Training = Fun Times
The past couple days have been great, just focusing on training. This past Monday through Friday this was generally my schedule:
9-12 jiu jitsu (3 hours)
grab a protein shake, shower, then
1-2 Muay Thai (1 hour)
then chill the rest of the day.
I am still figuring out if this works best for me.
I Made It To the Finals in the Grappling Tournament!!!!
Yesterday was an interesting day!! Mixed high and lows, mostly highs 🙂 In the morning, we had our in house grappling tournament. One group was for more smaller, inexperienced people, and another group was for bigger, more experienced people. I obviously was in the former group. It was me plus 6 other guys. How is it that in class I never get the tap, but in the tournament in our group I made it to the finals!!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!
Fight #1: I scored points on the takedown, scored points moving from half guard to mount, then won via submission when I isolated his arm and did this choke Andrew showed me where I basically smash my forearm against his throat to cut off circulation.
Fight #2: I scored points on the takedown, and took his back, got points for hooks in, then won via Rear Naked Choke. Sweetness!
Finals: I lost right away when he snapped me down and caught me in a guillotine. De-ja-vu!
I doubt my takedowns were any good, but the irony is that I got them, when my main method of learning has just been watching YouTube videos on takedowns!! LOL. As far as my other skills in jiu jitsu, I must credit my success in the tournament to Andrew, my teacher! 🙂 Here he is putting someone to sleep at the 2010 Thailand BJJ and Grappling Open.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOLLcCR_WJY&feature=player_embedded
He was proud of me. I think! But then he asked me to review some submissions and I forgot how to do a kimura from side control and he was majorly disappointed in me and said my total tally is zero, cuz if getting to the finals was a +10 in awesomeness, then forgetting the kimura is a -10, so now I am neutral : / I would still contend I am at least at a +1 score.
I Finally Had The Courage to TAKE the Evening MMA Class!!!
THEN…I decided to gather up my courage and try the EVENING MMA CLASS. If you have been closely following my blog, you know that it has been something I have always wanted to do, but never had the guts because it was “advanced” and looked “too hard” blah blah. WELL, I heard Fridays were the easier days. LOL. SO I decided that Friday would be my day. I mustered up my courage and showed up. I survived one 5 min round on the heavy bag, then three 5 min rounds with a Thai trainer with pads, then took off one round.
Feeling Low in the Jiu Jitsu Portion
Then it was jiu jitsu portion of the class. I put on my long sleeve rashguard over the sleeveless top I was wearing. And everyone paired off, leaving me the odd (wo)man out. This is frustrating for me, because I feel like this always happens. I am always struggling to have a partner, because everyone already matches up, and I am left out. Is it because I am a girl? I have heard guys say how having a female partner is weird for them. Is it because I am inexperienced, and no one wants an inexperienced partner? Or maybe it is both. In any case, it made me frustrated and sad. I didn’t know what to do, so I did the mature thing and sat out and lowered my head and felt like a victim and held back tears. Lol.
Today = Gym + Find A Way to Call Orbitz
Today (Saturday) I will go check out the “Chalong Gym” which is about a 5 min motorbike ride from Tiger. I am eager to have the more extensive options of treadmills, machines, weights, etc that Tiger doesn’t have. It’s 150 baht to drop in (about $5). I also need to find a place to make international calls, because I have to call Orbitz to change my return flight and you know THAT is going to be a loooong phone call : / And tomorrow is my visa run!
***Amor***
~K
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