If you are attacked, every second of hesitation is a second of damage. The longer the hesitation lasts, the more damage you take- the less able you become to do anything effective when and if you do act. –Rory Miller
Lunchtime BJJ in Bellevue. Chrisanne!!! :) There were actually *FOUR* women on the mat. Wow.
I attacked Chrisanne and rolled a little with her to warm up.
I didn't like the grin on Carlos' face. Sure enough, he was in a really drilly mood.
100 takedown setups. Fast. Then guard passing- eight or ten different guard passes, twenty times each, fast.
Three five-minute spars. Chrisanne, Justin, Alex (the blue belt one, not the humongo almost-brown-belt one).
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Evening BJJ in Kirkland. Will!!! I love working with Will.
Side control. Basic replacement of closed guard.
Side control, top opponent is blocking your hip. Shrimp out, brace matward shin against opponent's arm. Kick your other foot over hir head. Control the arm. (You may be able to armbar from here.) Square up, foot on hip. Other foot on bicep. (You may be able to triangle from here). This was kind of a complicated sequence... but as always, Will is a sublime partner, and we were able to kick out a bazillion reps, and I even found an omoplata opening.
Dave was a little too enthusiastic with his demo, and almost popped my elbow (the left, of course- the elbow and the shoulder on that side have been intermittantly troublesome for a long time). I managed to bite my tongue on the yelp. I am still finding it very restimulating when I get passed over for more junior students as demo dummy, so it makes me really reluctant to be a baby when I am in the role.
One five-minute spar with Dave. I was pretty tired (and a little headachy) by then, but he seemed impressed with my work- and did not appear to be handing me a bunch of stuff.
Funny you mention it...I was thinking about this recently b/c I've only been the dummy a handful of times. I'm assuming it's b/c I'm not a great dummy. Sometimes it's really too bad though, as it makes a big difference to feel when a technique is executed correctly.
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