Completely exhausted right now. With a few guys competing in Lutador this weekend, tonight's class consisted of lots of drilling and lots of rolling. After warm-up, we drilled shoulder throws. Then a basic guard sweep. Then a mount escape (better for bigger guys) and an easy open guard pass. Cue heavy arms. Next came shooting and sprawling. Cue heavy legs. Following that we moved on to positional training. Guard sweeping/passing first, then side control escapes or submissions. Felt really good about the guard stuff, but my game from side control stinks. Something else to work on I guess.
After that a few regular rolls; with Caleb, then Steve, then a newer(ish) white belt named Kevin. I didn't do awful with Caleb, but by the end of the roll I was really tired. Then rolling with Steve I started wishing I had eaten a little less Chick-fil-A on the way over. I felt really bad though when I accidentally whacked him in the nose when sitting back for an arm bar. Well I guess that's one way to make them let go. Okay. Really tired now. By the time the last round started, I was seriously considering asking to sit out. I decided to push on ahead though and see how I did when I was tired. Turns out, I hardly got the chance. About a minute into the round, we were grip fighting when Kevin yanked his hand out of my gi. He yanked so hard it actually broke or dislocated the top joint of his finger. It wasn't bad thank goodness, but, needless to say, class ended shortly. Anyway, feeling a little dangerous momentarily seeing as I managed to whack a nose and break a finger in the course of one class.
By the way, remember that awesome fluidity from last week? Yeah, it has gone missing. :/
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
I'm back!!!
I think it's been like two months since my last post...sorry about that. I suppose I should have mentioned this in advance. I have a terrible tendency with writing (and art and occasionally reading) that for a while, anywhere from a few weeks to a few months, I will do a ton of writing. I'll write everyday or every other day or whenever I get a chance. But then I burn myself out and writing becomes a chore and I have trouble dragging myself to the computer to do it. Needless to say, I hit that point in December. Not really sure if I'm through it yet, but I can try.
I only made it to a few classes last month anyway. Between the weather and other commitments, I only actually made it to two gi classes last month. I should have guessed considering I got a new gi for Christmas that I was dying to wear. (Maybe I'll do a review for it later. I couldn't find a review for the women's before I bought it.)
I guess I never posted the results from the Newbreed tournament back in December. Short version - first place in Gi, first place in No-Gi, finally got to go against a girl!! So overall good tournament! I haven't competed any this year yet; I have a Tang Soo Do test (for 2nd degree black belt) in March that I would rather not get injured before. I think the my next tournament will probably be NAGA in July.
Class last night was good. We recently began spending a lot more class time drilling which honestly I really like. Last night we drilled a transition from side control, to scarf hold, to north south, and all the way around, then an open guard pass and a sit-up guard pass, and finally some submissions from the back. I didn't get in as many reps as usual last night because I was working with Caleb who constantly cycled through to give each pair a new technique to drill. My techniques were flowing pretty well though, which I was happy about.
Four rounds of rolling. Honestly, that was probably my best class in a while. I was caught in several submissions, but I recognized a defense for each, some of which worked and some of which didn't. My whole roll felt really smooth. Even rolling with the big guys I was doing better than usual. Hopefully this will hold up through tonight.
I only made it to a few classes last month anyway. Between the weather and other commitments, I only actually made it to two gi classes last month. I should have guessed considering I got a new gi for Christmas that I was dying to wear. (Maybe I'll do a review for it later. I couldn't find a review for the women's before I bought it.)
I guess I never posted the results from the Newbreed tournament back in December. Short version - first place in Gi, first place in No-Gi, finally got to go against a girl!! So overall good tournament! I haven't competed any this year yet; I have a Tang Soo Do test (for 2nd degree black belt) in March that I would rather not get injured before. I think the my next tournament will probably be NAGA in July.
Class last night was good. We recently began spending a lot more class time drilling which honestly I really like. Last night we drilled a transition from side control, to scarf hold, to north south, and all the way around, then an open guard pass and a sit-up guard pass, and finally some submissions from the back. I didn't get in as many reps as usual last night because I was working with Caleb who constantly cycled through to give each pair a new technique to drill. My techniques were flowing pretty well though, which I was happy about.
Four rounds of rolling. Honestly, that was probably my best class in a while. I was caught in several submissions, but I recognized a defense for each, some of which worked and some of which didn't. My whole roll felt really smooth. Even rolling with the big guys I was doing better than usual. Hopefully this will hold up through tonight.
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