Location:
Gracie South Bay
Sparring Partners:
- Mitchell
- ??
- Emilio
- Sal
> Training with Mitchell was very interesting. He's a white belt, and a lot taller than me. I ended up in turtle a lot and was able to defend all of Mitchell's attacks on my turtle. Every attempt to sweep him didn't go so well. It felt like a lot of it was my own lack of technique. His longer limbs definitely helped him out and my shorter limbs definitely helped me defend my turtle. He couldn't knock me over or get any grips, but I couldn't do very much from turtle. I had him in half guard a couple times, but was unable to take that anywhere. I need to work on more sweeps and attacks from half-guard.
> Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of the second guy I sparred with. He was a blue belt, also bigger than me. He seemed to be letting me try different things and wasn't sparring very hard. I don't remember how this one went very well. I remember going for an arm bar and feeling silly that I totally missed the opportunity to get a barataplata. I need to work on guard passing.
> Emilio was a lot closer to my size; a white belt. He got my back a few times, but I blocked all his choke attempts and escaped each time. Just before the round was up I almost had an arm bar. I need to work on escaping side control more. I'd also like to explore the flower sweep more.
> After sparring with Sal, I realized that I had sparred with him before at Nunez BJJ during their 1st anniversary celebration. He's a pretty tall purple belt and Joe Nunez's brother. I asked him if we could slow roll since I was pretty beat by this point. He was cool with it. We slow rolled from one position to the next. I felt like I was getting tumbled around, not in control of the match very well, until I tried for an omoplata and found the barataplata. I had my left arm around his right arm, but I couldn't remember how to submit from the barata when I first got it. I held on tight while Sal attempted to get out of it and I attempted to remember what to do next. Eventually, I got my leg on his hip and pushed away from him, toward his head, getting the tap. Talking to him about it afterward, he said he was trying to figure out how to get me off, rolling around, but I held on well.
Overall:
I had a great time. I'm out of shape. I got light-headed a couple times and was seeing spots, but I walked it off and got back on the mat when I was ready. I'll be coming back to Gracie South Bay, possibly joining the classes. We'll see...
Roll on,
Mouse
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