Testing Part 2 and UFC 100

I hate feeling overwhelmed because I automatically stress. I'm stressed because I have to go through two lectures and a homework by Tuesday. I need to cook something for my dinners for the week. I need to do laundry tomorrow too. I need to do talk to Drew about my I-clicker. I really need to print off Birthday Cards off for my calling. I'm part of the Compassionate Service Committee. My job is to make and put birthday cards on the doors of singles. I was suppose to do a few last week, but became too busy. Then, I have a visiting teaching appointment at four thirty on Tuesday. That gets in the way of my studying for stats. :( I hate getting stressed like this. School is my first priority. I think that if I took away school, I wouldn't be so stressed. It just that I'm not ahead anymore. I'm flipping out because I don't want to get behind. Then, all of this stuff is popping up taking away from my study time. It just doesn't help that I have Sarah who likes to distract me from things I need to do. She mainly likes to watch movies. When she does that, I get drawn to them and want to watch them too. I remember feeling stressed like this in high school. Well, hopefully I can go to bed somewhat on time so in the morning, I won't be stressed.

My neck is all sore from yesterday. It was killing me this morning. I iced it for 20 minutes today. I'll ask Roberto about it tomorrow because it may be sore because everything is out of place when everything popped. I don't know. All I know it's sore. We had a fire alarm at church today. So, I left ten minutes early. Sarah and Rebecka stayed behind because they needed to talk to Bishop.

Pablo, Dan, and Chuck sparred with the army guys after everyone else spar. They won against the army guys. It took Chuck two tries to win though. Pink and Tazz got to spar with them too. I wanted to too; however, Roberto didn't call on me to. I was disappointed. I could tell everyone who was watching was getting bored at this time because they were getting noisy. Sarah said afterwards she got bored too.

After everyone sparred, we lined up and the testing ended. Roberto said that everyone earned their belts what they were testing for. I thought that the testing was going to be harder and longer. I thought I was going to show some takedowns and sweeps like Nick did. Probably, that would have taken way too long for everyone to do it. The parents were getting bored anyways.

Afterwards, we took pictures as a group. Then, Sarah took a picture of me and Roberto. Sarah left and I stayed to talk more. I found out when Dan teaches the UVU club, he whacks them with a stick on their arms and sides. He said that not many people last that long because of that. I'll ask Roberto is that's necessary for BJJ. I know that in the quite a few years ago, Karateka did that too to toughen themselves especially doing Sanchin. Dan said that a blue belt in BJJ is equivalent to a black belt in other martial art systems. I have to ask Roberto about that one too. Dan said I need to relax more when I spar. He demonstrated that by having Tazz in my guard and then pressing on my stomach really hard. It was really uncomfortable and a little painful. He said that I need to look at him and relax my face because my eyes were closed and my face was scrunched up. In other words, he said to ignore the pain so I can focus on my technique.

I was the last one to leave like always. After eight, I went to Chuck's house to watch UFC 100. It was alright. Probably, I won't do that again because I thought it was a waste of my time and wasn't that much fun. I'm not into watching guys fight each other. However, I liked the match between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir. Since WWE was my obsession for a year, I knew that Brock used to be in WWE. I was surprised that Brock beat Mir. His commentary was very vulgar after the fight. He even flipped everyone off. It was pretty bad. Mir's commentary was much better. Watching UFC is a guy's thing. Pease always talked about when it first started. Colman watches and keeps up with it. I remember on my mini-mission, the family who owned Time Out Pizza watched it too. My companion and I had to eat by ourselves because we couldn't watch TV.

Testing

Well, I passed my test. I'm going to get my yellow belt on Monday. I'm so happy. Today was really good. For the testing, I bought eight dollars worth of soda pop. I bought Mountain Dew and Root Beer because it's I really like the more expensive kind of pop even though I had one of each. If the world was perfect, I wouldn't have bought them at all because they are so unhealthy. I helped Roberto set up the food and drinks. I saw his kids and met his wife. His son is so cute!!!! They only want to have two kids. I was sort of surprised because Mormons usually have lots of kids. However, Roberto's wife said that the babies head's are really big. She said it takes 30 to 40 days to recover from giving birth to a baby.

Dan was getting a nervous about fighting the army guys because they have experience in fighting. Dan was testing for his blue belt. Chuck was much better about it. Lots of people came, watched, and supported us which was cool. Sarah even came to watch. First, we did twenty five jumping jacks and real push-ups. Afterwards, we ran around the dojo. While running around, we did push-ups in between. I did real push-ups with almost all of them. We did some army crawling and shrimping for a short while in a circle too.

