Good class.
Warm-ups
Technique:
1) Open guard: just putting your opponent in basic open guard (feet on hips, gripping sleeves, partner standing); transition to spider, hip, butterfly. Always one foot at a time with transitions - keep tension between sleeves, feet.
2) Sweeps from open guard: a) partner (standing) passes spider guard — sweep with a grip on his ankle and remaining leg in spider when he drops to side mount; b) hip out, pushing off partners hip with foot. wrap foot around his arm. slide other arm through, allow him to pass, curl up into a ball, grab his pants and sweep as he passes.
Roll:
king of the mountain type 3 vs. 1 (20 min) from standing
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Got a throw on one of the bigger guys in our class! We rolled for ~5 min. I had a good sweep from guard and a solid guillotine (though he escaped). He submitted me with an americana to finish. Good roll though!
The injuries felt ok. Throat getting better. Left biceps getting better (though just a little sore now). Been taping my fingers because of ring finger (soreness in the last joint b/c getting caught in gi’s).
Thoughts of the day:
1) Good judo is so important!
2) My cardio needs work.
3) Open guard is hard. gonna take some practice.
4) Good to roll with people bigger then me - no reason to be scared.
