Taught top side-control for the Fundamentals class. No submissions, just transitions from cross-face to kesa and back, cross-face to reverse kesa, and cross-face to back-stepping to the other side if they get an underhook. James came and sat in on the last 5min or so which made me a little nervous.
I don't remember the technique for the noon class.
Rolled with Rachael and got my ass handed to me. She was in top side pretty much the entire round. Very frustrating. Not pleased that I had no answer for it. After that it was a roll with Melissa and someone else that I don't remember.
Didn't do class on Sunday or Monday morning b/c the fatigue is kicking my ass. I felt like I could have fallen asleep at pretty much any point in time on Saturday and Sunday. It's a bit better on Monday.
Might do class tonight, but if so won't roll.
Going to go in for an hour on Tuesday with James and then maybe Tuesday night.
Fly out Wednesday and compete on Fri afternoon.
Monday, March 9, 2015
Friday, March 6, 2015
Mon Wed Fri
At some point, the thought occurred to me that I was rolling way too tight last weekend. I was trying to force techniques instead of taking what was available (or attempting to take what wasn't available, in the case of rolling with the black belts). I subconsciously had decided somewhere along the way that I was either going to use the DLR tech-stance sweep, the DLR back-take or RDLR kiss of the dragon. I'm not sure why I was so focused on a tight gameplan. It worked great on white and some blue belts, but was NOT the right choice against higher belts.
After realizing this, I made it a point to be less constrained about which techniques I was going to attempt. Go with the flow and all that. My rolls this week seemed to go much better. Sarah was a good sport and let me roll continuously with her.
I didn't do any night classes b/c my body was pissed about something and seemed on the verge of getting sick. I slept as much as I could, popped Vit C and did a whole lot of nothing. As of Friday morning I think I'm in the clear.
Fri morn was no gi, but Sarah was a good friend and brought her gi. Dennis also brought his gi by mistake, so I took advantage and rolled with him after class for a fair amount of time (at least 15min). I was ahead of the game for the first half of the roll, but once he got a top position I was hard-pressed to get out of it. Overall I'm happy with it though. I got a flower sweep of all things and made it to mount.
I want to go into next week feeling like my body is in good shape and that I'm in a good place mentally. I think the mental aspect is there, but it would be even better with some good rolls.
After realizing this, I made it a point to be less constrained about which techniques I was going to attempt. Go with the flow and all that. My rolls this week seemed to go much better. Sarah was a good sport and let me roll continuously with her.
I didn't do any night classes b/c my body was pissed about something and seemed on the verge of getting sick. I slept as much as I could, popped Vit C and did a whole lot of nothing. As of Friday morning I think I'm in the clear.
Fri morn was no gi, but Sarah was a good friend and brought her gi. Dennis also brought his gi by mistake, so I took advantage and rolled with him after class for a fair amount of time (at least 15min). I was ahead of the game for the first half of the roll, but once he got a top position I was hard-pressed to get out of it. Overall I'm happy with it though. I got a flower sweep of all things and made it to mount.
I want to go into next week feeling like my body is in good shape and that I'm in a good place mentally. I think the mental aspect is there, but it would be even better with some good rolls.
Hannette Staack Seminar
Friday Night
Uneventful drive over. Arrived at the gym in time, which was fortunate b/c they changed the schedule so that rolling was first and Q&A was after.
I got to roll with Hannette for two consecutive rounds and daaaaaaaamn! She's only a few pounds heavier than I am but could she ever apply top pressure. She felt 50lb heavier. It was very, very impressive. I tried to do some DLR work but she was having none of it. Shut it down so quickly. Passed and got to mount. Proceeded to crush the bejesus out of me from mount. That cycle repeated itself several times. It was awesome though.
Can't remember who else I rolled with on Friday night.
Saturday
Yoga to start the day. I liked the shoulder stretches quite a bit. I got some "help" when we were doing downward dog which irked me a bit at the time but turned out to be fine.
Hannette did a two hour session on two lasso sweeps and an omoplata from the lasso. She did several drills leading up to the sweeps (lasso'ing in and out of spider, omoplata side to side and inverting). It wasn't very much information over that span of time, but it was enough drilling time that I felt like I was really able to nail the techniques. I felt comfortable showing them to James at class on Monday and the next time I'm tapped to teach a class (other than Fundamentals) I'm going to teach them.
