I had a great time training while on vacation last week. I got to train with Kristopher Williams, a brown belt under Charles Dos Anjos.
We worked on a lot of passing, which is great for me for two reasons. One, we worked passes against a guard that I like to use (DLR), so now I can anticipate what's happening and try to avoid it better. Two, it's just always good to know guard passing techniques, as that really is a huge process in any stage of BJJ.
When I got back to Nebraska, it was good to get back on the mats and train with the people here, while trying to use new things learned elsewhere.
I got a stripe in Judo last night. I'm not entirely sure how that works, but I'm supposed to test for a new belt in the near (maybe not really near) future in both judo and BJJ. I've come to love my white belt and when it is retired, it will be placed in a location of honor.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Great to be back.
I saw someone post this week on Sherdog and what to do when you lose the love for BJJ. After reading his post, I just had to laugh. He'd be doing it for 9 months. That's not long enough to truly love BJJ. It's long enough to have a crush on it, but that's about it.
Loving BJJ takes years. I can barely say that I love it. I know that I do for one simple reason. Nothing ever makes me feel fine about missing training. Over the last few weeks, I've had to go to a number of work/church related functions. They've been enjoyable and even things I looked forward to, but they also cut into training time, and I felt a loss. When I've been injured and could not train, I've felt a loss. The idea of never being able to train again terrifies me and joy of training is so real that I seek out opportunities while on vacation.
My point is, if you really love BJJ, you never want to be absent. You don't miss the things you gave up for it (like T.V., video games, golf). You fight for ways to do it, view it, live around it. It consumes you. It makes you think about what you put in your body. It makes you think about ways to improve your strength, cardio and flexibility.
Needless to say, coming back tonight after far too long of a break (a whole 12 days ARRG!) was a relief. I missed it greatly and really enjoyed training tonight.
From a technical standpoint, I did some good things. I worked appropriate passes, had some good sweeps and some good take downs. I also gave up some positions, especially in half guard top and bottom. This is starting to feel like a weak spot for me, which is terrible since I end up there so often. I'll need to work on that.
Loving BJJ takes years. I can barely say that I love it. I know that I do for one simple reason. Nothing ever makes me feel fine about missing training. Over the last few weeks, I've had to go to a number of work/church related functions. They've been enjoyable and even things I looked forward to, but they also cut into training time, and I felt a loss. When I've been injured and could not train, I've felt a loss. The idea of never being able to train again terrifies me and joy of training is so real that I seek out opportunities while on vacation.
My point is, if you really love BJJ, you never want to be absent. You don't miss the things you gave up for it (like T.V., video games, golf). You fight for ways to do it, view it, live around it. It consumes you. It makes you think about what you put in your body. It makes you think about ways to improve your strength, cardio and flexibility.
Needless to say, coming back tonight after far too long of a break (a whole 12 days ARRG!) was a relief. I missed it greatly and really enjoyed training tonight.
From a technical standpoint, I did some good things. I worked appropriate passes, had some good sweeps and some good take downs. I also gave up some positions, especially in half guard top and bottom. This is starting to feel like a weak spot for me, which is terrible since I end up there so often. I'll need to work on that.
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