5.26.08 #56.1

Gi with Ferret

We started with some gi chokes and a 5 minute warm up roll just to break a sweat before we got into the throws and tosses. I then went into reps of each of the two throws from last night. I still need to work on my footwork more, but I have a better understanding of it now. More practice, more practice. Then Ferret showed me two hip tosses. The first one could be a set up off the arm drag, you throw your arm just like you are going for the arm drag, turn your feet into your opponent, drop to your knees and toss him over. This is the exact throw that Mauricio did to me down in Deerfield. So it was great to be on the other side of it. I liked this throw the best out of all the throws we did. Ferret was quick to point out if this throw goes wrong, your opponent is on your back. Then we went in to a basic hip toss, the movements are the same but the timing and making sure my hips are square to my opponents is going to take lots of work. I have a hard time throwing my arm behind my opponent and turning my hips, I am not very flexible. I probably did 20 reps of just the footwork tonight and still didn't do the hip movement right. So this is something I plan to work on for the rest of the year, a few reps each class with Ferret.

After Ferret got me worn out from the throws, we decided it was time to roll. Tonight Ferret promised he would turn up the offense and he held his end of the bargain. Ferret refused to attack from the start, instead allowing me to attack and Ferret going for the sweep. Once Ferret swept me the attacks were on. He went after arm bars and I was able to turtle and defend myself well. The only thing Ferret was able to pull on me was that wrap the gi around my arm deal and cut of my circulation and my arm movement, pretty hard to stop the attacks at that point. So after a few taps and some blood loss, we called it a session.