BJJ week two

I have started doing BJJ and it has really reinvigorated my Kung Fu training believe it or not. At the same time, I kind hurt my neck. The teacher said that in order to remember things that you should be a total nerd and write stuff down. I know I completely sound like a Cobra Kai character right now but whatever.

The first drill we did, the first class was finishing from behind and spinning out and going into guard.

Then that same day we did a bunch of GI chokes.

I could totally see doing those first two drills for months, heck even the gi chokes.

The second day was no Gi and we worked on

North South

Side control

Bread slicer (a windpipe choke, which kind of grossed me out)

and then some sort of half guillotine braced against the ground which ends up having a lo hon kuen variation that I managed to tap someone with during week two. Not sure the terminology of the choke, but the one wasn't working so I slid into the other.

Day three was half guard drills which was really confusing to me.

I guess the point was to understand balance and also to get into mount, which I actually ended up doing while live, but then what to do from mount?
I tried a gi choke but was knocked off balance.

You may wonder why I am being so timid and why I don't  just "fight" or grapple or whatever, but the truth is, I feel that rolling is actually only safe when both people are working on the technical aspects of Jiu jitsu. In fact kinda hurt my neck because both of us were beginners and I got super tired and therefore started just using brute force to get out of something.

When I did boxing and when I am now doing Jiu Jitsu it helps me to understand more about how the Traditional village style Kung Fu way of doing things developed, because of who was being taught, where and why.

My kids are doing Wushu too and I can see how that developed too. Although since I had done Wushu myself I am more familiar with that.

Traditional Village Kung Fu is legit. The training method is legit. There is a reason why it is the way it is.

That being said, I feel like doing the other combat arts and sports can help your understanding, just like doing another sport like Basketball or soccer or gold can also help your understanding as well.

But of course a combat oriented sport is even more relatable.