The Whizzer

Last week's submission grappling training centred around The Whizzer, again taught by Nathan Leverton.  Maybe I was tired after work or not quite recovered from a bout of cold virus, but I had real difficulty getting hold of this technique and keeping it in my head.  Don't misunderstand - I've worked Whizzers in the past, but the transitions to other positions & submissions just wouldn't stick in my mind.  Oh well.
There was a lot in this lesson:

• Head position
• Wrist control
• Peeling the wrist off
• Transitioning from collar tie, underhook.
• Transitioning to headlock/snapdown
• The Marcelotine (!)
• The Anaconda choke 

The Marcelotine was new to me and a real eye opener- literally - as the choke comes on quickly and particularly hard against the windpipe.  Nasty.

I'd studied the Anaconda previously but still managed to completely mess it up on my first attempt.


I've decided to keep a kind of training journal that records details of the training at Leicester MMA.  This is not a diary type journal but more a way of ensuring that I remeber things through the act of writing them down.  I can also revisit my notes, like a kind of revision, so that I can try to cement techniques and key details in my mind.  I'll let you know how this goes.


More posts soon, lots to write up from the last week.....