That's right boys and girls yours truly was promoted to the rank on Blue Belt on Dec. 16, 2005.
To be honest I was a little surprised that Cassio decided to promote me before his trip back to Brazil from the holidays.
Overall I'm flattered but not 100% sure that I truly deserve it. While I can see some definate progress there are still some pretty big holes in my game but I have been trying to increase my mat time(4 times a week for the last 3 weeks) focusing on conditioning and postioning.
The major areas I am working to improve are:
1.) Conditioning-Although it's alot better than before I still need some serious work. Much respect to crossfit.com for all of the help so far.
2.) Positioning-Specifically when dealing with guys who come from wrestling background. I'm still having trouble getting position at the start of a roll and wasting a lot of energy defending and escaping instead of attacking.
3.) Sweeps-I have picked up some guard and half-guard sweeps, now I am trying to adapt them to be body type for maximum effectiveness.
The thing about the promotion is now it forces me to step my game up which is a good thing overall. However I do not ever want to become so afraid to get beat that I stop attempting techinques.
This BJJ thing is a marathon and not a sprint.
"forca a horna"
TMG
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Well I'm back from a week's vacation in the Sausalito with my wife(and girlfriend).
I returned in time to attend my first promotion ceremony. Lots of good BJJ guys got their due in getting promoted.
The surprise of the day was "Brown Belt" Richard getting promoted to Black belt. Big props to Richard on a huge achievement.
With my batteries recharged I plan on training at least 4 times a week until the holidays. My guard game is coming along slow but it's coming along.
I promise to be more diligent in my blogging.
Peace,
TMG
