My right heel was hurting today. I almost didn't train because I was worried it would get worst. I took my girls to their class, then decided to stay for mine.
The class warm-ups was headed by a young brown belt today. Today's class was full. There was probably 24+ in today's class. We didn't get through all the warm-up when Professor came on the mat and started us on our drills.
Today I paired up with a young 15 year old grey belt. We worked on recovering position from a passing opponent. I let him go the whole time. He was suppose to create a frame when I passed to the side by placing the close side hand on my bicep and the far side hand on my head. He was suppose to then bring his far side leg to the bicep his close side hand was holding. He kept contacting my close side shin instead of my bicep and when he brought his far side leg over, she contacted my shoulder most of the time.
The next drill was the closed guard sweep of a standing opponent before they can break guard. This time we went one-for-one. Basic sweep to full mount.
The last drill was attacking an opponent in the turtle position. We drilled this move last week also. We went one-for-one on this one. Nothing special here.
Professor started calling two on the mat at a time for some rolls. I was paired up with a female blue belt that was my weight. She had just finished rolling with a white belt that she submitted easily.
We started on our feet. I tried to trip her a couple times, but was not able to get in close enough. I faked a third time, then went for a double leg but ended with a single. She was able to stuff me temporarily, but I was able to transition to a double and pick her up. I tried to let her down slowly as to not slam her.
I ended up in her full guard and tried to fight my way out of it. I was able to get up and control her pant cuffs. As I pulled them to the side and get into side control, she started to turtle up. I was able to get my hooks in and finish with a collar choke while transitioning to her side.
After everyone had a turn, we paired up for rolls. I selected a new white belt that was on his second week. He was not paired up for the rolls earlier. I did not attack him at all. I allowed him to get side control and full mount to see what he could do. He was probably 30-40 pound heavier than me. A few time I put myself in really bad positions, but he didn't recognize it so he was not able to take advantage of it. We flowed for about 15 minutes. He was very tired and stopped to ask me about types of chokes he would have been able to get from his positions. I showed him a collar choke from mount and an Ezekiel choke.
My next partner was the military blue belt. We started from our knees. I was able to grab his pant cuff with one hand and his sleeve cuff with the other. I used both to spin him around so I could get to side control. We scrambled for a little bit, but most of the time I had top position. I eventually got him in the scarf hold and attached his near side arm. He tapped to a kimura.
We went for a second round. This time he was a little more aggressive. We went back and forth like before, but this time during the scramble, I ended up in his triangle. I was able to defend the triangle, but he transitioned to an Omoplata. I started to roll out of it, but ran into the mirror so I stopped. Since I was not able to roll because I didn't want to hit the mirror, my opponent had time to adjust his angle. I tapped earlier since I could not see a way out.
That ended the night for me. I'm always glad that I rolled once I get on the mat. OSS
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Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Blue Belt +1
Today was my first day on the mat since receiving my blue belt last Thursday. As always, I was not feeling it today. I was tired from work and hungry. I don't typically eat after lunch on days I know I will be training. I made that mistake once and almost threw up from drilling knee-on-belly. The stars always seem to align in the worst ways for me. One time I was having neck pain, and of course that day we worked clock chokes.
Today one of the brown belts that has been away for the majority of the summer lead the warm-ups. He like to have us do forward and backward rolls as well as cartwheels. Professor doesn't have us do those. Once professor came on the mats, we went into dilling the Lasso to Omoplata. During the warm-ups, one of the higher ranking blue belts that is about 60 lbs of muscle heavier than I ask if we can drill together. I never turn anyone down, so I said yes.
Because he is so muscular, his technique is modified from how Professor shows us. He is a really nice guy, even though he is a Marine and could probably fold me in half with just his arms. After a few slow detailed attempts, I give him a little more resistance to test him. Like I said, his technique is not perfect, but he has adapted it to his body and it's effective.
From there we dill a sweep from closed guard and a recover from a transition to side control. The key to the sweep is to maintain control of the sleeve during the transition. For the transition to side control, the key is to control the head and drive it towards the mat using my far arm with the near arm on the bicep.
