[YeahBee]

Are you permitted to talk about the jury duty? have you done it in another htread? Could be intresting in the MAyberry

[Frodo]

IDK. Serving on that jury was one of the most boring things ever! They kept repeating the same thing over and over and over... One juror got kicked off for falling asleep.

[knoxpk]

Rolled with a Rigan Machado MMA fighter named Andrew. He had on the blood-stained vale tudo shorts and rash guard and seemed very experienced. However, I still dominated. Maybe he took too much time off and needs to get back into it.

Or maybe training 8 days a week, 25 hours a day makes you good?

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by knoxpk

Or maybe training 8 days a week, 25 hours a day makes you good?

No, he is definitely rusty at least. He is in the black gi in this hilite video from the last tournament he (and I coincidently) were in. However, it was his first gi competition (he is used to no-gi and mma) so that showed a lot of courage. Just because you train at a big-name academy doesn't mean you are automatically badass. Badassness must be cultivated...

[knoxpk]

you are just being humble

[Frodo]

5-22-2007

Went to Pitt to grapple a little. Bobby, Randy, Bryce, Scott, Norm, and Brendan came today. First we did some rolling for about an hour. Then I had a short private lesson with Bobby. We discussed:

• Old School Sweep tips:
  • When executing, keep his near leg trapped with your legs.
    
  • Grip his foot, not his shin.
    
  • Afterward, keep your head pinned to his far hip.
    
  • Also keep his leg tight and not loose.
    
  • Consequence of disobedience: being triangled.
• If you try old school, and he defends by using his far hand to interfere:
  • Grip his arm at the elbow. If you grip at the wrist, he can post on his elbow.
    
  • Pull it into you and drive him to side control.
• Half-X rolling sweep.

We did some rolling too.

[Frodo]

5-23-2007

Got ear drained. My ear doctor is very nice and very skilled, so it doesn't hurt much to get my ear drained from him. It is freaky when he gets all the fluid out and the needle slurps like when you finish drinking with a straw.

...

Went to Donny's and rolled for a bit.

...

Went to SHJ. We covered:

• Fireman's carry.
  
• Jumping to juji gatame from kesa gatame.

Finished with some rolling. This was the first time I met Boris IIRC.

[Frodo]

5-24-2007

Helped Bobby do private lesson. He went over arm drags:

• Push arm to wristlock.
  
• If that fails, try armdrag of death to rolling sweep or take the back.

...

Went to PGC. Bobby came too IIRC. We began with some rolling, then covered some simple ankle lock and heel hook defense. We finished with more rolling.

[Frodo]

5-25-2007

Went to SCMA. Drilled. Rolled.

Weighed in at 151.6 pounds. Saw Phil and Bobby do judo demo at the Kumite Classic. It was pretty good, though there weren't many spectators. Jeff bought some mancino mats (series 200 I think) for demos from the event organizers. They are pretty good mats!

[Frodo]

5-26-2007

Competed in Kumite Classic. Ah, there's nothing like competing in this tournament. It was the first real grappling tournament that I entered (after about 1 month of training 2x a week), so the KC means a lot to me. Randy and Bryce helped referee and man a table so they could watch for free. Bobby also refereed for a mat, but left so he could coach me and compete on his own periodically.

I did both gi and no-gi. First the kimono matches. While waiting I saw some amazing purple, brown, and black belt competitors. They were very inspiring. Now for my matches:

1. First match against Chad Sicari.
   • Started kuzushi for takedowns, Chad pulls guard.
     
   • Froze for a second.
     
   • Broke guard with combat base sit.
     
   • Passed with x-pass.
     
   • Got kimura from side control, Chad establishes half guard.
     
   • Switch grips so I can pass again, keeping kimura.
     
   • Reestablish figure-4 on kimura
     
   • Step over head. finish.
     
2. Second match against Nathan Fitzsimmons (sorry, no video).
   • Beat him by points
     
   • Could not submit him even tho I tried!
     
3. Third match against Tim Koren
   • He goes to a Lloyd Irvin affiliate in Washington DC IIRC.
     
   • I got a sweep
     
   • He had a good guard, tough to crack
     
   • He opened guard, I made a mistake and he locked in a triangle, but it wasn't set
     
   • I fought it, but I went to my back to get it off before rolling out. He got a sweep for that, tying the score.
     
   • Tim won by advantage.
     

I was disappointed for losing in gi, because I was winning and made a stupid mistake. Lessons learned. Now for no-gi after shedding the gi:

1. Fourth match against Jason Eisner (no video).
   • He is from Renzo's in NYC I think.
     
   • I pass his guard and establish side control
     
   • Jason is very tight and I can't do subs.
     
   • To avoid the stalling penalty, I switch to north-south.
     
   • I switch back to side control, get high, switch to mount.
     
   • Try shin sub, doesn't work. Try going for chokes/armlocks, but he is too strong and tight
     
   • I win by points
     
2. Fifth match against Simmler Tebo (no video).
   • Wrestler from Boston, he beat Tim, who beat me
     
   • He shot, I sprawled, took his back
     
   • Tried for a choke, he defends well. he escapes when I try for body triangle
     
   • Easy to break his posture, but hard to submit. End up in weird half guard.
     
   • I am up by points, gets more frantic as match is almost over.
     
   • I go for a toe hold and tap him out with 5 seconds to go.
     
3. Sixth match against David Sachs
   • MMA fighter and wrestlers from Pittsburgh Fight Club. Cool guy. He cut weight to 144 yesterday, but they combined divisions as I suspected.
     
   • He was very strong. Sprawled when I shot in, but I pulled guard.
     
   • 0-0 the whole time.
     
   • I switch to half guard, but he gets an advantage for that.
     
   • Too tired to do anything. I lose by advantages again.
     

I had on a green shirt and cameo shorts in no-gi. I got 2nd in both blue belt and advanced no-gi, 145-160. I made a stupid mistake in blue belt and lost by an advantage. At the end of no-gi, I was just too tired and also lost by advantages. This was a good experience because I know I have to work on both drilling more to prevent those mistakes and on my strength/cardio so I can win even if I'm tired. I also need to be more active from my guard and not be so passive.

I'm happy though; because, I had 6 matches so it was really fun. Some of my friends complained that the tournament took too long or they only had 1 fight, but they only did no-gi so I just laugh at them! ;-)