Hit jits again yesterday for the 2nd time in two days. Rolled with a few different partners including a new female partner. Well, she's a Blue Belt, but she's new to me. :) I spent a lot of time under what I think is called Kurusa Kesa Gatame(both arms in), thinking how the hell do I get my knee in there OR get an underhook. (I am open to suggestions and to video links) I struggled to bridge and/or try to get up on one side and/or get my elbow to the ground, but all to no avail. And in my after action review I'm thinking a few things were wrong. Probably #1 is that I was fatiguing fast and lost faith in my bridging. Huge no no. #2 is that after I lost faith in my bridge, that broke my will altogether. Another huge no no. Since I really enjoy the positional game of it all, I'll obviously have to work on that bridge and that spirit. ;)
I also rolled with a guy whom, since I don't know his name, I will call Spider. Spider was the epitome of perfect partner. He was very skilled, but because we were trying to drill cycling through some things for practice, I could feel when he slowed something to give me a chance to catch it or when he baited me with something and practically pointed at it (say, his arm) as if to say, "gee, that would make a great americana". Anyway, I appreciated his skill and his patience and his total lack of ego. I always feel humbled and like I don't deserve that type of patience and time from someone who is there to improve their own game. But, in the future I will just take it, say thank you, and pay it forward when I am capable. Later when I paired with him in light sparring he actually could maintain a 52% effort and he spun a web around me. However, I did give him what resistance I could and I took copious mental notes. So, thank you Spider. Roll on buddy.
Today, the shoulder is on fire, the pain meds aren't helping, but I don't care I'm going tonight anyway. For the record, the shoulder is on "wow, lots of use"-fire, but not on "ooh, stop, something is bad"-fire.
(p.s. Youtube rules; I just found a couple of escapes from Kurusa Kesa Gatame that I think would have worked brilliantly)
2 comments:
Sounds like Spider would make a great training partner!
So, three months again...how's the shoulder? Also, apologies forgetting about the gluten free linkage. I'll rummage that stuff up for you, really!
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