Conan was our teacher yesterday. I arrived a little late and missed whatever they did for a warm-up. The theme was dealing with knee on belly and side control from the bottom.
I ended up working with Mike for the entire class which actually went pretty well. On most reps we would try the technique and then kind of ad lib a little bit. We played with moderate resistance and maybe went a little overboard a couple times but would just start over again. It was refreshing because sometimes drilling seems kind of flat, with this I felt like I was getting a workout and I had to try harder to make things work.
For open mat I rolled with David. I got guard really early and maintained it fairly well but had a hard time with David's forehead on my sternum. I don't remember how it happened but I eventually ended up in top side control. It didn't last very long and I ended up in David's guard. He did a great job controlling my collar and posture, I tried my best to break his grip but was unable to. It ended with the inevitable triangle.
Conan and I rolled three or four times after that. He kicked my butt pretty well. I feel like I did some good things but was really no match for him. About the best that I can hope to do is defend smartly for as long as I can.
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