holiday.

Holiday weekend!  I get to train a bit extra tomorrow since I've no work!  Went in today, which was the first time in a week, and it was unusually packed for a Sunday.  Mostly regulars, but there was a new guy who popped in.  He seemed nice and looked pretty solid from my limited observations.  

My film study for the week is Felipe “Preguiça” Pena.  He is the current Black Belt heavyweight world champion and one of my favorite young fighters out there along with Jackson Sousa and Gianni Grippo.  So far today while waiting for me julie, I've watched about 3 of his matches along with a few last night.  Felipe has an interesting/scrappy style.  He moves well for a big guy, plays a guard game and will not hesitate to spin, invert or go for the back.  So far I've noticed a few moves which I have been watching and trying to work into my game.  One of these (a sweep) I tried today and it worked well on one of my teammates and not so well on another. The first guy gave me room to operate and I pulled it off 2-3x.  The second guy didn't give me room so I wasn't able hit the sweep.  I gotta make a little space and I think I know how to do it :)

Today I also shot a text to my old instructor/friend who had ran my old club (Albany Submission FC).  Rumor had it he was getting the itch so I hit him up to find out if what I heard was true.  So he is getting the itch and is interested in coming back to train.  I invited him to pop in tomorrow and check us out.  Hopefully he will show up either tomorrow or another day.  He would be a nice addition to the academy and bring some good experiences and technique.  I'm sure he would benefit from having other bigger, skilled guys to roll with also.

Anyways...it shitty weather outside now.  I'd like to go fuck with my skateboard but I'm thinking it will have to wait until tomorrow.