My neck is hurting right now. My neck got tweaked during open mat today. I'll deal with that later. I actually asked a question during the question portion of the open mat. I think I have really been trying to pay attention to what happens when I roll and when I practice techniques now. Not that I wasn't paying attention to things before but I think I am finally able to think past just the immediate thoughts, of grab this arm and then that lapel, now move your right leg. It is nice to be able to really think about what I am doing on more than one level. Anyway, I asked Guybson about the technical mount. I only just heard it called that like a month ago. Anyway I know I had learned it a long time ago but I was very shaky on the details and when I tried it live on Friday I kept losing my position. I wasn't distributing my weight correctly.
So we only went through two questions then we rolled 5 rounds. I probably went about 4.5 rounds because during the 4th round my partner did something funky and my neck got a little messed up. The first round I went with this guy who was gone for like a month, so it was nice to see him back in class. Then I rolled with Beth, who is very similar in size to me and a female, so I really like rolling with her because she is trying to use techniques, whereas some guys are usually using a lot of muscle. The I rolled with this huge guy, who's name might be Zek or just Z, it's hard to understand when Guybson, with his accent, is saying a person's name from another country and its a name that I haven't heard before. Anyway, I will call him Z, I really like rolling with him. He is very strong but he really concentrates on using technique. The the next round was when I hurt my neck.
Wait I just realized that I am confusing open mat w/ friday night class, fri. is when I rolled w/ Z. The third round I rolled with James. He's a four stripe blue belt and he has been training for a long time. I enjoyed rolling with him because he has good technique. I got to work on some side mount escapes from bottom. I need to do more. Then, I hurt my neck. Finally, I got to roll with Guybson, for the first time in like a month. I couldn't pass that up even though my neck was still a bit stiff from the round previous. The awesome thing about rolling with black belts is you really get to move around a lot and see where you stand on different techniques. He tricked me and got me down with an ankle pick, even though I was looking for it because he does that all the time haha. It was awesome. I was tired though and my muscles are sore today.
Hopefully, I can get enough studying done and Carlos and I can work out tonight. Stupid law school finals.
So we only went through two questions then we rolled 5 rounds. I probably went about 4.5 rounds because during the 4th round my partner did something funky and my neck got a little messed up. The first round I went with this guy who was gone for like a month, so it was nice to see him back in class. Then I rolled with Beth, who is very similar in size to me and a female, so I really like rolling with her because she is trying to use techniques, whereas some guys are usually using a lot of muscle. The I rolled with this huge guy, who's name might be Zek or just Z, it's hard to understand when Guybson, with his accent, is saying a person's name from another country and its a name that I haven't heard before. Anyway, I will call him Z, I really like rolling with him. He is very strong but he really concentrates on using technique. The the next round was when I hurt my neck.
Wait I just realized that I am confusing open mat w/ friday night class, fri. is when I rolled w/ Z. The third round I rolled with James. He's a four stripe blue belt and he has been training for a long time. I enjoyed rolling with him because he has good technique. I got to work on some side mount escapes from bottom. I need to do more. Then, I hurt my neck. Finally, I got to roll with Guybson, for the first time in like a month. I couldn't pass that up even though my neck was still a bit stiff from the round previous. The awesome thing about rolling with black belts is you really get to move around a lot and see where you stand on different techniques. He tricked me and got me down with an ankle pick, even though I was looking for it because he does that all the time haha. It was awesome. I was tired though and my muscles are sore today.
Hopefully, I can get enough studying done and Carlos and I can work out tonight. Stupid law school finals.
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