While drilling, Professor saw us flowing the omoplata so he called us over to show us how to sit onto the arm of a rolling opponent to trap the arm for an armbar or triangle choke. After the first hour, we paired up and rolled. My first partner was the larger more experienced ble belt I drilled with. He was being very patient with me and did not push to hard.
Right about the time he was able to mount me, Professor called time and had us switch partners. I'm not sure how long we flow rolled, but I think Professor saw that I was in a bad spot and sent me a lifeline.
My next partner was a white belt that just received his first stripe today. I was just flowing with him, but he made some fatal errors in his movement, so I capitalized and got the armbar on him. We went again, and I gave him a dominant position, but we rolled into a position that allowed me to get the kimura on him using my body parallel to his and lifting his elbow while his forearm was stuck in my hip area.
I moved to my next training partner. He is probably a full foot or more taller than me, but not that much heavier. We went at it for awhile before he was able to lock the triangle on me. I was able to hold off tapping for a while and I tried to move around to a North-South position, but as I was doing that, he managed to get the arm that was in across his body. I could pull it back and I didn't want to pass out, so I tapped. We went again, but this time I was able to get an armbar. I rolled him to his side as I tried to get to the s-mount position. When I got my leg over his head, he raised up and started to stack me. I reached for his leg and was able to get him flat on his back. He raised his far leg up and over my head (he is so long) but when he pushed me down I brought his arm down with me and he tapped.
After that, I looked up and it was 9:30p. The others were starting to pack up, so I went to pack up and leave also. There was about 12 people there tonight. I think I got some good rolls in. Not to bad for a day that I almost wanted to skip. Right now I have back and shoulder pain, but that is what I get for being old. OSS!
Today one of the brown belts that has been away for the majority of the summer lead the warm-ups. He like to have us do forward and backward rolls as well as cartwheels. Professor doesn't have us do those. Once professor came on the mats, we went into dilling the Lasso to Omoplata. During the warm-ups, one of the higher ranking blue belts that is about 60 lbs of muscle heavier than I ask if we can drill together. I never turn anyone down, so I said yes.
Because he is so muscular, his technique is modified from how Professor shows us. He is a really nice guy, even though he is a Marine and could probably fold me in half with just his arms. After a few slow detailed attempts, I give him a little more resistance to test him. Like I said, his technique is not perfect, but he has adapted it to his body and it's effective.
From there we dill a sweep from closed guard and a recover from a transition to side control. The key to the sweep is to maintain control of the sleeve during the transition. For the transition to side control, the key is to control the head and drive it towards the mat using my far arm with the near arm on the bicep.
While drilling, Professor saw us flowing the omoplata so he called us over to show us how to sit onto the arm of a rolling opponent to trap the arm for an armbar or triangle choke. After the first hour, we paired up and rolled. My first partner was the larger more experienced ble belt I drilled with. He was being very patient with me and did not push to hard.
Right about the time he was able to mount me, Professor called time and had us switch partners. I'm not sure how long we flow rolled, but I think Professor saw that I was in a bad spot and sent me a lifeline.
My next partner was a white belt that just received his first stripe today. I was just flowing with him, but he made some fatal errors in his movement, so I capitalized and got the armbar on him. We went again, and I gave him a dominant position, but we rolled into a position that allowed me to get the kimura on him using my body parallel to his and lifting his elbow while his forearm was stuck in my hip area.
I moved to my next training partner. He is probably a full foot or more taller than me, but not that much heavier. We went at it for awhile before he was able to lock the triangle on me. I was able to hold off tapping for a while and I tried to move around to a North-South position, but as I was doing that, he managed to get the arm that was in across his body. I could pull it back and I didn't want to pass out, so I tapped. We went again, but this time I was able to get an armbar. I rolled him to his side as I tried to get to the s-mount position. When I got my leg over his head, he raised up and started to stack me. I reached for his leg and was able to get him flat on his back. He raised his far leg up and over my head (he is so long) but when he pushed me down I brought his arm down with me and he tapped.
After that, I looked up and it was 9:30p. The others were starting to pack up, so I went to pack up and leave also. There was about 12 people there tonight. I think I got some good rolls in. Not to bad for a day that I almost wanted to skip. Right now I have back and shoulder pain, but that is what I get for being old. OSS!
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