Tuesday, May 18, 2010, morning class

Tuesday/Thursday classes are an hour later than M/W/F, yet somehow it almost felt earlier. Got to bed a little late, but woke up at 6 a.m., ready to go. Silly brain, go back to sleep — you still got 30 minutes to snooze.

This morning was just me, Adam, and Perry. Rolled with Adam to warm up. Erm, there are chokes everywhere. Must watch out for those. Then rolled with Perry. I seem to recall something that might have been almost a pass or a sweep, but it’s all a little hazy. M’kay, am tired now.

Then Adam showed us a wrestling move called the Funk Roll. (Seriously.) So you’re both on your knees and they’ve shot for and wrapped up the single leg. Sprawl, moving back if needed, so that their hips come up and forward. You do not actually want to break their grip. When you feel their hips rise, shoot the hand opposite to the leg they’re attacking inside their thigh and between their legs. Other hand comes over and grips palm-to-palm. Tuck your head tight, drop your hips by their shoulder, and roll through, coming up to your knees and still keeping that grip on their leg. Finish in side control.

A little funky (haha), and took me a few tries to sync up body and brain. Will still need work. Adam pointed out that wrestlers always aim to keep their hips mobile and free.

(That reminds me, on Saturday while watching Justin work with the other guy, Justin was talking about elbow control. Not about watching the space inside them, which is also important, but rather about not letting someone grip and control your elbows. When I rolled with him afterwards, that seemed to be all I was doing, was breaking grips on my elbows.)

2 thoughts on “Tuesday, May 18, 2010, morning class

  1. The Funk Roll! How awesome is that.

    (That name could also describe today’s rolling experience. Oh, man, my guys are going to be *stinky* this summer. And it was probably not even 80º in the classroom today.)

  2. @Jenn: Lol, I was thinking something similar when he named it, as we have the one really stinky guy. Any roll with him is a Funk Roll!

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