August 8th - Gi Class (Baaauuuuueeeeeerrr!)

Had a good class last night with 8 of us starting out.  Good for even partners.  Jerad taught and the theme was the gift wrap position from mount to various submissions.  I don't think there was anything particularly new that I haven't done before but it was a good review.

During open mat I rolled with Adam first.  He was working to get me into x-guard repeatedly.  He got close a couple of times but I was recognizing what he was doing and kept my leg away from him.  It seemed like a pretty good match however I think he was just trying to work a different game and not smoke me as fast as he could.  There was one point when I had Adam in a turtle position and even though I was on top I knew that I was in trouble.  His wrestling is awesome.

During my match with Adam, I noticed that Bauer had changed and he was leaving.  I thought we were going to have match number 2 since he beat me in the State Games on points and I haven't seen him in class since.  What makes it worse is that he told David that he knew I would be pissed as he was walking out the door.  I guess I'll have to catch him on Thursday.

I rolled with a new guy (Mike) next.  He has been training for a year in Maryland (I think).  He said the school that he went to was very big and there could be like 50 people in a class.  He was awesomely flexible and I had a really hard time with passing his guard.  I was able to get him in a Darce in our first match but he turned up the intensity a little bit and we had a second match that lasted quite a bit longer and he eventually tapped me with a teepee.  Definitely impressive for only doing it a year and giving up 60 lbs.

I rolled with Ken next.  Surprisingly at one point I ended up in x-guard, it was awesome.  However, the sweep didn't go as well as I would have liked but it's a good start.  I eventually got mounted and I was so tired that I tapped.  I shouldn't have and it pisses me off.  I've got to work through that.