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Monday 2026-06-01 through Sunday 2026-06-07 Pacific, inclusive.

Training sessions

4 actual sessions.

Missed/cancelled sessions

None logged inside this window.

This was a strong technical week, and the theme is not subtle: Bryan is building a tighter control game. The week touched top Kimura chains, active legs/feet for control, closed-guard entries, double-butterfly pressure passing, and defensive escapes from mount/three-quarter mount.

Kimura chains and pressure passing

The best direct hit is from chewjitsu-training-strategies-older-grapplers.md, especially the Q&A bonus on Kimura defense while pressure passing. Chewy's point: tight pressure passing exposes the near arm to triangles, leg entries, and Kimuras. His solution is to drill with the specific constraint that "not getting Kimura'd" is the primary goal and passing is secondary.

That applies both ways for Bryan this week. Offensively, he is building Kimura control from north-south and side control. Defensively, Wednesday's pressure passing should include arm-awareness reps so his own near arm does not become the same gift he is trying to exploit.

The same note also says, "There's no substitute for time in position." This fits the week perfectly: Bryan got repeated time in north-south, side control, pressure passing, and bad-pin escapes. Keep doing that. The position time is the thing.

Active legs, leg pummeling, and control

The active-feet theme from the 2026-06-03 private lines up with the broader "choose a path" idea from fastest-way-white-to-blue-belt.md: "Pick one guard, one pass, one takedown. Depth beats breadth."

Spotlight: Pressure passing without donating the near-side Kimura

This is the highest-value concept for right now because Bryan is working both sides of the same exchange: attacking with Kimuras from top control and learning pressure passing into side control.

The key idea from Chewy's pressure-passing Q&A: every strong passing position has vulnerabilities. When you get tight and heavy, the near arm can drift into danger. So the next step is not just "pass harder." It is positional sparring where the actual goal is arm discipline.

Drill idea

Start in double-butterfly pressure-pass range. Top player wins if they pass without exposing the near arm. Bottom player wins if they catches the Kimura grip, triangle angle, or leg-entry exposure. Passing is still good, but awareness is the point.

Why it applies now: this ties Wednesday's pressure passing directly to Tuesday's Kimura work. It turns the week from separate classes into one usable skill loop.