Went wall-climbing on Wednesday night after class. Felt fine that night (albiet tired). Thursday my right shoulder was pretty sore, but I didn't think it would inhibit me from rolling on Friday. Went to bed early on Thursday night, but was awake most of the night with shoulder discomfort. Friday morning and realized that I wasn't going to be doing much of anything. Shoulder was worse than Thursday, and ROM was limited when moving my arm across my body. I was worried that it was something serious like a tear, but after ice and Advil on Friday it feels much better today. It's not a 100%, but nowhere near the discomfort of Friday and most of the ROM is back when moving it to the left.
I seem to have bronchitis or a similar itis deep in my lungs, the likely result of whatever sickness I had earlier in the month that hasn't cleared out yet. Feeling run-down and pretty meh. So between my shoulder and my lungs, I'm doing a whole lot of nothing this weekend. Dammit.
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
FABULOUS
Biggish morning class, around 12 people. Spring Break, apparently.
Similar to Monday, we went over gi d'arces, this time from guard. Collar choke with bottom of lapel, gi d'arce, arm-drag if they defend with the "telephone" choke defense and an arm-drag to arm-bar. I felt good with all of the techniques and felt like I belonged in my rank. Drilled with Sarah, who's an awesome drill partner.
During the demo of taking the back, James showed the motion w/o a demo dummy and as he pushed his chest forward and planted his hand on the mat, he said "FABULOUS" in a high-pitched voice to give the notion of a model preening for the camera. He got some teasing about thinking that in his head each time he arm-drags, and I daresay that my arm-drag technique might improve for this very reason.
Rolls with Sarah, Jason (p), Jason (b) and Nate. I had to sit out the last round b/c I didn't grab a partner fast enough and even though there were even numbers, one of the older guys sat out.
I did well with Sarah, though she wasn't feeling so hot after a late night. Was able to pass and got a choke from half guard that I've tried a couple of times before to no avail.
Jason (p) decided to run all of his leg-lock nonsense on me. All kinds of weird entries to knee-bars and calf slicers. Each roll starts off about the same. He lets me get grips and pull him into my guard, and then he shuts down my attempts to sweep. When I invariably do something wrong, he uses the opportunity to pass and then submit me. If he starts in guard, he immediately sweeps me, passes and submits. I should be learning something from this, but apparently I'm not.
Had a surprisingly good roll with Jason (b). Passed his guard twice, which is unheard of for me. He was able to get top position too, but I did a fairly good job of not letting my knees get collapsed.
Nate and I had a pretty back and forth roll. He passed my guard and I came close to taking his back but only ended up regaining guard. He did a rolling back attack towards the end, but I managed to fend off the hooks.
Similar to Monday, we went over gi d'arces, this time from guard. Collar choke with bottom of lapel, gi d'arce, arm-drag if they defend with the "telephone" choke defense and an arm-drag to arm-bar. I felt good with all of the techniques and felt like I belonged in my rank. Drilled with Sarah, who's an awesome drill partner.
During the demo of taking the back, James showed the motion w/o a demo dummy and as he pushed his chest forward and planted his hand on the mat, he said "FABULOUS" in a high-pitched voice to give the notion of a model preening for the camera. He got some teasing about thinking that in his head each time he arm-drags, and I daresay that my arm-drag technique might improve for this very reason.
Rolls with Sarah, Jason (p), Jason (b) and Nate. I had to sit out the last round b/c I didn't grab a partner fast enough and even though there were even numbers, one of the older guys sat out.
I did well with Sarah, though she wasn't feeling so hot after a late night. Was able to pass and got a choke from half guard that I've tried a couple of times before to no avail.
Jason (p) decided to run all of his leg-lock nonsense on me. All kinds of weird entries to knee-bars and calf slicers. Each roll starts off about the same. He lets me get grips and pull him into my guard, and then he shuts down my attempts to sweep. When I invariably do something wrong, he uses the opportunity to pass and then submit me. If he starts in guard, he immediately sweeps me, passes and submits. I should be learning something from this, but apparently I'm not.
Had a surprisingly good roll with Jason (b). Passed his guard twice, which is unheard of for me. He was able to get top position too, but I did a fairly good job of not letting my knees get collapsed.
Nate and I had a pretty back and forth roll. He passed my guard and I came close to taking his back but only ended up regaining guard. He did a rolling back attack towards the end, but I managed to fend off the hooks.
Monday, March 24, 2014
Monday Morning
Was more tired than usual last night and felt a bit groggy this morning, but ended up feeling great for class.
Today was the gi d'arce from KOB, gi d'arce from side-control (arm trapped), rolling d'arce and a series where you go from the trapped arm to sliding over their body and either a straight arm-bar or rolling them and trying another straight arm-bar or shoulder lock.
I kept up with my hand-written and mind-mapped notes for every class last week. It's tough to maintain, especially when I do class on consecutive work days. I really want to keep at this for a good 3-4mos stretch and see what comes of it. If nothing else, it makes it really easy to come up with a plan for drilling on Sunday.
Rolls with Sarah, Blaine, Jason (b), Tyrone and Kelly. I had pretty evenly matched rolls with everyone today, even Kelly. This is my sixth consecutive day of class, so that might have something to do with it. I got to everyone's back today, which has to be some kind of record for me. I didn't finish any submissions, but I was really happy to get an advantageous position. It wasn't all roses, as I spent a fair amount of time in bottom side-control.
Jason did a knee cut through pass several times, and the last gasp defense of stiff-arming their collar to create space wasn't working b/c he sank his weight down and his hips were in front of mine. I either need to try a different tactic (tho I have no idea what) or maybe I need to try to shrimp back? Not sure if I could shrimp back and keep the leg trapped. I feel like scooping underneath him should be effective, but not if I don't have the underhook and/or near side arm free.
Today was the gi d'arce from KOB, gi d'arce from side-control (arm trapped), rolling d'arce and a series where you go from the trapped arm to sliding over their body and either a straight arm-bar or rolling them and trying another straight arm-bar or shoulder lock.
I kept up with my hand-written and mind-mapped notes for every class last week. It's tough to maintain, especially when I do class on consecutive work days. I really want to keep at this for a good 3-4mos stretch and see what comes of it. If nothing else, it makes it really easy to come up with a plan for drilling on Sunday.
Rolls with Sarah, Blaine, Jason (b), Tyrone and Kelly. I had pretty evenly matched rolls with everyone today, even Kelly. This is my sixth consecutive day of class, so that might have something to do with it. I got to everyone's back today, which has to be some kind of record for me. I didn't finish any submissions, but I was really happy to get an advantageous position. It wasn't all roses, as I spent a fair amount of time in bottom side-control.
Jason did a knee cut through pass several times, and the last gasp defense of stiff-arming their collar to create space wasn't working b/c he sank his weight down and his hips were in front of mine. I either need to try a different tactic (tho I have no idea what) or maybe I need to try to shrimp back? Not sure if I could shrimp back and keep the leg trapped. I feel like scooping underneath him should be effective, but not if I don't have the underhook and/or near side arm free.
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