Rolling was off to a good start this week as Andre's class was massively enlightening and enjoyable as usual. My current BJJ goals include the development of a strong leg drag and tonight Andres illustrated intricate details upon how to administer a strong formidable drag. Andre specified the end position of the leg drag where the downed leg of the opponent is pinned to the ground with the shin, then the attacker's grasps either the opponent's leg or the inside collar grip while the other hand grasps the top side of my opponent's gi at the base of the neck. This particular movement structure essentially pins my opponent and is immensely strong, and at this point I either pass for the side or take the back dependent on the opponent's reaction.

 While rolling, I had the opportunity to roll with a Saulo Ribeiro black belt named Joe. I learned abundantly the roll with a key point being that when I get a knee on belly and my opponent goes to strangle, I kick his backside forward alleviating the pressure on my face and giving birth to an opportunity for en escape. The movement is essentially basic but immensely functional.

 Wrestling session with Jimmy was good although a measurable amount of frustration was present as my development wrestling-wise is being stunted on the basis that I can only actively practice the daunting craft once a week. Additionally, I have discovered a need to find good training partners for each session as the guy I went with was rather lazy and undisciplined. Nonetheless, the things I learned tonight were the reaction after the single leg is caught where I create space against my opponent's head and sprawl my legs out and swiftly move to my opponent's back, and at that point I will work to administer my submissions (peruvian neck tie, guillotine, arm bar). During the wrestling, my confidence was turned up as  I did discover that my no-gi guillotines are beginning to shine, but against more talented and careful opponent's I am certain the fearsome moves would not be as effective as my opportunities would be rarer.
 
  The rolling week moved on forward and at the culmination of the week I was presented with a dilemma. Throughout my BJJ as well as boxing experience, I have continuously been under the impression that drilling is necessary and critical towards skill development. However, an article and interview presented by a resolute BJJ competitor, Kit Dale, seemed to dispute that notion as he espoused the fallacy of drills for BJJ. The abstinence of BJJ drilling mantra prompted me to ponder the efficiency of drills from the perspective of myself and not of any other individual. On one hand drills are good for developing muscle memory of moves but the muscle memory from my perspective comes from doing the actual physical movement which can be developed with BJJ style calisthenic movements and rolling while understanding the concepts of techniques can be garnered through strong attention to detailed instruction and critically viewing BJJ matches. To this end of understanding BJJ concepts, drilling can be quite necessary as I have discovered my understanding of BJJ concepts can come about through drilling. In the end, the conclusion I have conceived is to put an emphasis on rolling  and place integral importance upon the activity and be certain to plan on committing all my energies to each rolling session.

 As a further understanding of BJJ concepts, this match video should produce some key ideas and concepts in implementing strong leg locks. Rumina Sato definitely deserves accolades and recognition in being able to smoothly pull of these aesthetically pleasing leg locks.