I went to Open Mats tonight, things were pretty active Rory and Adam were rolling with guys, and a couple of the pros (Brian and Chad) were there rolling. Brian worked me over for about 2 minutes before getting bored. I rolled with the usual assortment and managed to avoid getting subbed too easily. Generally I feel like I've hit a plateau where I'm just going to have to practice and practice and practice to push through it. It's probably going to be a while before I have any more epiphany's about weaknesses in my game. Hopefully I learn something good at NAGA that will point me in the right direction.
My strong points seem to be a really tight half guard and good submission defense, relatively good positioning from the top, and a pretty good triangle from guard. My weak points are bottom of side control, unable to reliably hit armbars from guard, and a very small library of sweeps. My game inside the guard is pretty much neutral. I can now avoid getting subbed, but I still have some trouble passing against really active people. After NAGA I'm going to see about getting some specific questions answered since I think I'll have a better idea of what I really need to work on.
I think I'm really at the point now where it's just Practice Practice Practice and more Practice...
Oh, and I found out NAGA is in Lawrencville just an hour away from me, not way the hell down in south Georgia like I thought it was going to be. Woohoo!
One last quick update, Dave and Vern from hardcore both won their fights last weekend, Dave in a knockdown dragout war by decision and Vern via unintentional leg injury due to a huge slam early on. Vern is a monster....
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