The Journey

Went to Fuji Tournament in Westerville on Jan 18. It was a great experience. 1- Learned a lot: I have a lot to learn still on the mat! Even though there was outward relaxation, I froze up a little on the mat. I need to understand that my opponent is going to have a game as well. My opponent will have a weakness I need to find. I need to be better and quicker at finding and assessing the weakness based upon body type. I hate triangles. I still hate triangles. I learned a ton in the weeks leading up to things. Working out, how to eat, taking mind off the game and putting it back in the game. Realized that need to find and roll with some different body types to be prepared and it would be helpful if they were higher belts. Mentality is very important. Do I think that the win is mine? Is it mine to take? Do I want to win or just show up? Overall, this was a bucket list item for me in the sense that I always wanted to do a BJJ tournament. My wife is the best and so supportive. Ch...

Guard: Cross choke, guillotine, sweep, kimura, arm bar Mount: arm triangle, americana, straight arm bar, kimura, loop choke, punch choke (go to side mount), prompt arm bar with choke Side: Mouse trap armbar, kimura, paper cutter, knee on belly, mount, choke with own arm?, under head collar choke Pass guard to armbar Defending the triangle: stack, pressure, turn to the arm thats trapped. Rolling felt great. Turned it down a dial and had a lot more control! Felt great. Lot of improvement.

Rolled and went pretty hard tonight, trying to be a little more aggressive. 1- How do I plan to takedown? 2- SIngle leg- go deep. 3- Allow them to shoot, guillotine, pull guard. 4- Standing choke: Grab inside the lapel same side as arm, if they duck under go to a loop choke.

Ron is back! Sweet. - Like the "show me how good it is" approach. Worked kimura. Need to definitely create a path to get to this. And be prepared not to get caught with this. 1- Work off the bump sweep. Good grab to the collar is key to setting this up for a good "push" in addition to the bump. This goes along with an advance in position being better than the submission. 2- If you dont get the bump sweep kimura. Have to get to side body to do this well. Get the arm, go to side, lock the legs, pull the kimura close to the body as this make this stronger. 3- If you dont get the kimura, go to the guillotine. Have to make space! When you set the guillotine, feed the lapel. Look away. Worked more darst choke. I thought I had this more than I did. Was missing some key details. 1- Have to fall to side on this one as well. Have to have a good lock on the arm, the wrist isnt going to cut it unless you are looking for more of an arm crank. 2- Two on one the arm, rea...

Stand up game still needs work: - Still uncomfortable in the stand up spar. - Coming close enough to punch is challenging. Keeping the triangulated guard to the head helped a little. - Creating angles was challenging. - Was out of breath half way through all of the rounds. Really liked working the mace. For ground work: 1- Worked darst choke from guard and from top. Really like this choke. 2- Worked the arm bar from guard

Tumbles! Did some falls, did some falls off the mat, did some slides to a roll off the edge of the tall mat. Sort of makes you feel like a little kid... other than the high forward falls, which do not make you feel like a kid! More guillotine defense and execution. - defend the guillotine, make sure to get that arm to protect. - Nice sweep from guillotine: Arm over the back, they lift, as they come back down, grab the knee and roll to arm over side. End up in side mount. Rolls: - RELAX. - Choke from back. - Neck crank with legs on scissor. Had a kimora from top but need to remember to strip the arm by moving it forward and then pull. I tried muscling the arm by shaking it off. - Need to find a balance between being relaxed and attacks. Stay calm but progress forward.