I have alot to learn....
grappling, jiu jitsu, food, health, fitness
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Okay, I attended jiu jitsu class today, heres a quick recap:
Today we started off drilling elbow-knee escapes, turning to your knees when side mounted, and correct sitting up from guard technique. We did 20 repetitions of each drill, and that was our warm-up. Then we got into pairs and drilled 3 side mount to full mount transitions. The first technique was very basic, just sliding your knee over their belly from side mount to achieve full mount. The second technique involved switching my base to a reverse scarf hold, then sliding my knee over the belly into full mount. The third technique was basically the same except if the person on the bottom put their foot on their opposite knee bucks their hips up, there is no space to slide the knee through, so you grab your own foot, and squeeze it through the other side to achieve full mount. We then were instructed to do all 3 of these techniques in rapid succession, which we did with no problems. The remaining 15 minutes of class consisted of free training, and I was paired up with my instructor. He was going at about 20% and he was still kicking my ass in any way he saw fit. A technique that he did that I really liked involved him having a deep collar grip on my gi, I went for the double under hook guard pass, and he instantly put a collar choke on me. Also he used the X-Guard on me which basically made me feel helpless. It’s great to be learning from him, as he is light years ahead of my old instructor. I didn’t get to practice my arm bars like I was hoping for, but you always learn something new when you wrestle with someone who is so good. I want to learn how to pass the X-Guard and I still would like to learn how to pass the butterfly guard. The main thing I learned from this session was to always watch out for collar chokes when attempting the double under hook guard pass.
Our head instructor Ben Hall, is a black belt in BJJ under the legendary late Carlson Gracie, and has won many international and brazilian tournaments. He has a well-known reputation for his world class, aggressive unorthodox grappling finesse. It is an honor to train under him and I hope to learn as much as I can under his tutelage.
Overall, good session. The great thing about BJJ is everytime I attend a session it rekindles my motivation a little bit, and inspires me to accomplish. Plus its a fantastic workout for nearly every muscle in your body. I would advise everyone who cant stand running on a treadmill or who is sick of aerobics to take up kickboxing or BJJ.
I was to attend a kickboxing session tonight, but a friend who I havent spoken to in a while wants to go see a movie, so I'm tied to that but I will make up for it tomorrow or the weekend.
Also in my first entry I said I would speak about my eating habits, it keeps me motivated to keep a good diet happening. Straight after BJJ I grabbed a turkey ham footlong with everything, which was satisfying to say the least, heaps of protein, medium level of unsaturated fat and minimal calories. Ive always had trouble in the past keeping a healthy eating meal plan consistent, its just not in my genes to do so. I come from a family of unhealthy eaters, and the healthiest meals I would eat growing up were roast dinners.
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on 6/4/2008
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