Saturday morning was one of those times. Everything was just clicking. We drilled the guard pass from this weeks video, and then when it came time to roll I was feeling good. I was breaking people down from the guard. I effectively deployed a spider guard, converting to a triangle submission. in the next round I went from spider, to butterfly guard, then to guard, breaking off an omoplata armlock submission to finish. Everything I just mentioned was pulled against an opponent that is ahead of me in training by a level, so I was feeling pretty good about the way things went.
Another fun moment, there is a guy in class who I really just don't like. He has a poor temperment, and really is lousy to train with. Yesterday it was apparent he was avoiding me. I couldn't be happier.
Two months ago, this guy and I were paired up to train, and it was about as close to an actual "fight" as I have been since college. I had pulled him into my guard, and was looking for a sweep when he started dropping elbows into my chest trying to break my guard. Now, I have had people put the elbows into my ribs trying to push themselves out of my guard and create space, but this was not that- This was someone who was frustrated and started trying to sneak in some strikes. I used his momentum to take his back. It is a hate / hate relationship. I can live with that. I can REALLY live with it if I know he is afraid of me, which he appears to be.
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