Monday Morn

Felt crazy tired and did NOT want to get up Monday morning. Haven't slept well the past couple of nights and the weekend was catching up with me. I didn't even party hard with the team and I still felt like death.

Wasn't expecting much out of my mat time Monday morning, but once I was warmed up I did ok. Erick went over leg lasso to triangle, leg lasso to DLR dump sweep and then transitioning from side-control to a mounted arm-bar by wrapping their far-side framing arm with the gi jacket. 

Felt comfortable with all of the techniques, and got to drill with Sarah for the first time in 3 weeks or so.

Rolling consisted of KOTH positional sparring. Boooooo.... Except that today, we started from bottom side-control and had to escape to guard while the top person tried to keep some sortof top position and/or submit. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaa... Finally, something that I'm pretty good at. I kept my spot on the mat through Rachael (twice, which is no small feat considering her top side control is so good), Ryan, Sarah and I can't remember who else. Nate came over and was able to finish a kimura from top. After that, it was start in open guard and sweep while the other person has to work for a pass. I got through Tyrone and was working through Blaine (who was stalling in a low position) when time was called. 

I was really pleased with rolling, especially since my body seemed so unhappy at the start of the day. Dare I say, I'm finally starting to feel like I deserved my rank.

After class, I snagged Jason S. to go over the takedowns from the Megaton seminar b/c I had some questions about the footwork. It was a bit helpful, but I'm going to need some dedicated time to drill it (i.e. Sundays).