Tis the season… for tournaments apparently
I don’t know if there is really an actual tournament season for jiu jitsu but with the two that I am competing in within one week sure makes it feel that way.
As if I wasn’t tired and beat up enough from Sunday’s tournament, I did two classes on Monday night and another one last night (Tuesday). About halfway through last night’s class I began to get really sore. I was useless when we began rolling.
One of the good things about my gym is that we have multiple instructors. They all teach different things and I learn new techniques all the time. In the first class on Monday we drilled some great counters when getting swept. They are very useful and I wish I had learned them sooner. I used to prefer to learn new submissions when I train but now I am realizing that positioning, sweeps, counters, and defense are key.
I was planning on doing my lifting routine this morning and no-gi class tonight but my body is wrecked and needs to recover. Hopefully I can make it to the gym tonight and lift then do a gi class tomorrow. It’ll be my last one before Sunday’s tournament.
If you are in the Orange County area you should definitely come to No Limits for the tournamnt. I should have a camera for this one so I can film some more low-lights (a.k.a. my instructional series on what NOT to do).
