Comments on: State of my … Jiu Jitsu http://www.stateofmyarts.com/blog/2009/12/22/state-of-my-jiu-jitsu/ My martial arts life Sat, 08 May 2010 14:05:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Pete http://www.stateofmyarts.com/blog/2009/12/22/state-of-my-jiu-jitsu/comment-page-1/#comment-643 Pete Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:27:44 +0000 http://www.stateofmyarts.com/blog/?p=397#comment-643 <a href="#comment-642" rel="nofollow">@Mike </a> Guess I sounded a little down on myself? Actually, I'm not. I was feeling good after last workout, even though the instructor paired me with the lightest and/or least experienced guys. The reason I was feeling good was that I was working some techniques, and more importantly I was recognizing some of the things that were coming at me. Looks like the only official open mat time is Friday at 7:00 AM. Not going to happen. Hey, if you want to come over some time with your gi, I can open up our dojang and we can do some slow rolling and drills together! :) @Mike
Guess I sounded a little down on myself? Actually, I’m not. I was feeling good after last workout, even though the instructor paired me with the lightest and/or least experienced guys. The reason I was feeling good was that I was working some techniques, and more importantly I was recognizing some of the things that were coming at me.

Looks like the only official open mat time is Friday at 7:00 AM. Not going to happen. Hey, if you want to come over some time with your gi, I can open up our dojang and we can do some slow rolling and drills together! :)

]]> By: Mike http://www.stateofmyarts.com/blog/2009/12/22/state-of-my-jiu-jitsu/comment-page-1/#comment-642 Mike Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:28:57 +0000 http://www.stateofmyarts.com/blog/?p=397#comment-642 I remember being out for a month and change from training due to insanity at work in June and July, and it took me until the end of August to really feel like I was back in the swing of things. I think you can give yourself more than two months to get reacclimated to BJJ without feeling too bad about things, given that you were away for as long as you were. Also, you figure most of the people who are giving you fits on the mat have probably been training consistently for a while now. I don't know your school's schedule, but if there's open mat time that you can make, you might want to try and go and find people to work with on drills, slow rolling, and the like. While we all have great and awesome classmates, sometimes rolling in class can get people to feel a little too competitive (which is understandable, but counterproductive, I think) on the mats. But if you come in with the intent to, say, work mount escapes or retaining the guard position during open mat, it usually subverts the sense of competitiveness. I remember being out for a month and change from training due to insanity at work in June and July, and it took me until the end of August to really feel like I was back in the swing of things. I think you can give yourself more than two months to get reacclimated to BJJ without feeling too bad about things, given that you were away for as long as you were. Also, you figure most of the people who are giving you fits on the mat have probably been training consistently for a while now.

I don’t know your school’s schedule, but if there’s open mat time that you can make, you might want to try and go and find people to work with on drills, slow rolling, and the like. While we all have great and awesome classmates, sometimes rolling in class can get people to feel a little too competitive (which is understandable, but counterproductive, I think) on the mats. But if you come in with the intent to, say, work mount escapes or retaining the guard position during open mat, it usually subverts the sense of competitiveness.

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