I went to train today.  It was stand up day.  Vlad and I worked together at first.  We worked on some different combinations.  Then everyone started to spar.  However, I do not have the proper equipment to really go at it, so I had to sit out.  I did order headgear and shin guards today.  This is what I got:

I should have them by next week, so I can spar for real.  I have officially spent a lot of money now.  LOL.

I went to an open mat class on Monday, and it ended up being a pretty bad class.  We had the choice of gi or no gi, so I chose gi.  It started out OK.  Vlad showed me 4 submissions; Rear-Naked choke, Cross-Collar choke, Americana and Kimora.  Then he went to roll with someone else.  I was just sitting there, and our instructor asked me to roll with him.  I literally forgot everything I know and could not do anything.  I got too nervous.   I felt like an idiot for the rest of the class, and now I feel like I really suck.  I feel like I do better when I roll with Vlad, and he says that I don’t suck, but I still feel like I am not doing very well.  I hear this is part of the cycle that people go through.

Vlad and I are trying to get some mats for at home.  We started bidding on some on ebay, but did not win.  We will keep trying though, because I think it would be awesome to have mats at home.  I would love to be able to practice.

I got my training gloves.  I ended up finding a pink pair that I really liked.

I also got my soft shin pads.

I have my Gi too, but still have not taken a pic of me in it, and can’t find anything on the web.

What I learned:

• Standing Guard Pass
• One Arm Shoulder Throw

I had, am having some problems with the standing part of the standing guard pass.  Need to work on it.

I got my gi!!!  It is very nice, but needs to be shrunk to fit me.