I didn’t get a chance to put up yesterday’s post, so here it is now:
Wednesday, 5/25 —
Tonight’s class was nice and easy. After warm-ups we got time to practice takedowns on our own. I went with osoto-gari, hip toss, single-arm, double-leg, and single-leg to sweep.
The instructor used me to demonstrate a side-control choke called the bread cutter, using the scarf-hold to set it up. I need to work on this more, had a hard time sinking it in from my partner’s left side.
My partner was kind of new, so I rolled slowly with him, giving him a chance to try out what he knew. I find this to be a lot of fun. I don’t know if I will ever be a top-notch BJJ competitor, but I really hope I have the opportunity to teach it one day. He got his first stripe at the end of class, so I guess the instructor liked what he saw.
Weight after class: 189.2! Cruiserweight, here I come!