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Welcome to White2Black. I started this blog as a white belt and am doing my best to keep it going through black belt. I will try and capture the best of Bjj, and I will give you a look inside my crazy mind. This blog will not be perfect, but it will convey my BJJ journey to you. I compete often so I will make sure I give you guys a piece of that as well. I am currently a Blue belt, I have competed at Pans, Worlds, and many other IBJJF tournaments, as well as local Naga, and smaller tournaments.

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June 6th 2011

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Review.

Alright guys, today in regular class it was basically a review of what we went over on Monday night. Meaning I got more repetitions in , more time to drill , and more muscle memory. So all is well on that note. Had a few good rolls. Rolled with "that guy" again, he was actually a different person today. Was almost like MPD or something...he was nice, didnt try to hurt me at all. Was cool for a change. I ended up rolling with a really big guy, it was his first day. We rolled twice! I was just letting him work, he was so big I couldnt close my guard at all, like...not even close. So in light of my tournament on Sat...I went easy today on my body...cuz Imma expect maximum performance on Sat. I'm excited :D Oh sorry....the new guy...I think he signed up or is going to very soon. He is overweight and jitz will do him the world!! I hope he joins, I was super nice :D . He tried to go hard at first, but after about 2 minutes of that , he was tired ! I didnt feel right trying to sub him, so I just worked on sweeping him from guard. Nothing "real" just him messing up his own base and me pointing it out! During competition class, warmed up again with Mr. Renny ...he is such a beast, I'm so glad I have been able to work with him on takedowns. I enjoy them. Imma be shooting a bunch at the tournament on sat. I plan on ripping through a few, if I take them down hard enough maybe I can sub before they figure out what the hell just happened. I'm by no means a jerk on the mat, nor do I go hard with training partners...BUT tournaments are different. Everyone is going 100 percent using a ton of strength "Blowing their Wad" pointlessly. My goal is to rip apart my 1st few opponents and have some time to relax between matches. Turns out my matches are only gonna be 6 min long with 3 min no points! ( first 3) that is okay with me. I was kinda looking forward to the 10 min matches, but I will get there eventually. Patience. Oh, so I worked the Old School sweep, thought I might as well add it in to my half guard game. And we worked on breaking the guard. I never really get put in full guard much, so I found that my full guard escapes are weak. So I worked a few , then worked a few triangle escapes just in case. My half guard game is where I find myself the most comfortable in all truth. I love to sweep from there. Ah well, holes to fill, holes to fill. I will let you guys  know how it goes this sat. Today was my last day training until after the tourney! I've been working hard, and it will show this weekend. RAWRRRRR. Oh, and words for thought....I know I am "just a whitebelt" and many of you might be...Why work on guard breaks , why work on half guard....! To you I say...what is  a blue or purple belt who can't get out of a guard....what is a brown belt or black who can't get off their back from half.....Imo, basics can NEVER do you wrong.