So today was an interesting day. My recent focus has been on side mount escapes, which I guess is something I'll always be focusing on (that and survival). I'm getting bored of just survival, so recently I've decided to focus on escapes as well. I'm working on a giant flowchart that will comprise of an entire gameplan for escaping side control, and I will touch on that a little bit.
Anyway, recently I've noticed a trend in me recently; dismissing a failure of mine because someone weighed more or something. Of course it is an advantage for someone to be heavier than me. HOWEVER, I should be so good that it doesn't even make a difference. Stop trying to justify your own failures, accept you screwed up somewhere, and go fix it!
On the other hand, sometimes it feels like, especially from the guard position, that as the smaller man, I just can't do anything. (Or from the bottom position in general). This, however, is to be expected; the bottom position is typically inferior/weak, and I have few natural advantages that I must take advantage of completely. I need to get better, but sometimes it just feels like I can't do anything, because my moves aren't working, or someone is preventing them. If it's not working, I'm doing something wrong. If someone is preventing them...then I need to figure out how to get around that. There is always a weakness.
I'm trying to do all of these crazy moves with as little energy as possible - but I'm just not quite there yet. If I was a black belt rolling against a purple belt, then maybe I could do that. But no, I'm a measly blue belt. But hang in there. You'll get there eventually.
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