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I am chronicling my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training here on this site. I think writing about it will give me a better perspective on how my training relates to my overall ability. My training sessions are broken into the following:
- 1. Warmup/Learn and Practice new technique.
- 2. Do drills against opponents trying only to escape your technique.
- 3. Sparring against fully resisting opponents (Rolling). This takes up the majority of class time.
Thoughts and best/worse matches:
Last night was one of the best nights I have ever had in class. Warmups were quick but brutal. Try doing 10 fast pushups, then 9 fast pushups, then 8, etc. without resting or ever letting your knees hit the floor. It’s harder than it sounds. After warmups we did some more sweeps from open guard, most notably Butterfly guard. These were really nice to learn as I had been in these situations with nothing to do other than trying to keep someone from passing. I noticed that during the technique exercises I am much less winded than I have been during other practices.
Last night was also one of the best nights I’ve had for rolling. I went the whole evening not being submitted. That’s a nice feeling to be honest. My first match was against someone of equal skill. We rolled a while, but I kept dominant positions almost the entire time. I couldn’t finish though. Next time I’ll get ‘im! Honestly that was my worst match. My best match was against someone with much higher skill. I managed to get an armbar on his far arm while in side control. Granted, I honestly think he was being nice and giving me a bit of a break by not sweeping me prior to the armbar. Despite this, I had never finished anyone with that specific armbar so it still made me happy.
Saturday during open sparring time, I will hopefully get some of these more advanced guys to show me some more guard passing techniques. Being chubby and kinda slow, it’s hard for me.
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