Day 5 started with take down and sprawling drills. Then we practiced inversion/ spinning drills. I don't remember what it is called. My heel has been hurting from calcification of the achilles tendon at the attachment point. All last week I was walking with a limp. I didn't train in either Krav or jiu-jitsu last week.
In fact, I attended a four day Tony Robbins event at the SAP center. It got me very inspired to do better in life.
So even though I am nursing a painful heel, I decided to go train. I am glad I did. Today I got called out to roll with another white belt. The other guy had been training for 7 months. He is 48 years old, so three years older than me. I rolled with 4 different white belts tonight, and it was a very positive day. I tapped out two of them and was tapped by two of them. The last one was a 14 year old girl that I let her get me in an armbar.
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Friday, March 9, 2018
Day 4 - Armbars and a scolding
The intensity is picking up. Three hours of training in one day is fun, but it's too much. I definitely need to space it out a bit.
Yesterday I went to see a podiatrist for pain I have been experiencing in my right foot. Later that day, I went to Krav Maga and worked on 360 knife defence as well as chokes from standing and on the ground. That class lasted one hour.
I have an hour between Krav and Jiu-Jitsu, so I usually just drive over to Jiu-Jitsu and watch or read stuff on my phone until about 20 minutes before class. Then I go inside to change and prepare myself mentally. Since I an new, there is always someone I have not met yet so we exchange pleasantries. This time it was a young 22 year old woman that got her blue belt in under a year. She said she was aiming to get her purple belt by this Christmas. I did not want to dismiss her goals as there are known people like BJ Penn that raise up the ranks very quickly.
Today was armbars and a sweep our professor says will work on white belts to black belts. The move consisted of a lot of parts, but maybe it's because he is going so slow to break it down for us to remember. It definitely works on a compliant training partner, but I do not know if it will work on someone resisting.
Flowing was interesting. Since there was not a lot of color belts, our Professor decided to flow instead of roll. I didn't have any issues that I knew of flowing with most of the other students in class. The last person I flowed with was another white belt that had been training for the last two months. He is very tall and slim. I could tell right from the beginning that he had less control. He was going for a submission. Everytime I felt I could have submitted him, I back away, but it caused him to go harder. This was the first time I felt very exhausted after just a few minutes. When I was able to break away, I told him I had to stop.
I would love to use the excuse that I was tired after training for almost three hours. That the last meal I had was at 1pm that day and we were approaching 9:30 pm. In reality, I was out rolled and for that moment, I felt like being 45 years old is not a good time to be in a full roll with twenty somethings.
At the end of class, our professor looked at me and spoke about tapping when we get caught with a good submission. The was a moment when I was flowing with the tall white belt that he held me in an Americana. I did not think about it at the time because I did not feel he had it in tight. I had my knee on his biceps to block him from completing the move. I was calm and just waiting for him to give up and move to a new submission attempt. I eventually got o out of it, but that was not what our professor saw. I apologized to him as I was leaving. I told him I was too ignorant to know that he caught me in a good lock. I didn't mean it though. In my mind, I was not in any danger. But I didn't want to fight it.
Tap early, tap often, train longer.
Yesterday I went to see a podiatrist for pain I have been experiencing in my right foot. Later that day, I went to Krav Maga and worked on 360 knife defence as well as chokes from standing and on the ground. That class lasted one hour.
I have an hour between Krav and Jiu-Jitsu, so I usually just drive over to Jiu-Jitsu and watch or read stuff on my phone until about 20 minutes before class. Then I go inside to change and prepare myself mentally. Since I an new, there is always someone I have not met yet so we exchange pleasantries. This time it was a young 22 year old woman that got her blue belt in under a year. She said she was aiming to get her purple belt by this Christmas. I did not want to dismiss her goals as there are known people like BJ Penn that raise up the ranks very quickly.
Today was armbars and a sweep our professor says will work on white belts to black belts. The move consisted of a lot of parts, but maybe it's because he is going so slow to break it down for us to remember. It definitely works on a compliant training partner, but I do not know if it will work on someone resisting.
Flowing was interesting. Since there was not a lot of color belts, our Professor decided to flow instead of roll. I didn't have any issues that I knew of flowing with most of the other students in class. The last person I flowed with was another white belt that had been training for the last two months. He is very tall and slim. I could tell right from the beginning that he had less control. He was going for a submission. Everytime I felt I could have submitted him, I back away, but it caused him to go harder. This was the first time I felt very exhausted after just a few minutes. When I was able to break away, I told him I had to stop.
I would love to use the excuse that I was tired after training for almost three hours. That the last meal I had was at 1pm that day and we were approaching 9:30 pm. In reality, I was out rolled and for that moment, I felt like being 45 years old is not a good time to be in a full roll with twenty somethings.
