An open-mat session and lots of sparring, where I go tapped all over the place.
Everyone I sparred with just seemed bigger and stronger and faster and, although I secured and maintained a few dominate positions, I was second-best for most the session.
One problem I have is that my other martial arts discipline is a self-defence and reactive one. It relies on the opponent making the opening move from standing then me countering it. In BJJ, I need to escape that mindset and go on the offensive from the off or I'm handing my opponent the advantage.
I've known this for a while and I need to get into attack mode from the off in sparring. I also need to focus on one or two submissions and start drilling them so they become 'go-to' attacks.
On the plus side, I'm sort of OK at defending bad positions. And I was close to nailing two reverse triangles today, too.
Things to remember: Pick a couple of submissions and drill them. The drill them again.
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