i also had my first day today. first time back on a mat in a few months. first real workout since..does sex count? if not, a few months lol.
rolled with 3 purple belts and one blue for 2 hours in the advanced class. my first time bjj ever and it was a whole new world lol. i still have the instinct to not go to my back and etc..wrestling instinct shit so i have to build up bjj instincs as to not leave my neck or arms open.
my positioning was okay except for when we roll for so long i end up giving an arm, but i cant expect to do much better against purples and blues. it's going to take a few to understand how i want to position my body in bjj. ex. in wrestling when i take someone down i know how i want my body..it's a little different and a little the same. i got a lot of what the advanced guys were working on and it's my first day with someone in my guard so not to shabby.
cant wait to get back into shape so i can really give these guys a go. the problem is, in wrestling you can be good just by being a fantastic athlete but in bjj it's like those top rank wrestling matches where it's all about the mind game, thinking and it's a physical chess match. just have to train bjj until it's all instinct like wrestling--where i never have to think about rolling.
can't wait to go again. damn work schedual getting in the way. time to pick up running and the weights again. here we go, lol.