razorfrazer
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I’ve been paying attention to Mica for a while now and the Ruotolos since Keenan and Josh started name dropping them years before 2020. I think like 2018 or even 2017. Tainan I’ve been following since I saw him wreck really good Black belts that I know as a new purple belt. This new generation is insanely good.
155. Geez. I used to have to make a 15 lb cut to make 155 in my birthday suit, and that was over 20 years ago now, These days, I would be super lean at 170. How tall are you? I bet that that is the big difference. I’m 5’11”.
Yeah, I’m loving the false reap, and for the same reason, have either been using only the knee cut with one arm or shoulder firmly in hand, or if I see the false reap myself, switching direction to pass using a leg drag. I don’t wanna get heel hooked! Still having some trouble body lock passing effectively, since my close passing has always been double unders and over unders. But even old guys can learn. We started building out a second gym, but unlike the first one, which I more or less built with my coach by hand back in 2016, I’m not so involved in this one, which is farther away. Sorta sad, but it is what it is.
That leg drag is for real though. I’ve always grabbed the lapel, and this is so much smoother and tighter. I add a step of cupping that lower knee before going to the jacket to prevent guard retention.
tournament went okay ! here's some footage from the Absolute division
Absolute Finish
Creamed this first guy, and was doing pretty well in the finals vs my 250 opponent but made a small mistake and got my guard passed.
ended up losing a close match in my gi weight division. The absolute matches right before certainly didnt help my odds. Crushed my ribs pretty bad and honestly wasnt in really great condition for this one. Still had some very good matches though ! Ive been running two 5k's a day since for my shame of getting that tired.
5'9ish 153 for me LAGUY. Been hitting the weights pretty hard 2-3 days a week . Havent really started to laod on weight yet but I will soon.
Unless any cool opportunities come I'll be competing mid august !
Also getting to teach my first seminar this weekend at a MMA/BJJ club. I'm going to do the seminar on 50/50 position.
Hope your doing well