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I just had a private lesson from Leticia Ribeiro last night. I really enjoyed it. Leticia’s Jiu Jitsu is amazing, and she is relentless. She is always attacking, always one step ahead. It’s quite frustrating actually: Trying to improve my position by (trying to) pass her guard is like trying to get out of a hole by digging…
We rolled briefly for her to assess my skill level, and then she started with the class. She pointed out two major holes in my guard game, and then proceeded to develop sweeps and submissions. She helped with some of my basic positioning, also showed some technical and flashy sweeps, but always focused on the importance of details like how and where and how to grip, how and when to move the hips for mechanical advantage, etc.
We had an open mat right after my private, and I was able to practice my “new and improved“ open guard game. That really worked out well.
I would recommend her as an instructor to anyone. She was patient when I didn’t understand, took the time to explain and explain again until I understood, then practiced reps with me.
She is giving a four hour seminar this coming Saturday at Leonardo Xavier’s main school in Sugarland (Houston). I will def be going, and would recommend it to anyone of any skill level that wants to improve their game.
OH, at the end she showed me a choke that starts by baiting the opponent into what looks like an easy guard pass, but ends in the hardest and fastest choke I have EVER felt. It’s a sort of same side lapel choke, much harder to explain here than actually do. Porra….!
Plus, as if this made any difference, she’s pretty easy to look at, too
. (<- Insiders tell me that my last statement there might cause me to suffer death by Strawberry, but oh well…)
We rolled briefly for her to assess my skill level, and then she started with the class. She pointed out two major holes in my guard game, and then proceeded to develop sweeps and submissions. She helped with some of my basic positioning, also showed some technical and flashy sweeps, but always focused on the importance of details like how and where and how to grip, how and when to move the hips for mechanical advantage, etc.
We had an open mat right after my private, and I was able to practice my “new and improved“ open guard game. That really worked out well.
I would recommend her as an instructor to anyone. She was patient when I didn’t understand, took the time to explain and explain again until I understood, then practiced reps with me.
She is giving a four hour seminar this coming Saturday at Leonardo Xavier’s main school in Sugarland (Houston). I will def be going, and would recommend it to anyone of any skill level that wants to improve their game.
OH, at the end she showed me a choke that starts by baiting the opponent into what looks like an easy guard pass, but ends in the hardest and fastest choke I have EVER felt. It’s a sort of same side lapel choke, much harder to explain here than actually do. Porra….!
Plus, as if this made any difference, she’s pretty easy to look at, too
. (<- Insiders tell me that my last statement there might cause me to suffer death by Strawberry, but oh well…)
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