In attendance: Robert, Ken, and Claire. There were supposed to be quite a few more people, but I guess they had better things to do, like sleepy time. Besides my toe bothering I felt pretty loose today.
We took turns rolling with Robert to get him ready for his upcoming fight. I was doing a lot better at getting off the mat and attacking underhooks and single legs. With both Robert and Ken I created a lot more scrambles and spent less time just laying in half guard. It almost seemed like Robert was taking it a little bit easier. We went 5 minute rounds and I don't think there were that many submissions, I don't remember any but that may be selective.
There was one baseball slide pass I was really proud of against Robert. I moved my hips in the right way, drove my knee down, got the underhook, then finally kicked my leg free. There was however a time when I was going for a head and arm triangle and I was trying to push his shoulder into his head and he rolled me over into his side control. How disappointing.
Ken and I had a pretty good battle. It seemed like the whole match was a scramble and I was maintaining open guard. My objective was to take his back and I just missed it a couple of times. I also almost had x-guard but couldn't get his shin above my shoulder.
I worked with Claire on some mount escapes and whatever else came up. I raised my level of resistance a little bit, as I'm trying not to take it easy on her. I know how demeaning it can be at times when people fight you with kid gloves.
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