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Today, my instructor was Allison and my partner was Charlie.

We worked on a lot of escapes from the bottom, today.

From the bottom being full mounted. Post with hand on their hip. Bump them off balance then tie up their left arm with your left arm. Bridge your back and sweep with the bridge by swinging your right arm over them and you will land on top of them.

Another move was to break their guard with turning hips and put the right hand on their left hip and forearm on their left thigh, push their right leg down with the left hand and pass the guard to the left. Allison mentioned to imagine their legs like a diamond that you are prying open with pressure.

There is a move where you make a frame on their hip then shrimp and while you are on the bottom and they have full mount. You put butterfly hooks (hooking with your feet on their legs), and you can push them away and go from there with ideas.

At the end I was pretty exhausted, a purple belt helped me by taking my spot with Charlie for a few rounds. I rolled lightly at the end with Charlie. The top person was to let the bottom try to get the escapes from the bottom. I remember at one point I did the arm trap sweep and it worked, and another time I somehow got behind Charlie. It was a lot of fun to end the class with the rolls. Wednesday is Judo, I am glad I am feeling better. I was really nervous about how I would do in class this week because I was sick last week.