Then, we did sit-ups first for two minutes. When I was doing my usual crunches, the kid named Jackson who was right next to me say, "Hey, those aren't sit-ups!" I said, "Shut up". :) Probably, I shouldn't have said that, but I was concentrated on doing my crunches. I did 125. Afterwards, Sarah said that everyone was really cheating on the sit-ups because they were using their arms and butt. She said the adults where doing crunches like me. I didn't cheat and did them the way Sarah taught me how to do crunches. Once, I caught myself cheating by using my arms and quit right away. Afterwards, we did push-ups for two minutes. I was going to start on my knees. However, the army guys said I should start with real ones. So, I did. I didn't last that long. The army guys said it's easier to do push-ups while looking up. I noticed a difference at first. I have to try that again on Monday.

Then, all of us sparred. The kids went first. I sparred against Pink. I did really well against him. It was really nice that Roberto was coaching me through the fight too. He tied up my arms when we first started, so I tried shooting instead. I tried that because we worked on shooting last night. I knew that I wasn't going to do anything on top. I didn't work so well because he ended up on top. So, he was in side control. I listened to Roberto and rested. Whenever he tried something with his legs, I tried to shoot my hips in to get into guard. When he was in mount or half mount, I swept him. He almost got me with a choke. However, Roberto stopped us because we were right next to the wall. I got into his guard and continues. Then, we ended up standing again. He tied up the top my covering my head with my gi. I didn't like that. So, I shot again and this time it worked. Everyone started clapping. It was really cool. Somehow, he got into side control again. One moment, I couldn't breathe because he was on my chest. That subsided though. I hate that feeling because one doesn't want to tap out for not getting enough air. He finally got me with an armbar. I tried to hard to fight it.

My second match went was pretty short because I went against Tazz. He caught me in a triangle choke. I tried to get out of it my standing up while Tazz pulled down on my head. While he did that, I felt and heard all the bones in my neck pop. Now, my neck is all sore. I would write a little more about testing. However, I need to go to bed because it's four in the morning. I'll probably write about it tomorrow.

My Fight

I haven't gone to bed yet. I waited for Roberto to put my fight on the web. Actually, this is my second fight that's on the web. This fight is so much better than my first because of my training. My first one, I didn't have any martial art training. I'm still turning my head when I fight. That's how Pink clocked me. I remember Sensei Levi telling me to never turn my head because I can't see what's going on. Enjoy. :)

Testing Tomorrow

I need to go to bed. I have a headache. I need to be well rested for my testing tomorrow. I'm totally excited!!! Probably, I'll have my yellow belt by this time tomorrow. I'm sort of nervous too because there's going to be lots of people watching. I need to get used to that if I go to tournaments. I know a yellow belt isn't that big because I'm still a beginner. Oh well. That's life. So, I fought today with some gear on. It was fun. I felt like I sucked; however Chuck said that I looked pretty good. I have a video me fighting probably tomorrow. I don't know if I will that that great because I lost and got clocked in the face a couple times. I thought that watching the little kids fight with the big mitts on and the head gear was pretty cute. A new guy is going to join us that was training at Throwdown. He thought that our classes were wonderful. He's 19 years old and in the National Guard.

I really like human chess. It gives me time to think and test if moves will work or not. It's pretty cool. When Roberto watched Tazz and I play, he moved me along by saying that I have so many seconds and counted to five seconds. That moved me along. However, I liked just laying there and thinking how to get out of my bad position. I won against Tazz twice. Which was pretty cool because he always wins against me when we spar. I got out some pretty bad positions too. I love it because it makes me see that my training partner control of my arm and isolated. Or I can see where his weight compared to mine, thus I can sweep him much easier.

I went to the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple open house today. I like the Draper Temple better because of the Mahogany. I loved liked the murals on the walls there too. However, I did like the chandeliers at the Oquirrh Temple. Walking though it made me excited for when I go through the temple one day to get my endowments. The trouble about going to the open house is that I didn't have any time to do any stats homework. I'm pretty sure that I won't have time tomorrow either. I need to do finish a homework assignment and go through the book and Stats Tutor for the lecture this morning. I lost my I-clicker!!! I took it out to do our first quiz. Then, when it came time to do our second quiz, I couldn't find it. I'm assuming that someone else picked it up assuming it was theirs. I didn't like that because that I missed a question for extra credit. So, I have to go to the TA on Monday if my I-Clicker was picked up for the last quiz. If it did, I'll know someone has it. What sucks even more is that it isn't even mine. It's Rebecka's.

