Teaching

Back felt better than yesterday, but still not right. I arrived early and it looked like it was just going to be a couple of newish white belts. That was fine with me, as I didn't relish the thought of teaching a big class. I was hoping a higher belt would show up to teach, but no. Just a lot more white belts, a couple of blues and a visiting purple from Maryland. I couldn't very well ask him to teach, so...Damn. I considered just making it an open mat, but there were a couple of very new white belts (father and daughter) and I didn't think an hour and a half of rolling would be a good idea.

I had decided ahead of time that I was going to show DLR passes b/c I was most comfortable with those. I started off showing how to pop the hook, and then the leg drag. But I didn't do an actual leg drag, because I'm an idiot. Instead of dragging the leg across the hip, I was sinking down on top of the shin. It would still sortof work, but it was wrong. All I can say is brain fart, and I haven't drilled that particular move in a few weeks. As I was walking around, the purple belt was helping a couple of the guys by doing an actual leg drag. I asked him to show the entire class, b/c it was way better than what I was showing. Ugh.

I got it together though after that and showed the dive under pass, which went much better. I did the tripod sweep after that b/c I wanted to pick something relatively simple for the white belts. 

Rolling at the end. I sat out the first round, then easy rolls with Nick, Sam (w), Ryan and Ian. My back did ok during rolls, but there was a fair amount grimacing on my part. I wasn't explosive at all and played a very defensive game with Ryan and Ian. I did manage to get to their backs a couple of times, but spent a fair amount of time in my favorite place, bottom side-control. 

So after that little foray into teaching, I'm not so sure that teaching a basics class is a good idea. I felt deeply unqualified today.