Color Journey Update

• Brown Belt -- March 2017 
• Brown, 4th Stripe -- May 2019

So a Brown belt for 5 years now.

Lay-offs:

• 6 months: injury + surgery on shoulder
• 2 years: Just returned and a couple of sessions in -- Covid pandemic
• 3 months: Omicron variant. 

Sunday Return 3: 5849

Taps: 0. Total: 5849. 

No taps? bc no BB Tarca, BB Wade or Blue Nightmare who loves the Buggy Choke n i've seen him give fits to all the upper belts. 

Held my own today but no one was going too hard. 

Kept getting in pseudo Crab Ride, but no idea what to do from there. 

Slight progress on Passing but kept giving too much SPACE (according to Brown i was rolling with). He kept recovering Half and Guard when i was on top Side or N/S. 

Also, kept getting swept from top N/S ... need to put on my Right Knee / and go from Rev. Triangle on that side / opposite as as TeachMeGrapp video. 

Getting my Half passed when they Weave my Knee Shield, collar grip and he got his head pressure on my chin. Do i switch to Deep Half?

• Crab Ride
• Weave pass counter
• N/S top 
• Side Choke 

Sunday Return 2: 5849

Taps: 4. Total: 5849.

Need to work on Half Guard. Back to drawing board. Doesn't work so well on Browns and BBs. And lower belts with quick Subs got me with Chokes from top Half. 

Gordon and Danaher. 

BB Annie ... got her with Reverse Butterfly Sweep, got top Turtle n couldn't do anything. I had no attacks from Turtle, tried to get the back but she kept recovering to Turtle. Eventually got top Side and got me with Americana. 

Look up: Turtle Attack. 

Keep working the Passes, esp Danaher No gi series.

1. vs seated -- Bodylock  / also Laclan

2. vs supine -- Torreado/ angle

3. third option -- Floating / also Gordon

4. all leads to Half Guard pass / Danaher's fav ... need to have another look. 

Another look at Octopus Half n Giftwrap Armbar. 

 

Sunday Return 1: 5845

Taps: 7: Total: 5854.

After three-month break, Sundays are back. Dec, Jan. Feb -- black out months. 

First roll with a blue, gassed out. But recovered somewhat and Half Guard saved me a little vs the lower belts. 

Kept getting rolled on top of N/S. 

 Not much going vs BBs Tarca and Wade. They destroyed me.