MMA and me; day 162

Tuesday was a day full of grappling. I started out just getting more mat time and rolling with four or five different people for an hour and a half or so. I worked mostly on relaxing my breathing, and not over extending myself. I was dripping sweat by the end, but it felt really, really good. In jiu jitsu class, we worked on several solo drills; army crawls, front and back rolls, sit out drills, and the curly run. We then moved onto partner drills that involved the core, and getting up onto the shoulders and back of the neck. With a partner standing over your head, you swing your legs up so you are on the back of your shoulders, then lower your legs. Next, we lifted our legs up, crossed them at the ankles and grabbed the waist of our partner, then using our legs and hips, spun around to face them. The next drill was lifting our legs up, dropping them off to the side, crunching the legs in, then swinging them around to the other side, crunching the legs in, and repeating. That was a tough one for sure. We then went back to the crossing ankles and spinning around drill, but this time we crossed the legs further so we could get deeper on the hips, and when we were turned around, we slid our left foot up to their belt, our right leg behind their left leg, and cupped their left heel with our right hand. In one motion, push with the left foot, sweep the right leg into their right leg, and pull their left foot, tripping them to the mat. From there, establish a C block and swing out to side control. We followed that up with a hook pass defense. While on your back, if your opponent goes to hook pass you, using mostly your feet, legs and hips, pivot on the back of your shoulders to spin around completely into the same position you were in to get that trip we had just worked on, or to get to butterfly guard, where you can do another trip. From butterfly guard, bring your right instep up to their right hip, and cup their right heel, then simultaneously pull their leg as you lift with your left hook and push on their hip with your right. As they fall to the mat, swing your hips over their left leg, then dive for a left under hook and clear your legs to get side control. Great day!