Training this week was good and could have been a bit more arduous. Andre's class was good as he put on a thorough review of techniques taught in the Rigan Machado seminar. Rolling was fairly decent as I was able to fully understand how to perform one of the throws conducted upon me by Justin Flores which occurs when my opponent grasps my inside gi and from that point I dip my head downwards while twisting my arms into the throw. Wrestling class was as usual with many instances of Jimmy taking me down at will and thus from that point it can be manifested that I must constantly chuck the neck and head when attempting the throw. Wednesday was designated as a rest night but still managed to strive to swim for an hour. Thursday was class with Lucas and he instructed me and my partner on how to hit a twisty armbar when the opponent turtles. Additionally, Lucas delved upon a point when you attack the back by sidemounting the opponent then allowing the opponent to flee to the turtle position, and at an opportune moment you thread your leg inside and clasp yourself unto the opponent's back, and achieve a very tight position. Lucas additionally elaborated on the strategy of the knee cut pass by pinning the opposite shoulder of the knee cutting angle and attacking the pass. Conversely, in no-gi an underhook can be achieved and the knee cut pass can be enacted.

  Judo was just me and an old training partner. I discovered that I could effectively pull of a drop seo nagi and must consistently go for it. Saturday was a BJJ party with lots of eating (steak, chicken, sausage) and it was without a doubt beyond amazing.

  The last of week, Sunday, was deigned for the Kit Dale seminar and he illustrated an abundant amount of concepts deserving of attention. In particular was guard passing as he never allows his opponent to move forward and close distance, and when he attacks he will club the head downwards and then pass the leg as opponent shoots his head upwards. Dale also showed a method of landing the knee cut by pushing the knee outward and digging the hand to the opponent's upper lat area and then completing the pass by tripoding and placing the weight of my shoulder to my opponent's side rather than directly on my opponent. Lastly, Dale showed a way of hitting his great white grip which was beyond awesome and I had the fortunate opportunity to actively drill out that particular move. In his concluding remarks, it was fascinating to hear him speak about the emphasis of focus on concepts as opposed to specific techniques along with designating an emphasis on rolling and finding out where your mistakes lie and where improvement can be necessary.  

  This week, I also signed up for the IBJJF worlds no-gi and the IBJJF nationals. I will train as much as I can including the stoppage of alcohol drinking and the following training schedule will need to be maintained.

 Monday-morning exercise (one hour) BJJ night

 Tuesday-morning exercise (half hour) wrestling night

 Wednesday-morning exercise (half hour) BJJ night

 Thursday-morning exercise (half hour) BJJ night

 Friday-morning exercise (half hour) Judo night

 Saturday-REST

 Sunday-Morning exercise (half hour) Open Mat (Barum or 10th planet)

  The morning exercise routine is simple. Monday would be 2 minutes skip rope 2 minutes burpees, 2 minutes shrimp, 2 minutes umpas, 2 minutes triangles, 2 minutes knee slice, 2 minutes sit outs, 2 kick passes, 2 minutes kickback pass, 2 minutes jump up squats, 2 minutes shoot, 2 minutes judo step which taken in altogether equals a half-hour.

 Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday will be Push ups and squats. Wednesdays will be designated as pulls. There will be a lot of work ahead and a common theme I will enact in my competition will be a constant level of attack, non-stop attack to eventual victory.