Arm Drag

Banana Smoothie

I just experienced simple beauty in a glass



2 x banana
1 x satsuma
1 tbsp pure honey
1 1/2 cup of water

Lovely!

Preventing the Scissor Sweep

http://youtu.be/Wq_-TlAS54E

Enjoying the Xmas holidays for the first time in many years.

Bow and Arrow variant

Back! Wednesday: Sweeps from 1/2 to armbar/triangle

Back on the mats after illness.

Drilled with Bc.

In the new room at school, warm-ups included climbing the ceiling  rope, which was fun but tough.

Drilled sweeps from 1/2 to armbar/triangle. Trap their whizzer, scoot under for right butterfly, etc.

Including keeping right foot under their arm to keep it at distance - very nice sweep this way.

Jh showed me a nice, simple sweep from SC - bridge into them quick away. Nice.

Jh also demonstrated his sweep from full guard which involved him sensing a slight change in my balance. Great!

M's mother made us cakes.

Good to be back.

Update

All being well, I will be back on the mats on Monday

Kurt Osiander Move of the Week - Triangle Detail

Still ill

Norovirus

Seems like I've caught norovirus after venturing outside to purchase Christmas presents in the bustling overfilled city.

I feel like I've been run over by a tank and had my insides filled with spiky soft marbles of pain.

Saturday

Drilled with Ay.

Worked on breaking turtle into RNC.

Nearly went unconscious from RNC. Trembled and took a minute to regain my equilibrium even though I'd tapped.

Rolled with different partners on breaking turtle.

3 times I made the mistake of pulling them backwards over their ankles (nobody was hurt) - I didn't understand what I was doing wrong so couldn't rectify it right away - and got scolded for it by a frustrated instructor B.

Rolled with more determination afterwards.
Took a fist in the nose by mistake.

Good but stressful. A younger me would have quit today, but not this me.