Day 6

My days of temporary bachelorhood are winding down.  My wife and boys should be returning tomorrow (Wednesday).  While it's been a great experience for me martial arts wise, I've missed them and can't wait until they get back.

Yesterday morning I got up and did a 6:30 Hapkido class with Shawn and AJ.  We mostly worked on stuff from a clinch or some hand fighting into some wrist locks.  Then we worked on taking the back and getting a rear naked choke from standing.

At Jiu-Jitsu later last night we had about 8 people or so.  David and Will taught the class.  The focus of class was on going all out when you are stuck in a position and down on points in a tournament situation.  Basically needing to pass someone's guard and get points before the clock ran out.  We would work on a couple of escapes or transitions with our partner and then go all out for a minute or so trying to accomplish them.  I asked if we could work on some butterfly guard (which I get passed in often) and north/south position (both places that David puts me in regularly).  We also worked on escaping back mount and side control.

I learned some really cool sweeps from butterfly that I hadn't worked on before.  They were a little counter intuitive but I was able to use them a little later in open mat.  I have new hope for when I'm forced into butterfly guard.

During open mat I worked with Will and Ken.  I felt pretty good during both rolls.  I did get gassed going up against Ken at the end though.  I pretty much begged him to just tap me out.  It was really hot and I sweat my butt off.  Hydration is going to be paramount this summer.

During these 6 days of workouts I think every part of my body has been sore.  I'm going to take the day off and go see X-Men tonight.  Give my body a chance to recover.