Side Control Escape Week

Yeah, it's been forever but I have been training at least twice a week... But, I have finally come to a place where nothing will stop me from training to get better and to lose weight and get back in shape. It was really hard to get to that place and actually humble myself. It almost like starting over. I can't believe how much I let life affect me after Dad died and I moved to Portland. I really just tried to stay numb and seek comforting things. I have given up the majority of impurities in my life like soda, alcohol (sans wine and the occasional micro brew) and green. First time I have sought a pure life style in quite awhile. Enough rambling.

This week is side control escapes at SBG. Here's a link on Wikipedia that explains side control. Cane was teaching the class, one of my favorite coaches and brown belt, he is really good at breaking down the positions so you can understand them. He started by showing us the basic position you want to assume when you are caught in side control. If someone is on your right side you want to put your left arm across your stomach with your hand on your right hip and pin your right elbow on your side with your arm bent defending the cross face and blocking your opponents hips. He then moved on to showing how to get that basic position back when someone your arms are caught outside the basic position by utilizing the umpa aka bridging and driving your right elbow into the space you create when you umpa then you bridge again and thrust your left arm up over your right shoulder driving your elbow back down across your body to get your basic position back.

I came home and weighed after class and was down 7lbs. that's a lot of sweat! I consider that a good class.