My First BBJ Dream

I feel better now. I think that I was just really tired. I slept for nine hours today. I had lots of dreams this morning. I just hate that they like to escape from my memory so quickly. I did have a dream grappling with Chris Charnos, a trucker from Food Services of America that I loved to talk to in Spokane. Chris is really into MMA and Filipino martial arts. He said that he trains other people. I'm pretty sure he knows how to grapple too. So, I had on this slippery clothing when I sparred with him in the dream. This was my first BJJ dream that I can remember. A few times, I've had dreams where I used ASL.

Ack!! I don't like this mat burn. It taking forever to heal. Right now, it's itchy. I want to itch it, but I know I can't. If it didn't itch, I would be fine with it.

Oh, good news!!! Sarah will be able to go to my testing on Saturday!! She's going to embarrass by making a sign like they do in WWE. I hoping that Rebecka can come and watch too. I need to call Joel and Bryton to tell them when they what time I test and where it is. I can't wait until tomorrow night. I want to do BJJ right now. I talked with Sarah about swimming. She said that I could do the backstroke because it pretty much the same thing. She says that I should still run too. I'll ask Roberto about the backstroke because it's easier than the crawl.

Fireworks

Man, I don't feel good. I have this stupid headache that has been bothering me for quite a few hours now. It hasn't gotten to a point where it really bothered me that I had to lie down. However, I did lie down for probably a half an hour because I was tired. Happy Fourth of July everyone!!!! The fireworks sucked. It was short and split into two segments. It was for people who were seeing a concert in a stadium, but still, so many people watched outside of the stadium like us. Rebecka even said last year was better. Today, Sarah invited people from the ward to come celebrate with us. After the sucky firework show, we lighted the fireworks that Sarah bought. Everyone of them where those shower kinds because the ones that explode in the sky are illegal here. That sucks. :( Goodnight.

Back Choke Videos

I'm so happy. Why??? Because Roberto filmed some videos and put them on Youtube. I'm the only girl and adult in the class at that time. This was filmed on Wednesday. This is some of the things we were drilling on. I'm so glad that he filmed this and we got to practice it because he said these are blue belt chokes. Oh ya... Today, we did chokes from turtle. I always wait until I feel the choke. One of the chokes that Pink "Alonzo" gave to me, I waited a little too long. I didn't pass out or anything like that. When I got up, I felt dizzy, lightheaded, and tingly. It was a little different from just getting up too fast. That hasn't happened to me before.

During class, I asked Roberto how long it took him to get a black belt. He said it took him 12 years. He said that people who start older don't get black belts because their bodies don't respond like they'd used too. He said that I'm young enough to get it. I think that if one tries their hardest and their best of their ability when they are older, they should get a black bet. He said that it's easier to get a black belt in Karate or anything else because that's when it one really starts to learn about their art. I heard that before on the internet and through my training. I know at Gene Villa's dojo, it takes about five years. It seems like when one is a black belt in BJJ they have to know everything. During testing, they have to beat another black belt twice their size or 100 pounds heavier. Sarah says that I shouldn't say BJJ on Facebook because BJ stands for Blow Job. Anyways, it seems like that I need to do something to my hair because it looks terrible in the videos. I already knew that though because it always gets really messy during class. Ya, my hair looks really terrible. Hmmm. Maybe, I should try some pig-tails because a normal ponytail doesn't work.

This is a Back Arm-bar from Back Choke:



This is a Back Peruvian Choke:



I really liked this choke because it was really easy compared to the others.

This is a Back Choke Triangle:



At the end of the video, I wasn't sure what we were doing. I'm not used to the ending like that. I want to put my fists in front of me first with my feet in a normal stance, then put my hands flat on my sides with my feet together, and then bow. That's how I did it in my previous dojo. Now, it seems like it's backwards which doesn't make sense. Sorry that these videos are a little boring. I would get bored watching them if I wasn't in them.

You can hear Roberto's voice in the background. During class, Roberto said that we should swim 4,000 meters each week. I asked him if I could do the Breast Stroke. He said no because it only uses the legs and arms. The crawl is much better because it uses the whole body. I need to have Sarah look at my crawl because it sucks. I never do it because I love the Breast Stroke. Roberto said that I should to 2,000 meters one day and the other 2,000 the next day. I want to be on the team because Roberto wants to train us in the gym, like Gold's Gym. He hasn't done that yet because he needs to find a gym first. The more and more I'm going to this dojo, the more I'm falling in love with it. I'm trusting Roberto more and more too. I talked to him about the Tournament on August 1 at Throwdown to see how he feels about it. I wanted to go, but I didn't want it to be a waste of money and time if I lost my two matches. He said that I can go if I want to, but he feels that I'm not ready yet. He said that I may be ready for the next one.

