ouch - man-handled again

I went to our traditional class last night.  It's not really that traditional really but we do a lot of judo.  I can't seem to get to the gym before 6:30 so I was about 35 minutes late for class.  When I got there John had the guys working on a guillotine.  The guys that are training at the gym right now are from a different gym, which is transitioning to a new space now, and they all fight.  So the class was no-gi, even though on Tues. it is usually a gi class.

Anyway, when I got there I initially worked with this guy who is really good at judo and that was fun.  Then I worked with another fighter, which was alright but I was learning a new technique and he was giving a lot of resistance even though we were supposed to just be drilling.  It was pretty frustrating.  We were doing a throw off a failed guillotine.  It was pretty sweet, although I almost never end up in this position.

We rolled for about 3 rounds.  The first couple of rounds went alright.  I rolled with some pretty inexperienced guys so I got to work on a few things, like sweeps.  Then I ended up rolling with a guy that was definitely more experienced than me and of course a lot stronger.  My shoulder still hurts.  I would have thought that because the guy had some experience and could clearly tell that he was more advanced than I was that he wouldn't feel the need to crank every submission like it was going out of style.  I don't understand why guys feel like that have to get all fucking hard core I mean I tapped almost immediately and he still basically ripped my arm off.  It's just frustrating.

Then I went over to brazil academy and did jiujitsu.  The regular instructor is in brazil right now so a brown belt taught class.  It was cool because we got to drill a bunch of armbars and no one likes drilling armbars more than me.  I think armbars will end up being my go to move.

We rolled 3 rounds in that class also.  I got to roll with another female blue belt, which is nice because we are similar sized and experience.  Then I rolled with Ninja, he's a purple belt and he's really technical.  Finally, I rolled with a new guy, which I was really nervous about.  He wasn't all spastic, I was so relieved.

OMG Travel and Work

It's hard to believe but I haven't gone to jiujitsu class since my fight.  I was out of town for a few days during the week after my fight.  I have been traveling way too much for work lately.  I suppose my trip to Vegas recently was not for work and I did stay in Albuquerque for fun over the weekend, after a conference.  But that's beside the point.  Work is taking away all my training time.

I knew what I was getting myself into when I took a job at a big law firm though.  I suppose they pay me a good amount to be at their beck and call for these first couple of years.  I have been training long enough to know that I am not going to stop training, which I think is what most people worry about when they don't get to train for a while. 

I got to roll for a few rounds tonight.  It was fun.  I find it hard to believe that just 3 weeks ago I was in fight shape.  Anyway, I didn't make it up to the studio until close to the end of class.  I got to drill two techniques and then I rolled 3 - 3 min. rounds.  The first guy I rolled with had a little bit of a smell, I really wish the guys would pay a little more attention to hygiene, although I'm sure they don't care as much about rolling with someone who smells all sweaty.  There wasn't anything particularly memorable about any of my rolls tonight :-T.  Anyway, I plan to go up to the studio and do some training with Shawn and his guys.  I am really looking forward to it.

I hope that I can get in some kind of groove now that I am done traveling for a while.  I just had a couple of conferences to attend.  I'm kind of racking up the frequent flyer miles, maybe I'll get upgraded next time. :-) haha not likely.  I can hope though.

3 - 1

I have an MMA record of 3 - 1 now.  I had a fight on April 1, 2010.  It was amazing.  The woman I fought was so tough and she had good clean technique.  The fight lasted all three rounds.  I am not going to lie, I was surprised.  I gave my opponent everything I had and she just hung in there.

One thing that I was disappointed about was my ground game.  I got in dominant position a few times and was unable to capitalize on it.  I took her back at least twice and I got the mount.  When I had the back I just couldn't finish the rear naked.  I really need to work on my subs with the MMA gloves on next time. 

That's all I have for now.  I just pulled an all nighter to get some research out to my new supervisor and I have to hurry and get my sh*t ready for work, oh yeah and go running.