Side note (And I almost feel like making a separate thread on it).... The leg lock game, how many of your gyms have a sole class dedicated to leg locks only? I have seen this as a rising trend..... A lot of gyms I see now have this curriculum... Beginner and Advanced Gi and No Gi, Leg Lock Beginner and Advanced, Pro Training, Drills & Cardio, maybe a self defense class...... Personally, I think this is dumb as fuck, making it all about leg lock attacks (I see a lot of guys now shitting on BJJ, saying that 'Catch Wrestling and Sambo are the only way to go'.... As they wear their BJJ Black Belts).
I hate how I don't see Judo/Wrestling on the schedules, but let's dedicate all this time to showing 90 ashi garami variants that all end in a heel hook gets multiple dedicated class times in a lot of gyms. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE leg locks, and when I was a purple belt, I was ALL about going for them non stop..... But nowadays when I see someone only playing that game, and forgoing other attacks, it annoys me... Everyone thinks they're a member of the DDS now. I just recently rolled against a high level brown belt who everyone told me was a great leg locker, and I wrist locked and darce'd him a shit ton (as he tried to play a deep half entries), he was shocked that he didn't see them coming, I was like HOW?????