5:25 to 8:30p

5:25-5:30p: Arrived just in time for a bit of pre-workout stretches.

5:30-5:40p: Warm-up / standard drills.

5:40-5:50p: Sweep / pass the guard. Nothing special.

5:50-6:10p: Self-defense technique. Bully headlock prevention. First option to choke. Second option to take down and arm bar. Review.

6:10-6:30p: Technique. Kimura from full guard plus a hip bump sweep variation when opponent employs typical kimura defense.

6:30-7p: Rolls. 5-6 minute rounds. Cleveland (4-stripe White Belt), Mike (1-stripe Purple Belt), and David (4-stripe White Belt). Cleveland is a big, strong guy. About 6'2" or so and my weight, but stand us side-by-side and he's a monster. 8-9% body fat? Good roll. Struggled to maintain posture (what's new). Managed a few guard passes to side control, but lost it. Took his back a couple times, but couldn't execute any submissions.

Struggled to survive Mike's incessant attacks the entire roll. Good news is I did survive. Proud of a mount escape to full guard recovery. Funny note: Mike set up a torreando pass, but instead of shoving legs to a side, he pulled me through his legs. My pants were so slick on the mat that I almost slid all the way under him. He landed in an extremely high mount. First time someone's done that to me. Might have to try it some time!

David is 15 years old. Really good. Strong for his age/size. Struggled with posture the entire roll. Overcame that and passed guard and established side control and mount numerous times. His mount escapes to half guard followed by open guard recovery were awesome. Almost had a choke from knee on belly, but I rushed it and he defended well. Given that I'm at least 60lbs heavier than him, he did a phenomenal job with the escapes.

7-8:30p: Kickboxing. Did only 20 or so of the push-ups, then finished another 30+ from knees. Worked kicks. Back leg roundhouse kick mostly. Struggled intensely to maintain balance through the pivot. Tough. Worked mitts with Coach Spider a bit. Had trouble hearing the combos he called out. I was gassed by this time. Threw a two and hyper-extended my right arm. Fell over in pain. Hurt worse than any arm bar I've ever had in BJJ. Doesn't feel too bad now though. Finished with core work. Few hundred reps of core. Burned. Cramped. Ended with stretching to cool down.