She kept it simple but showed a great level of detail. I was able to pick her brain a bit about a few things and I was able to understand her explanations. She was very nice, funny and great to learn from. Would definitely attend another of her seminars.
I think we went right to lunch after Hannette's session. Then it was Michelle Wagner. I honestly don't remember what she went over except for a baseball bat type choke from side control. I was pretty tired by then.
After Michelle's session it was time for rolling. I perked up a bit and got to roll with Leah several times, another purple belt, blue belts and white belts.
Exhausted.
Sunday
Woke up feeling not exactly refreshed but pretty decent.
Yoga to start the day again. Ended the yoga session with a headstand.
Leah taught the morning and afternoon session. Morning session was different entries for standing passes. Push/pull to an x-pass, "barrel roll" to a sortof leg drag, and pin the legs to the mat or against their hammies. Then we worked into an arm weave through the legs and doing a smash pass. I've tried this before and have had minimal success. I think the details helped, but I was still having a terrible time of it when we drilled it with resistance.
Rolling before lunch. Another roll with Hannette. She wanted to see my passing game, so I started up. My passing game went as expected, as she swept me in a hot minute and back to mount. Also got to roll with Miriam C. who came down for the day. She let me work quite a bit which was really nice. Rolled with more blue and white belts.
After lunch was Leah's second session on passing.
I was toast after lunch. Completely spent. I wasn't doing the technique well. Everything seemed to be tired and hurt. We finished with back-control work (mercifully). We beat feet out after the last session b/c it was a long car ride home.
Uneventful drive over. Arrived at the gym in time, which was fortunate b/c they changed the schedule so that rolling was first and Q&A was after.
I got to roll with Hannette for two consecutive rounds and daaaaaaaamn! She's only a few pounds heavier than I am but could she ever apply top pressure. She felt 50lb heavier. It was very, very impressive. I tried to do some DLR work but she was having none of it. Shut it down so quickly. Passed and got to mount. Proceeded to crush the bejesus out of me from mount. That cycle repeated itself several times. It was awesome though.
Can't remember who else I rolled with on Friday night.
Saturday
Yoga to start the day. I liked the shoulder stretches quite a bit. I got some "help" when we were doing downward dog which irked me a bit at the time but turned out to be fine.
Hannette did a two hour session on two lasso sweeps and an omoplata from the lasso. She did several drills leading up to the sweeps (lasso'ing in and out of spider, omoplata side to side and inverting). It wasn't very much information over that span of time, but it was enough drilling time that I felt like I was really able to nail the techniques. I felt comfortable showing them to James at class on Monday and the next time I'm tapped to teach a class (other than Fundamentals) I'm going to teach them.
She kept it simple but showed a great level of detail. I was able to pick her brain a bit about a few things and I was able to understand her explanations. She was very nice, funny and great to learn from. Would definitely attend another of her seminars.
I think we went right to lunch after Hannette's session. Then it was Michelle Wagner. I honestly don't remember what she went over except for a baseball bat type choke from side control. I was pretty tired by then.
After Michelle's session it was time for rolling. I perked up a bit and got to roll with Leah several times, another purple belt, blue belts and white belts.
Exhausted.
Sunday
Woke up feeling not exactly refreshed but pretty decent.
Yoga to start the day again. Ended the yoga session with a headstand.
Leah taught the morning and afternoon session. Morning session was different entries for standing passes. Push/pull to an x-pass, "barrel roll" to a sortof leg drag, and pin the legs to the mat or against their hammies. Then we worked into an arm weave through the legs and doing a smash pass. I've tried this before and have had minimal success. I think the details helped, but I was still having a terrible time of it when we drilled it with resistance.
Rolling before lunch. Another roll with Hannette. She wanted to see my passing game, so I started up. My passing game went as expected, as she swept me in a hot minute and back to mount. Also got to roll with Miriam C. who came down for the day. She let me work quite a bit which was really nice. Rolled with more blue and white belts.
After lunch was Leah's second session on passing.
I was toast after lunch. Completely spent. I wasn't doing the technique well. Everything seemed to be tired and hurt. We finished with back-control work (mercifully). We beat feet out after the last session b/c it was a long car ride home.
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