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Wing sweep

Missed a week on the diary. Last lesson though, we worked a wing sweep. From the back, opponent standing, hook a left leg outside his right, right foot in his hip. Half turn onto your left side and pivot the right hip so the knee comes to his chest, foot goes under his leg. Right hand digs deep into his right lapel. Left hand grabs his left and pulls it across towards your left shoulder. Release the right hand. Sit up a bit and put the right hand over to grab his back - belt, gi, anything. Lie back down in an arc as you pull with the arm and sweep with the leg describing a nice big circle. He will come off the ground and land next to you. You use the momentum to come up into side control. Rolling was tough. I alternated rolling and sitting out over the rounds. I think after a few lessons, at least I can sort of make out what people are doing, but trying to pick out techniques from watching is difficult. Rolled with a blue belt who was super kind - he was rolling slow, giving me tim...