Choose your two subs

This week, when you are playing on top, think about making your partner carry as much of your weight as you can. When you open the guard, keep forward pressure. Don’t give your partner a chance to set up defenses and make space for frames. Don’t worry about completing a pass or catching a submission. See if you can exhaust your partner. When on the bottom, practice staying calm under pressure. Breathe and stay safe and try to find the easy way out. Don’t force anything. Build up resilience to the pressure by finding ways to breathe and stay calm.

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This week, don’t let anyone grab your head. No cross faces, no head locks, no guillotines. Preemptively defend these things and don’t tolerate being in them for any length of time. If you get stuck and don’t know how to get out, let’s review in class.

Be honest - what’s the deeper reason you keep showing up?