Managed to get in some good training with some familiar faces on Friday. I'm starting to feel more and more back in the flow of things, though I'm not entirely out of the woods health-wise. Rodrigo mentioned that he had been trying to fight off something for the past few days himself. That coupled with what I've heard about other folks catching the seasonal cold makes me feel a little better about missing the time I've missed over the past few days.
One of the things Friday's training did remind me was that it is going to be nice to be getting some sessions in on Saturday and Tuesdays. You get the sense sometimes that your time in certain situations has run its course for the time being. And while Fridays remain great time to train with a lot of great folks, it is worth being aware of when your jiu jitsu may have worn out its welcome with another jiu jitsu.
There's nothing that can be done about those 1 + 1 = 1 situations, other than to minimize them. But you can limit their psychological impact by increasing the number and variety of training partners, making it easier to see efficiency and purpose where others may only see a fear of abandoning the tried and true.
161 and change on the scale post-train. The scale is in the public domain, so to speak. So post-train weigh-in's will be fully-dressed, but without gi jacket. Given that we're all adopting the IBJJF weigh-in rules (Revolution and Seattle Open), it may be worth my while to go ahead and take a full weigh-in post-train, sweat-drenched gi jacket and all.
