Made it to the afternoon class today. We continued working on sidecontrol escapes. Maybe it's because I'm a big guy but it seems the guys at this gym like to put a knee on your head to control you in side control. I must say it works well but damn if it doesn't grind the hell out of your ears. It was hard to wash my hair afterwards because my left ear is mangled. Time to get some wrestling head gear to avoid the dreaded cauliflower ear.
I'm starting to get to know some people at the gym which is making it more comfortable. I really miss the comraderie I experienced at my old gym in Mobile. I did get a little time to talk to our black belt Matt, the owner of the gym, and he was telling me how his Dad and Grandpa both died of heart attacks in their 50's and how he has high colesterol. So, of course I talked about my family history. We both agreed I was in the right place for losing weight and getting back in shape. Which by the way my pants are getting loser which is a good thing!
A quick and healthy recipe I tried this week was getting some prepacked asian veggies in the frozen section and some deveined shrimp and threw together a quick meal sauteed in canola oil added a little garlic powder and a pinch of sea salt. It was quite satisfying!
So, In class today we warmed up by rolling. My stamina is getting better to where I can stay competetive a little longer. I held my own and did not get submitted by two blue belts and got a cross choke on another white belt. It's defnitely not all about submissions but it's nice get one from time-to-time. After warming up we drilled escaping from side control which wore me out pretty good. And then we did some 6 minute matchs from the standing position! That was pretty fun although i was pretty tired by then and didn't have as much to give as i would have liked. Although i did nail a seoi nage judo throw. It wasn't real pretty but it worked! Here's a video of some people that can do it way better then myself. I wish I could do it that well! I apologize for the rockin' music that accompanies this video.
Anyhow after a couple rounds of standing to submission sparring I was done. All-in-all it was a good class and another step in the right direction.
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