More Work

Almost an identical class as Monday’s. We warmed up with the Circle of Death and did the same two knee on belly movement drills. Then we did two escapes, the deep half one, and one where you stiff arm their belt and outside knee, go to your stomach, get up and ankle pick.

Then, three 4 minute rounds. I had Cheng first. I really wasn’t “feeling it”, so my mental plan was to be relaxed, go easy, and see what happens. He passed several times with the same knee cut pass, and I really didn’t have an answer for it. He got to my back, got his grips, and I tapped early each time. Most of the time I’ll resist much more, but not tonight. There were a couple of points where I was able to escape a poor position or reverse him, and in those I went from slow and relaxed to pouncing like a cat. Those moments don’t come along all the time, so I’ve got to take advantage of them when they do.

For the second set of rounds, I had Shane. Same basic plan, but slower (on both of our parts). I did get off two arm drags, but he rolled out of it before I could secure the back.

After class, Danny commented how he’d been watching from the sidelines about how aggressive I had been. Didn’t really feel that way, but it’s hard to tell “in the moment”.