Brown Belt Journey #95
Tuesday
Bairro No-gi 1hr
Wednesday
Bench 2x10x135
Rows 2x8x135
Facepulls 2x20x25
Pulldowns 2x10x100
Cable Curls 2x8x42.5
Pushdowns 2x15x42.5
Treadmill 10 min
Thursday
Bairro No-gi 1hr
Saturday
CLBJJ Comp (IBJJF Rules)
Sunday
Bairro Open Mat 2 hrs
Gold in my bracket (Master 2 Purple/Brown/Black)
1st match: I got the takedown. I backstepped into saddle because it was wide open. My opponent used both hands to hold onto his trapped leg, which I had a toe-hold grip on. I quickly switched to a straight ankle lock on the secondary leg and got the tap.
2nd match: My opponent went for a sloppy uchi mata which gave me a body lock. We both started laughing and I put him down for 2 points. I was in 3/4 mount. I grabbed a giftwrap and chair-sit him into a back take for 4 points. I switched to a North south Kimura but couldn't undo his grip. I fell back into spiderweb and got the tap through a bicep slicer.
Bronze in the absolute
1st match: My opponent pulled full guard. He kept trying to attack me and break my posture. I couldn't get his guard to open up. I should have gone for the can opener... I fully stood up straight and still, the guard wouldn't open up. I finally got it to open and jumped on an outside heel hook, but he rolled us out of bounds. In this ruleset, we just reset standing which kind of sucked for me. He pulled butterfly guard this time. He somehow ended up in my Rubber guard. That specific gym knows how to counter rubber guard, so he escaped twice out of it. He got me into spiderweb and I tapped as soon as my grip broke.
2nd match: My opponent went for a single leg. I let him take it and put him into my rubber guard as a counter. He's from the same gym, so he escaped the same way, but I was ready for it. I grabbed his near leg and went into outside ashi to attack the heel hook. He defended well and backstopped with the other leg. That's what I wanted, I got the outside heel hook on the second leg to secure bronze. I didn't know he was a black belt.
All 3 guys who countered my rubberguard in these last 2 comps are from the same gym. I got footage of at least 6 escapes, so I'll analyze that to capitalize on their counters.
My first time submitting a black belt in competition, as a purple belt! Good ending to this fall competition season.
