Geeks in Gis

Well, we went back to the Faktory for our second BJJ lesson this week.  This lesson covered transitioning from half-guard to side control.  I find the techniques hard to perform correctly on Tineladia, because of the size difference, but trying them out in free-sparring with other people proved interesting.  It turns out that I’m not terrible at doing them against people closer to my size.  I have lots of trouble with “stocky” short people though – if their legs are heavy, they’re very hard to move!

I also learned a new submission from the mount (another choke).  I’m not quite convinced I can apply it to someone that is really resisting, but I’m sure that will come!  Right now, the emphasis is on getting me to stay stable, and keep my hips low so that I don’t get tossed around.

While I was working on passing guard, Tineladia got to do some more advanced free rolling.  That involved getting tapped out a lot, but that’s all part of the learning curve.

Total training time so far, 4 hrs 30 Mins.   Looking forward to next week!

Sadly, Karate is cancelled over the holidays.  Not just the normal class we go to, but all the ones that we’re able to get to!  Normally, we’d just go to a different class to stay on top of things, but this week we’re going to have to just practice at home.

We’re learning Rohai right now, but I only know the first ten moves or so.  I think rather than confuse myself trying to figure the rest out I’ll just keep practicing all the old Kata to keep them fresh, and wait until next week to go through the new one in class again.

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