Belt Reminder -- still Brown / 4 stripes, 5 yrs and counting

6 1/4 yrs to Brown.

Turned Brown - Mar 2017. So 5 yrs at Brown and counting. 

Will be here awhile since i'm not formally training at any school, no one can promote me not that i'm ready to be BB. 

Still lots to learn before i can even think about it. Esp getting out of bad positions vs lower, stronger belts. 

Sunday Return 6: 5854 n 11 BBs in the House

Taps: 1. Total: 5854.

Octo Half Sweep -- got it 3 of 4 times. Got Rev Butterfly Sweep twice, each on peeps i never rolled with before, one a White, one Brown. 

Work on:

1. Passes

2. Back ESC

3. Foot lock

4. Estima Lock? 

Nice tip from BB Renee -- pull the guy down w me when i fall back to Half or Guard, intead of being a lazy fk n just fall back and keeping creating all that Space. 

Not motivated? Stop thinking. Just go Train. 

sidenote: 11 BBs in the house today. new record? i'll put it down for now. 

Sunday Return 5: 5853

Tapas: 3. Total: 5853. 

LT aka BB Tarca -- makes it look so easy. Gets underhook on my arm in Open Guard then swings leg over for arm crunch like / sub. Can't make any headway w him. 

Little girl Brown ... mae? she's the only person smaller than me ... and i feel bad bc i used, accidently, too much strength on her. Normally everyone else is stronger than me. Unconsciously my normal strength is too much for her ... i have to dial it down. New problem, new challenge. oh and i almost forgot, she's married to BB Uday, who rolled w me immediately after and kicked my ass. lol

Review: 

• Gordon Body Triangle ESC
• Henry RNC ESC
• Rener Body Triangle Ankle Lock

Sunday return 4: 5850

Taps: 1. Total: 5850. 

Two-week break for Spring Break. Back now. 

Unnamed BB i never rolled with before ... he framed my hips with both his hands to RECOVER GUARD easily. That gave him lots of space to get his legs/knees in. 

Another Brown had good GUARD RECOVERY ... using his foot to post on hips ... 

Made me realize that i have NO GUARD RECOVERY techs ... all i have his Half Guard ... when I'm in trouble i bail out to Half ... If my Half gets passed then .... 

re; HEEL HOOKS ... visiting female Japanese ... no belt so i thought Brown bc she dominated the other Brown girl that was there ... when i rolled with her she dominated me ... so I'm thinking Competition Brown. She went for Ankle Locks ... i defended and towards end ... i had a chance at a Heel Hook and she tapped and then she told me I was not allowed to Heel Hook ... below Blacks. 

Second person to tell me Heel Hooks were not allowed. BB Uday said no Heel Hooks in Gi. 

So i finally asked BB Tarca ... he said he they tried it on me first, then by all means go for it. Or ask before the roll. That makes alot more sense to me. 

This is the IBFJJ rules from 2021:

brown and black belts of the adult division will be able to use reaping techniques of course, in the No-Gi format. For now, it will not be possible in the masters divisions , or in the ranks below.

So yeah, no heel hooks in Gi is correct. And since Sunday open mat is Masters ... no heel hooks for me. 

Back to straight angle locks, Estima Locks anyone?

BB Ray -- finishing Armbar Break ... go with Filho ... underhook his leg. And i'm giving up too much SPACE on top of mount.

Same feedback from that Brown from last time ... said i was giving up too much SPaCE from top Side Control.