ever have "one of those days"....

[outlawz]

Man I went to class today with high aspirations and i gotta tell things went ugly pretty quick...

First off I started rolling and I couldn't for the life of me get a tap out of someone who I felt like I should be able to completely dominate. I had some pretty good guard passes and pretty much controlled him for much of the match but when I went to execute some "tryout" stuff like twister side control, samurai to back, and pretty much anything that involved some type of roll I looked like a damn moron. I finally got him with the "Epsecutioner" but it was more of a neck crank that a technical choke.... and it was by luck more than my skill...

So next roll I want to roll again with a guy who tapped me twice this week both with good subs and setups both times but both times i wasn't defending nearly well enough. His legs are super long which makes passing his guard extremely hard. we are both pretty experienced and since I'm trying to balance my rolls with equal, lesser, and more experience this guy was pretty much my equal... Well I got off a good samurai to back from the mount which I was happy about, passed his guard with a new guard pass I had learned and had alot of good half guard sweeps thrown in there.... then he guards me up and i'm trying to pass his guard and he hooks me in like a "chicken wing" kind of position where he has got two arms over my back grabbing my wrist and my arm is behind my back... he pulls, i attempt to roll and then tap before my shoulder explodes..... completely dumb on my part.....

I know this is all part of it but man nothing went right today. you guys ever have one of those days?????? I left pretty disheartened......

any advice or should I just shut up and look on the bright side???? lOL

[prodigypenn]

that would have been a decent day when i get into 1 of my slumps, the last slump lasted for several weeks and im still not sure if im out of it yet cuz i ben so busy at work i dont get out in time to go train, but the last time i was there, i did decently well, so i guess ill have to go back when im not so busy and find out if im ready for blue

[zaxonortesus]

Yeah man, we all have those days. I have days where I can't get taps on ANYone, guys I usually smoke in a matter of a minute and I'll get caught in some dumb, easily defended thing that I forgot to defend while I am trying something else out. It happens. I will usually stick to my guns for a few rolls, make work on my strong points, execute them well, then step back into the tryout stuff. Its one day, you will be fine.

[CEB]

If I don't have to crawl off the mat to puke it is a good day.

[NebS]

If I don't have to crawl off the mat to puke it is a good day.

Thats quotable...

Everyone has those days man, and your not human if you don't.

Look at them as a learning experience to never underestimate anyone, whether you dominate them all the time or not.

:D :cool:

[outlawz]

very good points guys.... Yeah I think I need to focus on the bright spots of the roll and not worry about the tap or getting tapped...

I think i'll use it for motivation to re-train on the basics... extreme control in the RG, staying tight from transition to transition.... I had him in the deep RG i think twice and he kept his face pinned to my chest and "home aloned" his arms with elbows tight. Once I got to new york it was super hard to establish chill dog cause his face was planted in my chest. I switched up to the meathook but he keeps his armpit and elbow tight to his body to avoid getting triangled. His RG defense is awesome.

I'm going to keep rolling with him and possibly utilize stuff that I don't usually do (like invisible collar to swim move, start learning armbars from the RG, etc....) His defense has come up as my offense has come up so I need to keep evolving i guess.....

[Ryan]

If you didn't have bad days then you wouldn't need a school, an instructor, support from us or anything else. In sports, both teams show up because anything can happen. In Jits, anything can happen which is why we play the game. Nothing is final until the end of the roll. Just go with it and keep trying.

[AJ]

I had one of those days this past tuesday. I just kept pulling really lame mistakes. I tried a shoulder roll open guard pass but wussed out and just landed with my back into him. Totally embarassing.

Then the dude muscled an arm triangle from my closed guard. It didn't hurt too bad and there definitely wasn't a submission but I was in a tactical dead zone. The guy was just way too strong and my arm was pressed into my skull and the mat restricting all my motion. I called it, just for the sake of a restart.

The only thing that salvaged the evening was nailing an arm bar when he stacked my closed guard. My new flexibility definitely gave me that one since all I had was a deep arm hook and a foot in his face. Hopefully things will click tonight... it's always the big guys that want to free roll after the session though.

[CEB]

You have no idea how bad last night was. But I learned a lot.

[rocknroll]

last time i rolled i couldnt defend a choke from a headlock, i felt like a dumbass :)

[outlawz]

thanks guys.... i feel better now honestly.....

I think it affected me cause as i said before this was the 3rd time in a week i tapped to him and it was a big turnaround from weeks prior where i would either get him or we'd stalemate..... At first I felt like I was getting worse.... but now I realize it's him getting better and might make me not get so overconfident.....

I also want to go back to foundational BJJ and RG and master stuff I kind of take for granted....

[AJ]

At first I felt like I was getting worse.... but now I realize it's him getting better and might make me not get so overconfident.....

tell me about it. you can't workshop this stuff in a bubble and all the guys that i work on 10th planet stuff with are getting acclimated to my new shit as I am developing it. I don't even think they know that they're learning 10th Planet.

[outlawz]

I think "Gabe" (this guy i'm talking about) saw the one video where eddie is jokingly talking about "home alone" with your elbows and going "hey everybody, this kills rubber guard don't put your hand down on the mat, it kills rubber guard".... Ever since then he's been doing that EXACT thing and he keeps his hands and elbows in TIGHT making the zombie close to impossible..... LOL