Tonight

Today was very stressful day for me. School is almost over, and preparing for finals and finishing all of the last minutes to do had me in a not so good mood. However, as I have learned over the years: once I am on the mat; I need to let it go. This was very difficult, especially with SBN Dan in drill seargant mode. But that's why he does that, he wants me to be able to control my self and push harder, and thats what I did.
In terms of the technical part of class, I had a huge breakthrough today. I have never been good at grappling. My problem is that I "try" to hard and try to force everything. But, over time, I have learned to relax and wait for my opponent to make a mistake and tire themselves out. Today, I was given the oppurtunity to practice this very skill. I was grappling someone who was fairly knew to grappling. I had the choice to either squirm and get into a battle of strength with them, or do the opposite. I started to seize up, but then I remembered to relax. I did! I waited for about a minute until they got tired, exerting force when I needed to. Finally, I was able to close up guard and finish the fight. It was also good because I was able to connect with the person and tell them that I knew excactly what they just went through. It was a good experience for the both of us. I was able to use my knowledge and teach someone else something because I knew what they were going through.

Today was great! Good Job everyone! Thank you for being the best testing group ever!