Partner: Mike (Visitor)
Worked with a visitor today from Alvarez BJJ (http://www.alvarezbjj.com/) in Texas. Had a good time training with Mike as he had a great attitude and was up and ready to go at 6:30 AM. Conan had us do a different armbar setup where we climbed up their back and secured our leg on the shoulder before putting the leg over for the armbar. I didn't feel like I was very good at it.
Rolling: Guard, Free Rolling
Rolled With: Mike, Craig
From the bottom I played closed guard and some 2 on one. I didn't have much success with the techniques of the day though. There were a couple times where I swept Mike, but he was pretty good about acting right away to start recovering guard and not settling. He said that he has only trained for a year but he felt much better than that.
Office Hours Partner: Mike
Conan, Mike, and I rolled a few more times after class. Mike's training for a tournament soon so we went over some of his game plan and drilled a few things. He was also interested in my North/South choke and we worked on that for a bit.
We talked about competing and visiting other schools and how a school can have a game or technique theme revolving around what the instructor is good at. I've said it before but one of the best things about Jiu-Jitsu as that you can travel and walk into a club and feel welcome.
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