“Just Another Thursday Roll Night”

531 Squats first. Hit a new personal best, 185 7 times. Also did a few heavier clean and jerks too. Long term goal is to do a body weight clean and jerk. Last night I was doing about 75%, and while it didn’t feel heavy, the movement was a little clunky.

I started off with Seth. We had a good 7 minutes going back and forth. I was on top and on the offensive most of it, which felt good. I almost got him in an omaplata, couldn’t finish it, but did use it to sweep and get on top.

Next was a couple of rounds with JR. I let him get into my half guard because I wanted to experiment with the new sweep we learned. He saw it coming and barb wired his hand in to prevent me from executing it, and then used that to pass….right into a triangle/armlock combo. We had a good laugh about it after the fact. That may be a way to prevent the sweep…but it sure isn’t a way to pass!

Purple Belt Matt was next. I felt like we had a good round together. He only armlocked me once. And while I had him on my back for a while, did eventually escape it with my neck intact.

Two rounds with the Mongoose was last on the agenda. A very good back and forth with a couple of good escapes on both of our parts. He did finally get me in a guillotine near the buzzer of our second round.