It's my final week of work hell, but I managed to make the open mat session and rolled with a variety of people.
I did OK against a very strong white belt, then got ruined by a couple of blue belts, and finally got ruined by a very good white belt. I can defend against better people for a while, but I just wasn't up to speed against really decent opposition.
In truth, it was a bit of a ropey session on the mat but it feels like it's been a year of some improvement. I simply need to train more regularly and put the basics of attack, frame, positioning and off-balancing together.
Things to remember: Frame and attack; spend some time on escapes from side control.
Monday 28 December 2015
Sunday 20 December 2015
Classes 194 & 195...
Work is currently hell so I've been restricted to two classes over the last two weeks.
First up was a morning class where we worked on guard passing drills. The key one of these was the toreador pass, which I remembered pretty well and even managed to use in sparring. We also worked on a step-out pass from a high half guard. I've forgotten the details here, though, so I'll have to revisit it.
In sparring, I got ruined by a blue belt that I usually do OK against, then I got to roll with a new white belt... he turned out to be an old-school judoka, who knew how to pin and how to use his weight. I did OK here, though, and was decent against a couple of other opponents.
The second class was an open mat session. I feared two weeks of bad food and stress at work would catch up with me during this class, but I did OK against a smaller but very mobile blue belt, then I had decent patches against a much better blue belt. After this, I did OK against a couple of fellow white belts and used my frame to tire them out before attacking.
Things to remember: Continually apply pressure when guard passing; use frame when creating space and defending as it's less tiring than using muscle power.
First up was a morning class where we worked on guard passing drills. The key one of these was the toreador pass, which I remembered pretty well and even managed to use in sparring. We also worked on a step-out pass from a high half guard. I've forgotten the details here, though, so I'll have to revisit it.
In sparring, I got ruined by a blue belt that I usually do OK against, then I got to roll with a new white belt... he turned out to be an old-school judoka, who knew how to pin and how to use his weight. I did OK here, though, and was decent against a couple of other opponents.
The second class was an open mat session. I feared two weeks of bad food and stress at work would catch up with me during this class, but I did OK against a smaller but very mobile blue belt, then I had decent patches against a much better blue belt. After this, I did OK against a couple of fellow white belts and used my frame to tire them out before attacking.
Things to remember: Continually apply pressure when guard passing; use frame when creating space and defending as it's less tiring than using muscle power.
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