How to get over a disappointing tournament result...I know, train with the world's greatest grappler - Roger Gracie!Yep, multiple World Champion Roger Gracie popped down the Nick's Mill Hill BJJ club this evening and took the mat. Roger made us drill some simple techniques, but as is the case with very good instructors, it is the minutiae of detail that makes the difference between a successful technique and one that fails. Today's techniques included attacks from the closed guard, standing passing guards and a counter to the hip escape when in mount. As I say, simple stuff, but with small twists that make them special and very workable.
I've not met Roger before, but he is spoken about by his students with a hushed reverence. He came acrosso to me as a thoroughly pleasant chap. His instruction was articulate and fluent and best of all, happily posed for photos afterwards!
When we all sparred, with Roger looking on, one couldn't help but try that little bit harder to look good. So despite my despite my delapidated body, I put in as good a turn on the mats as I could. I managed to get a few nice techniques to work and moved quite well for an old geezer.
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BJJ all the way for you Meerkat! If all there was to groundfighting was being on top we'd all just become fat bastards (by eating substantial amounts of pies) and concentrate on developing an unsweepable base. I'm up for a BJJ comp after xmas. Hopefully I'll be able to breathe by then, which might help ;)
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