My First Jog

Ya, no reads or visits this blog except me. Oh well. I write this blog for me anyways. I ran for thirty five minutes and did my nightly workout. I like my workout better than jogging. I was getting annoyed with my breathing and my glasses were keeping sliding down my nose. After that, I wanted to go swimming, but couldn't because I haven't gotten a new ID yet. When I got home, I was thankful that I didn't because my body was tired. I two to three push-ups in each set. My arms are tired and not that strong. My abs were complaining because of last night when I did crunches. I just really hope that I'll continue doing this especially running. Right now, I'm motivated because I don't want to lose any hours of training. I love BJJ. That love is making me do things I don't like. I hate running. It's boring because all one does is run around in a big circle.

Planning My Workouts

So, I'm really nervous about my yellow belt test on the 11th now. I thought I was on the team. However, I found out that I have to win two sparring matches. If I do that, I'll be invited on the team. I really thought I was on the team. I guess I'm not. I'm just nervous because I want to continue to go to class for three hours. He's going to split the times into a white to green belt class, then there's going to be a blue belt class too. I know that the team members will be able to go to blue belt class even if they are white belts. I asked Roberto if I can do anything extra to prepare me. He he said that I'm already doing extra things because I'm having nine hours of practice a week. I just want to continue my training just how it is. I just want those nine hours. I asked him who will I spar against. He said that he doesn't tell anyone that. I'm just really nervous because I almost always lose. The guys which I spar against are guys and just as big as me. Thus, they have more experience and are stronger than me. It takes me awhile for get to get a technique down.

Maybe, I'm just freaking out to much because I'm doing the best I can. I'm just wondering what I should do on my off days. I need to start counting calories again so I can lose more weight. I've been staying at 190. I need to get stronger. However, being technical is more important. I need to work on my heart rate because it sucks. What should I do??? Go swimming and work on push-ups and sit-ups?? Will I be disciplined enough to do that on my off days??? I think I will have enough time. I just need to not spend much time on the internet playing around like I did today. Sometimes, my e-mail doesn't help either because on some days, I receive like 15 e-mails.

So, I just talked to Sarah. She said that I need to start running for thirty minutes on my days off at least three days a week. I need to do four sets of 10 push-ups, the real ones. If I get tired, I need to rest up in the air. Between sets, I can only rest for a minute. I need to do four sets of 50 sit-ups too. I really want to get better because I feel really crappy. I know that my cardio, abs, and arms suck. I really need to be self disciplined with this. I have to make time to cook because lately, I've been more lenient. I've been eating crappy food more and more. I haven't been counting my calories either. That's why I've been more lenient.

Well if I start running, I need to fix my I-Pod and get some headphones because that really helps when running. When something upbeat is playing, I'm work myself harder because I push myself to keep up with the beat. Tomorrow, I'm going to run a six P.M. no matter what. I really hope that my love for BJJ can get me through this because I hate running. I remember in sixth grade, I started running a half a mile with my dad for basketball. At first, I sucked but I remember getting better and better. I just talked to dad. He said that the running that we did was erratic like all of his workouts.

I just finished my evening workout. I'm going to record everyday that I did this. I have to work on my push-ups because Sarah said that I cheated. The first ten, I put my butt to the ground pretty lightly. She says when I do that, I use my legs to go up because the weight is off my arms. My third and fourth set, I had to put a knee down because my arms were really burning. She said that I may have to four sets of five. In the last push-up, one must think that they are not going to make it but does. I can't even do a full sit-up without cheating. So, I have to do these crunches with my arms and feet flat on the floor. My arms just slides across the floor. My abs are really weak. Then, I did four sets of 50 with hip thrusts on my back for flipping people on my mount. I want to include that because I know that will help too.

One more thing, last night I bought some really tough band-aids and some medical tape. I bought the medical tape for my magnet because the tape it has one now is pretty dirty. I bought the wrong type of tape because it's too skinny. It was uncomfortable. I bought the band-aids because I have a mat-burn on my foot from last Saturday. I didn't cover it up on Monday, so it got worse and bled. Today, I put only the band-aid on because my sandal bothers it. Then, I replaced the band-aid and rapped the medical tape so it will hold in place. I wasn't sure if it will hold. During training, a little part came off, so I rapped another piece around my foot to make sure it will hold. It did!! I was proud of my handiwork. During training, I hurt both Cory's and Chuck groins. I didn't know what I was doing, but I was trying to defend from an armbar with Cory. I just sat on Chuck in a weird way when we were doing takedowns. Oh well.