So due to some strange reason, my right ankle has been hurting as well. Nothing is broken or anything, just a lot of swelling, I think due to either my muscle imbalances, or my pigeontoedness, or my left leg being longer than my right, which makes me lean to my right...so that's both my ankles that have problems LOL. Sad.
Anyway, I had to walk around the whole day focusing on my posture. That was annoying.
I somehow survived rolling without an injury and my ankle feels good, so that's a good sign.
I feel like I've been a lot more careful, but maybe just a silly slip up here and there and I'm getting injured. I think it is unrealistic to expect to not get injured; I'm pushing my body really hard. I do think I need to do more Titanium Ankles every day, however, as I am letting the worn parts of my body get weak. Also, my neck feels a bit funny after getting stacked LOL.
Anyway, today Joseph had a pretty easy time passing my guard. Well, not the easiest of times, but he was able to do it somewhat efficiently, and he focused on pulling my legs back, and then pinning them down. Which got me thinking - my entire goal was to pin the hips and blast them when I past right?
Well, there needs to be a second part of it. The blasting is the "on," and with every on, there must inevitably be an off, one that we must fully take advantage of - which is backing your hips out as far away as possible. I was watching Alex this do this last Tuesday, but I did not really pay attention, as I needed to invest time learning the blasting part first.
So the idea is to back the hips out, and take a piece of them with it, using the force of my hips moving backward to stretch them out (people on their backs can only move so fast). Once I have them elongated, I have the mechanical advantage, and therefore I will use that limb to pin the next appendage, and therefore gain control over their hips and begin to pass.
This technique must be used in conjunction with the hip blasting. Remember - if they are on, you are off (if they try to push you away, pull them and take their legs!), and if they are off, you are on (if they hesitate a little bit or try to pull you, you BLAST them with your hips).
**Every move is either a booty pop or a pelvic thrust (or a hip swing/twist, but that's different).
**There are two ways out of a trap - either as far away from it as possible, or straight through it. (See above)
You must mix up the on/off to get to someone. That is the key to skill. Mixups and timing.
But I think almost every move (at least those that have to do with positional changes) can be described by the model I provided - either blast them with your hips, or get yours as far away from theirs as possible on the escape, and on the offensive...either blast them with your hips, or get yours as far away as possible. The rest is just finding out how to apply it and formalities.
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