At the end of class, our professor looked at me and spoke about tapping when we get caught with a good submission. The was a moment when I was flowing with the tall white belt that he held me in an Americana. I did not think about it at the time because I did not feel he had it in tight. I had my knee on his biceps to block him from completing the move. I was calm and just waiting for him to give up and move to a new submission attempt. I eventually got o out of it, but that was not what our professor saw. I apologized to him as I was leaving. I told him I was too ignorant to know that he caught me in a good lock. I didn't mean it though. In my mind, I was not in any danger. But I didn't want to fight it.
Tap early, tap often, train longer.
Monday, March 5, 2018
Day 3
Today we did a lot of knee on belly. Having a grown man sit on your chest and diaphragm is not something I would like to do everyday. Today we flowed at the end of class. It was the most difficult so far. I was primarily on the offensive, and again I do not believe the upper belts were trying to submit me. I'm feeling tight back muscles. I'll try to stretch it out tomorrow morning.
I spoke to the professor after class and told him I probably would have joined five years ago if the name of the school was a little friendlier. Maybe something like Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy in it. It was funny because he showed me a logo that he was working on that said the same thing.
I'm having a great time. The other students are great. I'm really glad I took the chance and started this journey. If I would have walked into a school that emphasizes competition, the outcome may have been different.
I spoke to the professor after class and told him I probably would have joined five years ago if the name of the school was a little friendlier. Maybe something like Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy in it. It was funny because he showed me a logo that he was working on that said the same thing.
I'm having a great time. The other students are great. I'm really glad I took the chance and started this journey. If I would have walked into a school that emphasizes competition, the outcome may have been different.
Thursday, March 1, 2018
First official day and a surprise from the Professor.
Today, March 1, 2018 is my first day as an official student of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. It only took me 25 years. I signed up for a one year commitment. I did not have to, I could have easily signed up for the month-to-month or the six month plan, but I wanted to see if I am able to train one year straight without injury. Let's see.
I came in a little early to sign the paperwork and pay my tuition. When I called the instructor about signing up, he told me he had a surprise for me. So after I did all the paperwork, he handed me his black gi. I took it as an honor, right? Or did he just want to get rid of it so he gave it to me. It was the same gi I wore when I did the trial class on Tuesday. Maybe he just didn't like the way I stunk up his gi so he gave it to me.
Anyway, I suited up with a gi I purchased off Amazon. It was fairly cheap at $56 dollars shipped same day. What I really liked about it was that it was unbranded. The only brands I want to wear are my own.
So today we drilled triangle chocks. There are so many muscles that I am using in BJJ that I do not typically use, like my adductors. Also my neck muscles are being overworked trying to keep my head off the mat. I hope in time these lesser used muscles will become conditioned.
When we got to rolling, I managed to not get submitted, but I think that was by design. I did get a submission though. I was able to get a crucifix on a purple belt and finish with a keylock. I think that is what it is called. I definitely feel like they allowed me to do better than I really was. It was part of his build you up speech he have me on Tuesday.
I'm just glad I didn't get hurt. That is my main goal. I really can see the draw of BJJ. It really is a chess match between to people that are trying to kill each other. I'm too tired to type anymore. Three hours of training is too long. I am going to have to break up my Krav Maga days and my BJJ days. Goodnight everyone. Oh, before I go, tell me if you had to tap the first time you rolled, and what do you think of the instructor giving me his own gi?
-Tony
I came in a little early to sign the paperwork and pay my tuition. When I called the instructor about signing up, he told me he had a surprise for me. So after I did all the paperwork, he handed me his black gi. I took it as an honor, right? Or did he just want to get rid of it so he gave it to me. It was the same gi I wore when I did the trial class on Tuesday. Maybe he just didn't like the way I stunk up his gi so he gave it to me.
Anyway, I suited up with a gi I purchased off Amazon. It was fairly cheap at $56 dollars shipped same day. What I really liked about it was that it was unbranded. The only brands I want to wear are my own.
So today we drilled triangle chocks. There are so many muscles that I am using in BJJ that I do not typically use, like my adductors. Also my neck muscles are being overworked trying to keep my head off the mat. I hope in time these lesser used muscles will become conditioned.
When we got to rolling, I managed to not get submitted, but I think that was by design. I did get a submission though. I was able to get a crucifix on a purple belt and finish with a keylock. I think that is what it is called. I definitely feel like they allowed me to do better than I really was. It was part of his build you up speech he have me on Tuesday.
I'm just glad I didn't get hurt. That is my main goal. I really can see the draw of BJJ. It really is a chess match between to people that are trying to kill each other. I'm too tired to type anymore. Three hours of training is too long. I am going to have to break up my Krav Maga days and my BJJ days. Goodnight everyone. Oh, before I go, tell me if you had to tap the first time you rolled, and what do you think of the instructor giving me his own gi?
-Tony
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