I did two BJJ classes this week and, coupled with a boxing session and a hapkido session, it's been a good week on the training front... which is just as well as I have a small competition coming up in a few weeks.
First up was a dinner-time class and 90 minutes felt very brutal at the end of it. But it's getting my body back used to it and this will take a bit of time.
In the class, we drilled the armbar, omoplata and triangle combinations, then we worked on specific sparring with the man in guard having to escape and the man holding guard having to submit.
We then went on to sparring and I did OK sparring with a younger white belt opponent, but I got murdered by a much bigger and stronger and very solid blue belt. At least, I was trying a few different attacks and even tried a gogoplata at one point.
On the plus side, I used the guard position with the cross-collar grab and the wrist control I picked up in the private class, and this is bearing fruit, slowly.
I then went to an open mat session and sparred with a much heavier blue belt and defended OK. I then did some no-gi with a couple of much smaller opponents and did OK. No-gi is still a bit alien to me, though. But it is good fun.
Things to remember: Persevere with the cross-collar grab and wrist control from guard. Leg locks and wrist locks are allowed in no-gi.
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