Competition Class was pretty similar to last week minus the explanation of tournament rules. So, it was horrible but in a good way. Everyone returned from the previous week, so we commenced with the same partners. Which meant Will had to lift me repeatedly once again. We duplicated the partner drills and Greg tracked our counts.
We did reps for time of the basic side control escape, our guard pass (over/under), our 3rd technique (Single Leg), and finally our guard technique (cross guard to omaplata sweep). I wish I had kept count because I did a lot of reps. Everything felt pretty smooth by the end but the over/under pass especially killed me.
We each had a match tournament style and I was put up against Will. It is definitely a different feeling than just regular rolling. Everything happens faster, more frantic, and supercharged. I felt a little gassed afterwards, but not during. Very early on he pulled guard and then setup a pretty tight armbar that I just barely got out of. I had passed his guard right before points took affect. I wasn't even thinking about this but I should have been. I did go for knee on belly points after that though got the points and setup a baseball bat choke. I didn't consider it a clean choke though as I wasn't deep enough.
Like last week most everyone cleared out after the competition class. I rolled with Mike a couple of times and did a little better than last week. I took some of his advice and made a point of sitting up and fighting for grips whenever he was standing up trying to pass. It turned out to be great advice and I was able to stave off his passing a little longer.
WHOYA: November 2nd 2013 - Open Mat (Setback)
One of a handful of times that I injured my knee last year. After this time I decided to take some substantial time off still hoping it would heal up on it's own. At the time I wished I hadn't attended that one class, but surgery was inevitable. As a result I also mention practicing Jiu-Jitsu for the long haul. This is something that has affected my rolling to this day. I've tapped several times when it was probably a little too early, especially when it comes to leg locks.
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