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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 a very fun and difficult night. It was a smaller class consisting of about 15 people, so we did warmups a bit differently. We went around to each person, that person would pick an exercise, then we would all do 20 reps of said exercise without stopping/resting in between. For example, person 1 said pushups, so he would count off 20 pushups and we would all follow along. The next guy said squats, so we immediately started 20 squats. We did different pushups, squats, crunches, leg lifts, jumps, up/downs, for quite a long time (15 people times 20 reps of something each equals 300 reps). After warmups we worked on some attacks from back mount. We worked on two different variations of the rear naked choke (single and double handed) as well as two gi chokes and an armbar transition involving a fake choke. These were devastatingly effective and very fun to do. I actually used one of the chokes successfully while rolling tonight.
Rolling went pretty darned well. I’ve decided to try and roll with that same Blue Belt every class until I get him. He’s good, technical, in great shape, and super strong. I am none of those things, so he soundly trounces me every time we roll. He swears I am getting better, but when I roll with him, I feel like it’s my first night. He’s very cool and always stops to tell me what I can do better. The past 4 classes he has made quick work of me. Heck, I’d be happy if I could pass his guard once in a while. My best matchup was against another advanced guy I roll with pretty regularly. I barely got him with an armbar from side control. He did not submit me this time (he usually does 2-3 times per night). My worst matchup was with the mighty Blue Belt. He submitted me about 4-5 times in our time together including a nice gi choke that caught across my face crushing my cheekbones. It hurt like hell, but I practically gift-wrapped that one to him. Live and learn I guess.
When i got home I was still hyped up on adrenaline and had a hard time going to sleep. This made me go to bed later, sleep in too late, and almost be late to work. I have to try harder to get to sleep when I get home.
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