3585 at the Masters 2 Open Mat

Taps: 9. Total: 3585.

Masters Open Mat at Legacy. Masters, i think means 36 and over. Met Prof. Crane at the Shoyoroll Open Mat.

Pros:

• 8am Sunday, so I can get my training and still have the whole day for family stuff.
• 5 minutes from my house.

Con: I can't think of any.

Six others besides me today: all Purple, except for one Blue, and two Black. Blue Mike had very good balance. He recovered midway during my favorite Sweep attempt.

Prof Crane -- a whole another level of Black. He's three, four steps ahead me. BB Chris uses pressure and weight distribution. With Prof. Crane, I'm in a maze and he's far ahead just closing all the escape routes.

Hope to make this a regular gig. Simi had an open mat today, too and I love training with those guys. Only downside is that it's 35 minutes away.

Purple Ira tip: taking away the elbow base, pulling up on Side Control top.

Scared to use Hitchhiker ESC on all the armbars that I was caught in. With Prof. Crane, he underhooked my leg, so I couldn't even if i wanted to, but with the others, I gotta just take the leap. And as Nick Diaz says, "Don't be scared, Homie."

Trained 4x this week. Whew. New Personal record.

Working on always keeping ego in check. Everyone always asks, "How much do you weigh? How old are you?" They're trying to be nice, to give me an excuse. No thank you. I'm not going to take the Excuse.

No excuses. I'm as old as I am and I weigh what I weigh. Every roll is an Absolute Division for me. I will not use age or weight as an excuse. I will use BJJ.