Judo adventures - Class 63

[yuuago]

Attending: Me, M, M2, VP. Sensei instructing; N as assistant.

Groundwork today. Mainly focused on chokes. Sensei showed us one he called a "clock choke", which was as follows: Opponent in turtle; you're at their side. Go in with your hand that's closest to the head (so, if you're at their left side, go with your left hand), under the neck, grab high up inside the gi. Reach over with other hand to grab the pants. Then flatten them out. Next, your feet come forward, with your hips toward their head; it's almost like you're doing a kesa-gatame. And then you slowly walk your feet closer to their head until they give.

Hard to explain. Tricky to pull off. Requires some flexibility.

Also did some more basic ones as well, including from behind. Aaand we also tried one no-gi choke, which was difficult, not really to my preference, and I can't remember the procedure anyway. xD

Couple rounds of randori! Once with VP, which was challenging, though I did manage to get her in a halfway-decent hold. And then once with Sensei, who seemed really pleased with how I was doing and how strong I'm getting and so on. :V Yay!