Well, this is my last Jiu Jitsu class for about 2 weeks. I am going to get a tattoo on friday and I certainly don't want to be rolling around on dirty mats and risk infection. So I am planning on at least 10 days off....we'll see how it heals. I guess it comes at a good time too seeing as how I injured my left knee last night defending a knee bar. I managed to roll and came up on my hip/butt...basically to a diamond stretch position. Well whille trying to pull my leg out from his grasp i felt and heard my knee pop slightly. It didn't hurt and I didn't really think anything of it. But waking up this morning my knee was sore a hell and it started swelling up on the side of my knee. i am icing it down know, hopefully it isn't serious.
Class focused on the half guard, passing butterly guard to the half guard and then half guard to side control.
Open mat
I went up against a guy named Mike who is 6'4 and probably 215 lbs. I remember the first time I rolled with him a few months ago when I first started, he whooped my ass. He has been gone a few months so I figured I'd see if I could get the better of him. Unfortunately I could not!!!! Mike likes to knee wrestle so I immediately pull guard. Mike had a really good passing game though, so it was tough for me to escape. At one point I did manage to take his back and almost had a RNC on him but he defended and I ended up in bottom position again. The rest of the time I was basically tapping from armbars and kimuras. It was a tough battle, but not tough enough for him to wipe the floor with me. During one of the rolls with Mike is when I injured my knee. Also, the last roll I was defending an armbar and tried a rolling escape, but he rolled to the point I was going and I pretty much rolled into the armbar....unfortunately the way I rolled my face and free arm were in the mat and I couldn't tap quick enough. My arm hurt for about 5 minutes after we stopped...but luckily it feel fine today.
After a 10 minute break Pat asked me if I wanted to roll. So we started out in my guard....I swept him and submitted him...this was the pattern for most of our rolls. On our final two rolls I decided to put my self in bad positions and let Pat get something if he worked for it correctly. If he left an opening I would either take it or move to take it and see if he reacted. If he didn't react I would take it and move on to submit him. But on the very last roll, while sweeping him we ended up in a single leg underpass position where he sunk in a triangle. Good on his end....I was a little laxidasical with passing so he took advantage.
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