Talent and training

I am jealous. Absolutely, undeniably a green-eyed monster when I see people with talent. Those born with it. The ability to pick things up quickly and well. In. BJJ, I see them. And I feel envy.

I don't have talent. It doesn't come easy. I backslide a bit for any step forward. I feel stupid. And slow. And absolutely jealous.

That being said, I work. I am at class every night of the week, barring scheduling conflicts. At the very least, I get five instead of eight classes in. As jealous as I am of the talented, I am so grateful to have them in my school. I get to work and roll with them. I get to pick their brains for help. I may not like the constant submissions, but I am learning, albeit slowly.

Thank you for kicking my ass ;)

Elvira, the talented and myself

Spring has arrived!

And it's about time! Finally can (maybe) put away the winter boots. It makes training even more fun as wry one seems to be in great moods!

Learned a couple transitions through attacks his week so far. I'm really enjoying the reverse arm bar from multiple positions as well as the emphasis on getting back to basics for stand up. It's been a long time for me, so just working on flow makes me better (and happy)!

Rico Rodriguez is back teaching and the class was nice and controller today. I felt much better rolling today, and felt like II may one day find my groove again :)

Last Saturday.

The day before Easter. And the lady day at Relson Gracie San Antonio. At least until June. Josh taught me a good arm bar from half guard, a stand up pass, an escape from half guard, and a couple foot/ankle locks. I also tried but couldn't master a sweep/roll from half guard. But, I think I Can do it soon!

Josh and I

Texas, yes!

Two new half guard passed learned. Woot! One new standing to knee bar/foot Kimora learned. Nice. But the absolute best part of the past two days, UIL state championship wrestling. Girls. Yup. Girls. They looked awesome. Te guys weren't too shabby either ;)

Texas training

Trained today in San Antonio at Relson Gracie Jiu Jitsu San Antonio. Small school and very welcoming. Got my butt firmly handed to me, but picked up some nice triangle tips. My hand is really bothering me so going to have to train one handed after drilling from now on.

Wednesday Woes

Well. Not really. Packing and cleaning for a twelve day trip to San Antonio has me stressed. Was planning to go see the new nephew but that fell through.

Tonight, I took a judo class for the first time. Two new throws that I felt I got. One, not so much. I hate being eight inches taller than my partner.

Jiu jitsu was drill. Repeat. Drill. Then a couple review moves. Then training. Then cardio. Then training. I am beat. Found the first guy who refused to roll with me because in a girl. Whatever. One of the purple belts taught him a couple lessons. Lol. Seriously, I'm am not a girl training. I am your teammate. Get over your ego and help us all get better. Plus, I outrank you. Maybe I could teach you something.

Frustration.

Yup. That's about it. I keep plugging along and know that I am getting all emotional when I just need to let it go and focus on training. I did learn how to escape the Kimora when I'm on top thanks to Angel. He rocks.