Rock three stripes, not the Asics
Thursday night my BJJ club held a grading session for those students that were ready to advance to their next belt/stripe. Adam, my coach, had suggested that I was ready to grade to I rocked up with a knowledge of the white-three syllabus.
As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, one of the things I really like about BJJ is that it constantly builds upon core foundations. The requirements for achieving your first blue tip on white belt are made up entirely of movement drills - you have to know how to move around a person whilst maintaining control of them. For your second tip, you have to perform the first grading again, as well as show some sweeps and chokes. Your third grading is the same as your second, with the inclusion of a variety of armbar and figure-4 joint locks. For the nerds among us, the gradings are effectively recursive :)
I passed the grading, which means I’m now about half way to my blue belt, having two more gradings ahead of me.
Congrats! I wish I could go again soon but I figure my wrist will need at least another week or two… damnit!
If you put you arm out flat with palm down then turn it over palm up I can get it to the point where you’d be if you were to shake someones hand without pain and only about another 45deg before I jsut can’t move it any further :)
I definitely see what you enjoy about it though and I will be back.
Cya tomorrow.
A-D-I-D-A-S. Old school, cos it’s the best.
Onitsuka tigers are awesome… however… old school adidas calf-high boxing shoes are very cool… If i could just find them…
When I was in Sydney at Bondi Junction I saw a show store that sold really hip shoes. In the window was a pair of Dan Gables - an Asics wrestling shoe.
They were selling them as a pair of street shoes though, which was pretty funny. The sole would wear out in a few days.
Congratses!
Rob: I saw a dude with a pair of ‘tigers out on Sunday. They were green.
Dea: Thanks very much!