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January 15, 2008 11:28 PM
First & Second Days Back
Feels good great to be back on the mat.
On Monday, before class started, Jazz (brownbelt) asked me to roll around a bit no-gi. We started in my guard and went half-pace for awhile. He had relatively little trouble passing and proceeding with the smashing, but I was able to escape side control and get back to my knees, or back in his guard without too much issue.
He went on show me an incredibly basic, but handy way of moving to someones back with them in your guard. The idea is to pull the person towards you with your legs, and get both your arms under their armpits and clasped behind their back with the standard grip. Once you have this locked in, place 1 foot on the hip, and drop the other foot to the ground, and elbow escape out as much as you can. Getting up on your hand helps with base if they try to smash you to the ground, and from there, the leg that you had on the hip should be able to get around their back and hooked in. I forsee a lot of ways this can go awry, but assuming you keep it tight I think this is something definitely worth developing.
On Monday, before class started, Jazz (brownbelt) asked me to roll around a bit no-gi. We started in my guard and went half-pace for awhile. He had relatively little trouble passing and proceeding with the smashing, but I was able to escape side control and get back to my knees, or back in his guard without too much issue.
He went on show me an incredibly basic, but handy way of moving to someones back with them in your guard. The idea is to pull the person towards you with your legs, and get both your arms under their armpits and clasped behind their back with the standard grip. Once you have this locked in, place 1 foot on the hip, and drop the other foot to the ground, and elbow escape out as much as you can. Getting up on your hand helps with base if they try to smash you to the ground, and from there, the leg that you had on the hip should be able to get around their back and hooked in. I forsee a lot of ways this can go awry, but assuming you keep it tight I think this is something definitely worth developing.
January 14, 2008 2:59 PM
Back to training, and a clean(?) bill of health.
Going back after not training for 2 weeks is rough.
Back when I was in the beginners class I had taken a couple weeks off for vacation, and even back then getting back into the swing of things was tough. Aside from stretching in the mornings I was relatively inactive during those 2 weeks, unless you count walking around malls all day with my family.
The first few days back after a break like this can be tough on the joints, so I generally don't roll at the end of class until the middle/end of the week.
The 2 week lapse this time around was due to some trouble with the knees. I had a doctors appointment on the 10th, so I took the week and a half leading up to that appointment, and the few days after to rest. I didn't want to do something in the week leading up that might take away from what I was going there to check out. I was trying to figure out why my knees get (abnormally) sore during training (even with knee-pads), and the occasional burning sensation I get if I drag my knee across the mat a certain way.
Back when I was in the beginners class I had taken a couple weeks off for vacation, and even back then getting back into the swing of things was tough. Aside from stretching in the mornings I was relatively inactive during those 2 weeks, unless you count walking around malls all day with my family.
The first few days back after a break like this can be tough on the joints, so I generally don't roll at the end of class until the middle/end of the week. The 2 week lapse this time around was due to some trouble with the knees. I had a doctors appointment on the 10th, so I took the week and a half leading up to that appointment, and the few days after to rest. I didn't want to do something in the week leading up that might take away from what I was going there to check out. I was trying to figure out why my knees get (abnormally) sore during training (even with knee-pads), and the occasional burning sensation I get if I drag my knee across the mat a certain way.
