was in charge of the beginners section, he showed a variation of the cross choke from Closed Guard

Jacare has Bart in the Closed guard with his arm trapped. Jacare has wizard Bart's arm and is holding the opposite collar

Jacare grabs the other collar with his right hand, thumb inside. He pulls Bart towards him with his legs, brings his elbows to his hips and applies pressure for the choke
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Satuday Technique
A video of Jacare demonstrating.
Saturday Class Warmups
Alliance Kids BBQ
Friday, August 28, 2009
Friday Lunch Class
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Beginner Class Recap

Jacare starts in the Knee on Belly position. Jacare uses his right hand to open Todd's collar and slides his left hand deep into the collar. *Note: Jacare slides his first hand in palm up

Jacare slides his right hand into the collar palm down. When Jacare grabs the collar he only has his thumb inside

To apply pressure to the choke, Jacare turns his wrists out, brings his elbows to his hips, picks Todd's shoulder off the mat and drives his weight forward towards Todd's head.
Thursday Lunch Class Gi Technique
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Wednesday Night Class

Today's technique was a sweep from Sit-Up Guard with a follow up pass to side control.
Alec is in Diego's Guard, Diego pushes on Alec's Knee and transitions into the Sit-Up Guard

When Diego sits up, he traps Alec's right arm and left leg

Diego shifts his hips back and drives his right shoulder into the back of Alec's trapped leg. Diego stands up and uses his right foot to scoop up Alec's leg

When Alec does down Diego follows up by driving forward and keeps pressure on Alec by getting the underhook and putting his head on Alec's chest

Diego walks his hips up towards Alec's head while keeping Alec's left leg trapped between his legs.
As soon as it's in range Diego cross faces Alec with his left arm.

Once Diego has control of Alec's head he switches his hips and passes to side control
Upcoming Seminar
Rubens “Cobrinha” Charles, 4 time black belt world champion, and Romero “Jacare” Cavalcanti, founder of the 4 time world champion Alliance team, are giving a joint seminar at Alliance Greenville. This is a once in a life time opportunity to learn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from two of the best instructors in the world.
The address is 600 Laurens Road, Greenville, SC 29607. You can contact the event organizer Billy Fletcher at focusedfitnesssc@gmail.com or (864)420-1646. The date and time is Nov 14th from 12 to 3pm. The prices are $80 before November 1st, and $100 after November 1st. There will be belt tests from 10:00am to 11:45am. This event will be scheduled at the new Alliance Greenville location with all new mats. Come help break in the new place!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Beginner Class Recap

For today's class Jacare focused on maintaining the Mounted Position. The Mount is a very advantageous position but a lot of guys are hesitant to use it for fear of being bumped off

As Daren begins to push up on Jacare's chest, Jacare counters by swimming his arms and posting

When Daren hip escapes and pushes on Jacare's legs, Jacare counters by lifting up Daren's elbow and sliding his knee up into Daren's armpit

When Daren turns, Jacare gets behind his shoulder and forces Daren to turn over so Jacare can take his back
Monday, August 24, 2009
Monday Lunch Class
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Wednesday Night Class

To start the technique, Ian is in the guard and he sits up and traps Cobrinha's lapel, Cobrinha controls Ian by holding Ian's collar and pants just below the knee.

As a fake to set up the technique Cobrinha pushes Ian backwards

As Ian resists Cobrinha pulls him back in and traps Ian's head under his armpit. *Cobrinha still has his grips on Ian's collar and pants*

Cobrinha dives over Ian and puts his back on the floor

Cobrinha pulls down with both his arm contorting Ian's body and apples pressure on the choke

If your opponent has a strong neck (Like Ian) and doesn't tap, you can release the leg, roll on top, trap the far arm and apply more pressure to the neck
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Beginner Class Recap

Jacare starts on Todd's back with the seat belt grip. Note: Jacare has his right hand in a fist and his left hand is on top protecting it. He does this because he will use his right as the choking arm.

With his left hand Jacare opens Todd's collar and slides his right hand in deep.

He then grabs Todd's opposite collar with his left hand. To finish the choke Jacare pulls down with his left hand and across Todd's throat with his right



