YES!!! Tap Outs galore!!!

Finally - I caught someone in a triangle while sparring. Then, the next round passed the guard and pulled a front, top arm bar on him.

AND, believe it or not, passed the guard using a guard pass my instructor taught us. He gave up once I made the pass. (It's the brutal, shin on inner thigh pass...ouch!)

WHOOOO!!!!

And then successfully defended for 5 minutes from the guard against another student who normally whups up on me.

Of course, in my final round, I got caught in a freakin' front guillotine by Bryan. I rolled, but he got me good.

But I learned a valuable lesson.

If caught in a guillotine, turn into the choke. Cup the arm with your arm flat against your body. He WILL NOT be able to choke you out!

Begin to roll....and roll and roll until you get some space. Pull the arm over your head onto your chest.

Roll low and tight into him...and now you'll have top position.

Since I suspect I'll be getting into a lot of guillotines....going to practice this very much. A little difficult to practice without a partner...but at least mental visualization with 'shadow wrestling'.

Other moves learned:

Arm bar drill.

From the guard!!! (very cool stuff)

Grab same wrist, and snake arm under his other arm to grab his elbow. Pull that arm across your body. At same time, use your same foot on his same hip to swing your hips over to opposite side.

Bring your opposite foot up and ....
Well, lockflow has a slightly different variation.....
http://www.lockflow.com/article_view.php?id=219

We also learned from the rubber guard how to get the leg up and cup it down....so that you can triangle..or roll into an omoplata...

From sherdog forums...
It's from Greek. Derivative of "omo" = shoulder
"plata" = blade/plat/flat surface

Translated -- it's a lock on the scapula/shoulder

Wait - just found this sweet-ass Quick Arm-bar - gotta practice it: http://www.lockflow.com/article_view.php?id=324