So I just came back from the last training this week. I managed to reach my minimum goal of 3 BJJ sessions and 2 Yoga sessions.
On the picture, you can see an exhausted Flipstar and one of the trainers who sadly will be leaving soon to go back to Brazil to prepare for some upcoming tournaments.
We did a very long warm up and I was ready to go home after this already.
The technique we practised today was an escape from the side control. If we are controlled we go "inside" with our arm which is on our opponents hip to create some space. We pull ourselves inside our opponent and "twist" us out of his control. If we are fast enough we can even catch his neck.
Where I had problems:
While it worked good during drilling, one reason might be I was already familiar with this escape, I had still issues pulling it off while fighting, especially against a blue belt I rolled with. I am still too slow and have to think about the move too long. This can be solved through more drilling and more practise.
What did I learn:
I want to remember one technique per session or one detail. If I try to remember everything I just get overwhelmed. I also want to roll more with the blue belts. While from some I just get destroyed I still learn a lot and often get valuable tips.
Overall I feel I had some good progress. I still dont land a lot of the submissions I am attempting but I survive better and manage to escape and at least try to attack myself.
Enjoy your weekend dear Steemians