Unpleasantness at The Daily Planet put a cloud over at least the first half hour of training today. Just because training offers an escape from the rest of the world doesn't make getting into your jumpsuit and out the chute any easier. It took me a little while to shake off the 9-5 (actually more like the 6-3), but it was worth it, getting the opportunity to roll with bigger and tougher guys than usual come Live Training Time (Lindsey, Prof Kevin and Pat).
The lesson started with some light gripfighting from standing, which was very fun. Then to hip tosses with a belt grip. We worked both the basic attack and the counter belt grip hip toss if someone moves into position to hip toss you. Key here was maintaining a parallel position as you step away and then getting good hip position, just a little to the outside.
We also worked escapes from knee on belly: one controlling the belt, cocking the arm and controlling the far knee as you hipscape and flat out. Tip here is to keep control of the belt, which will give you leverage if the guy sprawls on your back. The other escape had you take your inside arm, bring it in and then use it as a wedge against the knee on belly as you hipscape away.
Again, good Live Training today. I'm feeling as if I'm nearing the wall somewhere around minute seven or so in the ten-minute rounds we've been doing. Obviously that's not great. But at least it's a point of potential assessment going forward.
165.7 on the scale post-train. The grape fast begins tomorrow.
