Sweating to Death

Wow was it hot tonight. All of us were soaked after our “warm up”, even with the fan blowing. First up…25 take down attempts. 15 dry runs, then 10 following all the way through. Me & the Mongoose paired up, with another guy working in. I made it to about #8 before just about wanting to die. I had to quit, take a drink and cool off for a couple of minutes or I was going to puke or pass out. And I wasn’t the only one.

Another “fundamentals” type class today. We reviewed the techniques for gaining mount from side control, and then worked the cross collar choke and the double armlock we did on Tuesday. Then we did a knee pillow paper-cutter-like choke and the bow and arrow choke too.

After class Mike and I rolled a couple of times, going light. He’s doing the tournement on Saturday and already has a tender rib. I let him work his top game and just defended in our first roll. I’d throw some offense at him from my back too.

Fundamentals was elbow escaping and threading the needle from within side control. Threading the needle is something that’s always given me trouble, so it was nice to work on it slowly. We also did a headlock escape from within side control too.