Thursday training for the Devotion Varsity Catch Wrestling Team.

Trailer park submissions and cheap heat.

Saturday Open Mat: great way to end a solid week of training!

:60 look at one of the techniques Coach Paul showed to the class this morning.

What are you drilling this week?

Side control escapes.

One of those mornings where I realized halfway through the 4 escapes being taught - “oh I remember this from like a year ago…and I haven’t been doing any of these!”

Why not?

We get inundated with information, especially at white and blue belt.

You can’t possibly hold on and use every move you learn, so you rely on what you know best and has worked before.

You can see how this slows your development.

This is why it’s so important to use your rolls to work on these new techniques when they’re fresh in your mind.

Re-define what “winning” a roll is.

Amazing how much more relaxed and educational sparring can be when you’re simply trying to utilize the technique you’ve been taught, instead of muscle-fucking your way to the one submission you already know.

If I’d been doing that since last year - maybe these escapes would already be part of my repertoire - instead of something I’m starting to re-learn.

Inventory check from Devotion HQ

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INVENTORY TREASURE HUNTING

Found: 2 full sets of The Way Vol. 1 and accompanying 3 Flag Set.

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Hjalti is pretty proud of his new cauliflower ear…Paul is not impressed:)

Welcome to Devotion LA Mission

The crew is arriving to break it in and get ready to compete this weekend.

Seth - bronze

Josh - gold

Matthias first comp at brown: wins gold medal match 18-0

Paul up next

Gold

NABJJF All Americas gold.

No points scored against.

All told 4 golds, 3 bronzes on the day, no Devotion competitors didn’t make the podium.

On to the next one.