BJJ Class 147
No gi class.
To minimize the occurrence and contamination of various skin diseases, my school has a new policy. When doing no-gi, you should wear long pants, such as jogging pants etc as opposed to shorts, and a long-sleeved rash guard or long-sleeved shirt. These steps will decrease the skin on skin contact. I just hope that things won’t get so bad that we’ll have to wear latex gloves ad socks too! LOL!!
Anyway, both my shoulders, both front deltoids to be exact, have been bothering me lately and were very sore. I stretched and warmed them up good before class started. Then I got on a speed jump-rope, which I haven’t done in yeaaarsss, and was glad that I was able to do most of my skip rope routines: basic jumping, high-knees, single leg jumps, hip twists, right-right-left-left single jumps, and doubles (two ropes spins per jump). Of course I wasn’t as good as I used to be and couldn’t do as much as before, but it felt great to do them again. I feel motivated to skip rope again – it’s great for building stamina and for cardio.
Class started with a heavy warm-up, which wasn’t in my favor since I did a heavy self-warm-up just before. Techniques was kimura from half-guard.
Some specific tips:
Sink your base in
Don’t lean forward to much
If your opponent defends by grabbing his pants or leg relax a second, jerk quickly opposite the direction you want to go, then proceed with the submission
Some rolling followed after. I ‘m starting to feel better about my rolling – but my bottom open guard and half guard still suck!!
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June 18th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
I ‘totally’ respect your academy’s policy. I have always donned the Eddie Bravo look of gi pants and long sleeves. I was looking for calf-cranks and half guard though. It was when I started hearing about skin rashes, etc., that I started to appreciate that I wore gi pants and long sleeves during no-gi sessions.
Besides, I think that some people tend to depend on sweat to get them out of trouble in no-gi and never take the time to learn legitimate technique.
June 19th, 2009 at 12:02 am
the no-gi sweat factor (and lack of regular gi grips) is what makes no-gi bjj different – but yeah, I do that too at times!
July 2nd, 2011 at 1:54 am
Thanks for the post. Just a reminder that as you know, skin cancer rates are on the rise so you may want to pick up a rash guard swim shirt to give you SPF 150 protection while you’re in the water.