It was just me and big Mike this morning. My back was feeling so much better. The topic of our rolling match from Saturday came up and he asked why a technique that he did didn't work. He had attempted an americana within my guard which is considered a no-no. There are very few submissions that will work from inside someone's full guard. That's why the general rule is to get a dominant position before attempting a submission. With ankle locks being a little bit of an exception.
The class turned into an expansion on last Saturday's class. I had him practice passing the guard to side mount and then go straight into the key lock or at least isolate my arm. With his size you can really tell the difference between when he does movements with or without the proper pressure. I had to bite the bullet and show him that he needs to apply constant chest pressure downward. We moved to side mount escape and I showed Mike that with him applying the pressure in the wrong direction I could roll him over me with ease which seemed to surprise him. Of course when I was on top and had him do the same to me it was immensely easier for him to roll me over him when I was pushing into him.
We ended the class with the north/south choke. Mostly because we were half playing around rolling from side control and I went to the choke after he tried to bench press me. I showed him the choke from regular side control and then knee on belly where I love to do it from. It's pretty difficult to explain a choke to someone as they are trying to do it to you. I felt more like tapping from my jaw cramping up than the actual choke.
I weighed myself afterward at the YMCA and found that I almost gained all of the weight back that I lost. Not a good thing with Thanksgiving coming up. I hate all of this inactivity and I know I'm also being lax on my diet. I'm motivated to start turning things around.
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