#trainingjournal

[daughterofthebeard]

@daniellekellybjj 🥋 was at the gym today to give a #ladiesonly #seminar but she was kind enough to pose for a pic with me since I introduced her to the @murdertimegirls on #thegram. ... #bjj #bjjbeard #jiujitsu #roll4life #trainingjournal @gjjsav (at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Savannah) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKHiAOtJX2G/?igshid=ct1o3bzz4xtn

[pirouettespromise]

Long time no updates! B had at least four weeks off after she moved back home due to wonderful New England weather. She’s been in light work the last three weeks while I was barn sitting and working full time. Despite the lack of work, she’s feeling really good and pretty strong. I’ve been trying to focus on my position a lot which is always the key to our success and we’ve been mixing it up a lot. We’ve been doing lots of polework, hacking in the jump saddle, and even popped through a little cavaletti bounce the other week. My goal is to try to work her out of the ring as much as I’m able to and just keep mixing things up. Her canter work has been amazing! Good balance, energy, and really starting to develop the jump and self carriage. She’s obedient to the walk canter walk transitions and just really impressing me with her willingness. I also feel really great in the canter position wise. She does lose the outside shoulder/inside bend over the poles tracking right but I think she’s just over bending the neck too much and I’m losing the left shoulder. Trot needs work but significantly improved. I’m learning to get our argument over with quickly about the contact/in front of the leg thing and not backing down when she tries to get me to back off. The other day we did a ton of trot halt trot transitions until she was light in the hand and prompt off the leg. I could really feel that she was bending and sitting on her hind legs - a feeling I usually only get in lessons - which made me realize I need to be more demanding and get that quality trot earlier so I can work her for shorter periods with quality trot work versus long periods with her crappy on the forehand trot. Today when I tried the same thing she got better (obedience wise) but I didn’t get the really good hind leg feeling like I did before. After a walk break we played with shoulder in tracking left and sorted out some obedience/straightness issues there where she wasn’t honestly off the inside leg or allowing me to bring the shoulder in off the outside rein. We added in 10 m circles and a little counter flexion until she understood what I wanted, then played with lots of transitions in and out of shoulder in and that helped me get the nicely engaged hind leg feeling back again. Shoulder in right was much easier for her. We did a little more canter each way then a stretchy canter over the poles and some stretchy trot all while maintaining the nice balance and bend of the hind legs. My trainer is back from vacation and she saw the end of our ride and thought she looked much stronger and much more forward. Plan is to trailer out for a hack tomorrow and maybe take a lesson Monday.

[daughterofthebeard]

I was only able to watch and take #notes for this #seminar but any time spent drinking from the fountain of #knowledge and #wisdom that is Master Sauer is well worth it. 🥋🥋🥋 #trainingjournal #bjj #budogram #budoblr #gjj #savannah #squad #worthit #timewellspent #roll4life #JiuJitsu #jiujiteiros #jitslife (at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Savannah) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFpKACfJUqy/?igshid=1f2rnm03p9ct

[daughterofthebeard]

BJJ Class #600: #darce #anaconda and #guillotine #chokes! Quite a #milestone! It's been 5 years, 3 months, and 24 days since my first class with James at @gjjsav. My only wish is that I'd started about 20 years earlier! Things have slowed down a bit with #covid going around but I'm lucky to have a great exclusive training partner in @lankyseth to work with. Training with just one partner has been an interesting experience too. I'm getting really good at being triangle choked 😂. Anyway, here's to the next 600 classes! #cheers #teampedrosauer #gjj #trainingjournal #roll4life #JiuJitsu (at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Savannah) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDCdTU-JBxt/?igshid=1hrgv1s3z2ymx

[daughterofthebeard]

BJJ Class #586 (for me) was our #first class at our new location for @gjjsav on 70th Street! 🎊🎆✨🎉 We worked on #sweeps for when they stand up in your guard: double ankle sweep, overhead sweep, kickover sweep, tri-pod sweep, and star sweep (all from the #pedrosauer purple belt curriculum) 🥋🥋🥋 #trainingjournal #bjj #jiujitsu #roll4life #teampedrosauer #teamfinizio #gjj (at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Savannah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9K1apfp8in/?igshid=1jv1aehalrojf

[daughterofthebeard]

Started lifting two to three times a week on November 15, 2019. Only a couple months later and I feel like I'm starting to get stronger and see results already. P. S. I felt stupid taking this picture in the gym locker room but that post-workout #pump is real! 😂😂😂 Feeling #SWOLE! 💪💪💪 #trainingjournal #PlanetFitness #beardstrong #oldmanstrength #over40club (at Planet Fitness) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8KRbxrpX28/?igshid=12ivb1eys286w

[daughterofthebeard]

#teampedrosauer @gjjsav rolled out and took home the team trophy today at #NEWBREED #savannah! I won two silver medals for losing two matches (because there were only two people in each of my brackets) but hey, I'm still proud of them. I survived against a former college wrestler/brown belt that owns his own school and only lost 2-0 from getting taken down. Then I had a nice back and forth match with one of my best training partners from my school where I got a reversal from bottom and almost hit a Kimura but lost 7 - 2. And I beat everyone who didn't sign up and come out to compete. So yeah, I'll wear them proudly. #bjj #trainingjournal #budoblr #jiujitsu #bjjbeard #beardedbjj #math #YangGang (at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Savannah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4qe9_bpim2/?igshid=tdtdq6z8vn1k

[daughterofthebeard]

My dog is helping out with my #jitsnotes tonight. 😂😂😂 ... #jiujitsu #trainingjournal #class #notes #journal #studious #scribe #dogjitsu #bjjlife #roll4life #pets #dogs #puppers #critter #redhead #bjjbeard (at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Savannah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4jAZiVpo-R/?igshid=1sd5fdkbr3i51