An early-morning class focusing on guard passing drills and defending guard passing, then an open mat with pretty much constant sparring for about an hour.
My guard passing and defending still needs work but my sparring is still pretty solid for a white belt. I can fend off decent white and newer blue belts and I'm slowly learning to attack and use my legs as either a weapon or as a barrier.
It's slow and gruelling progress but I'm still loving it. The victory for me at BJJ is not in getting the tap but in making the class and picking up something new.
Wednesday 23 March 2016
Thursday 3 March 2016
Class 205…
An early morning class and some work on
pulling guard and passing guard.
My guard pulling from standing is sort of OK at my level, and my foot on same hip as elbow grab and collar drag seems to work pretty well. I need to play with a few other set-ups, though, as I can’t just rely on that one.
Sparring was OK and I more than held my own against my fellow white belts and held out against a decent blue belt, too. I’m trying to remember the basics of frame and attack so I’m doing OK.
At one point, I did spar with a very good blue belt, though, and he was all over me. A little lesson in humility just in case I thought I was getting somewhere.
I’ve also entered the inter-club tournament in May and a bigger tournament in Guildford in July. I now just need to find an event in June and I reckon that will be me competing for the year sorted out and give me a three-month window to train to and maintain my fitness during.
Things to remember: Same lesson as the last one. Retain frame, constant attack and use legs to attack and defend.
My guard pulling from standing is sort of OK at my level, and my foot on same hip as elbow grab and collar drag seems to work pretty well. I need to play with a few other set-ups, though, as I can’t just rely on that one.
Sparring was OK and I more than held my own against my fellow white belts and held out against a decent blue belt, too. I’m trying to remember the basics of frame and attack so I’m doing OK.
At one point, I did spar with a very good blue belt, though, and he was all over me. A little lesson in humility just in case I thought I was getting somewhere.
I’ve also entered the inter-club tournament in May and a bigger tournament in Guildford in July. I now just need to find an event in June and I reckon that will be me competing for the year sorted out and give me a three-month window to train to and maintain my fitness during.
Things to remember: Same lesson as the last one. Retain frame, constant attack and use legs to attack and defend.
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