Workout: Weight training, core workout w/ kettle bells
Cardio: 30 minutes on bike
BJJ: I didn't make it to regular class tonight. I was with Hunter at his Pack meeting for Cub Scouts instead. My little man received his Bobcat Trail Badge tonight. I'm so proud of him! He has worked really hard on learning all the requirements for this one. Now he can't wait to start earning achievement beads and he even started naming off the ones we were going to work on this weekend :)
This is Hunter and I right before they handed out the badges. The "Akela" had to pin it on the Tiger cub.
My little man sporting his new badge :)
Okay, so I went to open mat after Hunter's pack meeting. I was looking forward to hopefully getting at least a couple rolls in since I didn't get to drill. Well, I got Christmas early again! Coach called me over to roll shortly after I got on the mat and we stayed there for around 40 minutes. Let me tell you...they were loooooooooong minutes for this guy - HA! I am exhausted...and coach didn't break a sweat! Anyway, I attempted my back control work again tonight and had a lot of fun learning from all of my mistakes that were so obvious when rolling with coach. He did give me some great pointers again though that I will continue to use. One of the big ones is "don't give up the armbar when defending the choke." Yeah, I was that guy tonight :) Basically it boiled down to me getting fixated on working back and forgetting that my opponent is still trying to crush me too. He also wants a "better Bobka."
So, in the end looking back at a month of back control work (tonight was my last training day for this month) I have learned a lot. One, have a plan from the scramble to get the back, don't just wait around for it. Its much easier to take it in the beginning and keep it than it is to try and get there during the fight. Two, body triangles ARE your friend! Use them, learn to set them up properly and learn to use your subs from them. Three, how convenient, work in three's. Make sure that you have a plan for a flow when your chosen technique doesn't work, or he/she zigs when you thought they were going to zag. My friend Luis gave me the idea (and he's a pretty damn good grappler so I take his advice) back in 2008 and I've been trying to incorporate it much more lately. Yeah I know...I'm a slow learner.
Anyway, there's a hundred other things I've learned this month from the RIGHT way to defend a bow and arrow choke, to how your hips are your best friend even in back control...but I'll leave it here for now. Next month is the "month of half guard" so I need to go start mentally preparing myself for the beating I'm about to receive over the next 30 days :)
Be afraid... be very afraid. My mission is to destroy your half guard... because I know that you're going to destroy me in side control. And we will both benefit from it. See you next week, buddy.
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