Hit up open mat this afternoon. my 1st real rolls in a long time. Thought Id be real sloppy, but I did very well.
Started with a Brown, we started off slow, very control in butterfly guard. Got into side control once, but regain CG. He ended up getting me in a bicep slicer, but I escaped. He ended up reversing me, took mount and got me in a straight armbar. Had a nice 15 min roll, or so.
2nd roll was with a bigger blue, tried to pass, but ended up in his half guard. Eventually got out and got into side control. Was bout to try 2 head/arm triangle, but we slid off the mat. He said, nice seeing ya again and said he had to leave.
3rd roll was with a Purple that I watched for a while (i took long breaks between rolls). I knew he wanted to play spider so knew off bat to not let his feet get into a good position. Ended up spinning him and getting side control. He did a great job of staying off his back tho, but his arm was there for the taking the whole time. Once I felt, that he was annoyed from the pressure and his arm being where it was wasnt a trap I got him in an armbar.
4th roll was with one of the smaller blue belts. Ive rolled with this guy the most out of everyone in the gym. I seen him having hard rolls,with the purple i went with and another jacked up blue belt, so I took an easy roll with him. He almost got an ankle lock on me, but i got him. From there, we had some good scrambles. He almost got me in something else, but after that one, I turned it up a lil bit more. I reversed him and got a kumara.
My goal was 4 rolls and I got em all in. Had more in me, but I didnt want to push it. Back is sore af right now, but I should be good till the nx one.
I def need to get back at it. I wanna go to competition in Sept/Oct, then maybe another one in Nov/Dec, or even Jan. Well see tho.
. What advice would brehs give to a beginning white belt? (Primarily doing Gi to start out)