2/25/16 Princeton Gi Open Mat

Ten minute matches

turn me into a puddle

of lactic acid

2/21/16 Sunday Open Mat Philly

I'm feeling uninspired this morning with regards to haikus.

Deadlifted with Brian and Eli, which was fun.

Open mat was fun, I trained a couple of times with Sam, with not much thought to working on anything in particular.  I feel like my top pressure game is coming back faster than my guard game.

Lori showed me a fun sasae variation I'm looking forward to trying.

No Gi Phila Thursday 2/18/16

Why can't I pass guard

Without a gi to help me

I'll just leg lock then

7 AM Open Mat 2/11/16

Scrape away the crud

I see a little purple

Faded but still there

Broke Toe

So I broke my pinky toe last Thursday. I never could quite get the hang of Thursdays.

It was during my first no-gi class in over a year, and since we start from the feet, I decided to immediately sit down and buttscoot forward to sitting up guard. As I scooted I kicked my partner in the shin with my toe and heard it snap. It hurt some at the time but more after I finished training. It started to swell, but I trained another match. Now, over a week later, it's still swollen and bruised. There's not much I can do except tape it. I tried training some but it probably would be better to let it rest for a couple of weeks at least. I don't really want to though.

Even drilling hurts. Heck even walking hurts. But I have noticed that when I'm training I'm hyper aware of what's happening because I have to be so careful about where I place my foot. It's interesting. I think this heightened sense of awareness is something that makes a really good grappler. Hopefully I can hold on to this after I've recovered.

The other fun thing is that everyone lets me win!