Training session's this week were resoundingly more active than usual. On Monday, two sessions were held by Andre where he thoroughly elucidated upon the elements learned at the Cobrinha seminar. Namely, he expounded upon the emphasis that must delegated to firmly holding onto the kimura grip from the back and how your chest needs to be firmly planted against the back tricep while simultaneously pushing the face down then going in for the arm bar.  Tuesday, was the Leo Viera seminar and Viera displayed a dazzling method for pressure passing the guard. The technique worked on the basis of doing a pushup with both hands upon the opponent's de le riva leg then hooking the ankle with my palm hand and from there swimming my arm inside to grip the outside lapel, simultaneously the other arm pushed behind the leg in the knee pit while the grip on the outside lapel pulled inside. Constant pressure is utilized and the pass is conducted.

    The counter to the Viera movement can be readily seen when the opponent makes the decision to roll back onto his shoulders and from there I put down my knee next to his head underhook with my arm on the knee side, then I put my leg into his armpit fall to the side while basing on my elbow then using my elbow on the inside of his arm to move inside his and achieve sidemount. Wednesday held day classes with Andre reviewing the Viera pass concept, while the night session had Joel instructing upon a basic choke from kneemount. Thursday's day session held a no-gi roll where I continually strived to take Lucas down but to no avail, wrestling will continually necessitate improvements, the night session was decent but the only thing really noticeable was the S mount armbar coming off the failed cross choke from fullmount. Saturday was a fun and long open mat roll session where I was able to learn of a new judo technique where I drag the opponent forward then move to my right and initiate the basic foot sweep.Sunday was a dismal rolling session where I thoroughly got beat up though the big lesson to take away from it is when the opponent is sinking in an arm bar I must roll into the opponent and not away and from there can take away the fulcrum needed for the arm bar.  Additionally, I learned that when I conduct the capoiera pass I must ascertain that the opponent is  pinned upon the mat so as to prevent him from bucking me over. Any endeavor worthy of challenge necessitates commitment, and what defines the commitment is continually moving forward irregardless of setbacks and demoralizations which will continually manifest; however, within this struggle true happiness is found.