Lapel guard ain't easy.
It's even more difficult when you barely get to drill it yourself, b/c you're spending all your time coaching a 3 week white belt through the move. I'm being a bit selfish and squirrely, I know. It's partially due to the fact that anytime I've gotten on the internet today, I was met by the resounding notes of immaturity, stubbornness and outright hostility. I have GOT to get myself off the boards when sensitive topics arise.
Anyway, back to lapel guard. I pulled Rachael aside after class and was able to drill the techniques. We rolled before class, which was good b/c it was KOTH night. :( I started off with a visiting purple belt, Mark. I thought it was going to be a kindof fun roll until he knee-barred me. Mental note: spend some damn time on leg-lock defense.
Rolled with Sam, who to his credit, has great movement even though he trains once a month (if that). He transitioned from a north/south choke into a beautiful arm-bar as I tried to defend the choke. I'm not sure how it happened, but it was super slick.
Rolled with a guy who's name I don't know a couple of times. He's very chatty, but even so I was able to take his back once (rear mount or sub resulted in the match being over) and finished with a triangle another time. Rolled with Cory T who passed my guard after a failed loop choke on my end (sad face) and went to some crazy near-side americana something or other that almost made me tap. Truth be told, if it wasn't a white belt and/or we weren't right in front of the line of people waiting to roll, I probably would have tapped. But pride got in the way and I somehow kept my shoulder from breaking, got into a slightly better position and then finished an anaconda from the bottom. First time I've ever finished an anaconda while rolling.
Nando and Rachael pressed me again about Master World's. Money.........
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