In the last seven days, I’ve attended four classes, each with very different outcomes. Everything from “Oh, great, I did really well” to “Oh God, I’m a total loser.” These are probably just the ups and downs of the Jiu-Jitsu marathon I’ve decided to commit to.
In every class, I usually do four to five rounds of rolling. The last training session wasn’t good at all—or maybe I should actually be happy, because I showed up and became aware again of what I need to improve.
I have to be more active when I’m stuck underneath someone, and I need to overcome my claustrophobic panic reactions. That means avoiding an immediate tap due to panic, as long as I’m not in a position where my opponent has real leverage on me, and trying to escape.
The training started with a heavy warm-up: lots of core work and push-ups. Interestingly, the next day my muscles were far less sore than after the previous class, which had been much easier overall—but during that session I was far more active while rolling. One of my training partners even said to me, “Today you were strong!”
That made me wonder: Does this mean that the best strength training for Jiu-Jitsu is actually rolling? Somebody already wrote that somewhere in one of the Facebook groups.
Another thing I need to work on is the feeling that I’m going to vomit when I wear a mouthguard. Everybody says it's very important to have it, and I've also found it's good to have it, but every time I put it in, I have to take it out again very soon.
But all of this is part of the learning process.
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