A brown belt was on the side of the mat and gave me a thumbs up after I rolled with a white belt. Felt good because I’m a bit intimidated by him because he’s so cool and Alpha.
A fellow blue belt caught me in a Canto choke and I held out for too long before I tapped. My ego was hurt more. I almost got mad, like I wanted to retaliate. That is not a good thing. I didn’t. He proceeded to pass my guard like it was nothing. I must be doing something wrong, gotta figure out what it is. Or I could just bring a weapon next time and hide it in my Gi.
I was hand fighting with another fellow blue belt and hurt my pinky. Had to tape it up. I never tape my fingers. Am I at that age already?
It was a tough day at open mat. It was one of those training sessions where you think, “did I somehow get worse?” No, everyone else is getting better and harder.
One thing that didn’t get worse was my recurring shoulder injury, thank goodness. But it has been bugging me for a few weeks now, and I’ve been training through it and it looks like it will not be fully healed before the competition in two weeks. I’d rather not have to pump myself full of Advil while I compete, I think I’ll just tough it out.
Here are some photos from Adobe FireFly A.I. Text to Image generator.
Prompt was, “Advil as if it were a cartoon”
There and Back 
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