This week

Days till tournament: 7

This week was relatively light but yet I was still pretty busted up come the weekend. Amazing what a few bad nights of sleep can do to derail recovery. Here's how it all went down this week:

Tuesday: BJJ
Hit the advanced class and the rolling after. Pretty standard stuff, worked on a new throw in class. Nothing super spectacular about this one save for me getting completely flipped over the top of my partner's head instead of sideways like I was supposed to. Quite the surprise for me once I realized how exactly I was about to meet the ground.

Wednesday: Private BJJ and CrossFit
In the private session, we went over a variety of attacks from positions and otherwise just cleaned up/reviewed some general things worth rehashing as knowledge for the tournament. Of note, we got really into depth about the deep half guard, the open half guard, and how to really effectively break a closed guard. I am feeling a lot better about being on the bottom now, so I may start putting myself in that position rather than attack and fight for the top as I do now.

I went to CrossFit later on that night because the private lesson was more skill based than physical, so I was still fresh and ready to rock. The workout was a really cool Tabata, which is one of my favorite types of work outs. This one was programmed as a gym WOD, but it had all the stuff I try to throw in my original WODs for more BJJ specific stuff so I was happy. The workout was:
Tabata:
Balls Slams (30)
Ab Mat Sit Ups
Row (calories)
Ring Rows
DBL walking lunges(35)
Double Unders
I ended up with 403 total reps, which was in the top few finishers of the day. Overall, a solid conditioning workout.

Thursday: BJJ
For the second week in a row, I was forced to hit the rolling first then the fundamentals class. This fundamentals class was a bit more frustrating than the others I've done recently; my partner seemed careless at times and didn't seem to take much away from what I was trying to tell him about how to better execute the positions. I understand he is new, and that's just fine, but when one enters a learning environment one must be willing to learn. Sadly, I think he was looking for a knowledge hand out rather than truly trying to understand. I often am able to learn as much from training with new people as I am experienced people; the questions new people ask about positions force me to expand my knowledge and think outside the box, things that will ultimately make me better. Because this student was not inquisitive and felt like he was just going through the motions, I got very little out of training with him. This is a sad thing that I hope is just an aberration on his part. I'd hate to see him try to get deeper into this tough and demanding sport without the requisite desire to constantly improve.

As for the rest of the week, I took Friday and Saturday off. Sunday I will likely do the WOD I programmed for my Saturday CFMS class. I will post about it if I get around to doing it. Until next time!