Fringe is going on a trip to India and leaving next week. I went into class to see her and say hello, though I’m still a bit sick, so I stayed in my coat during the visit. I MISS JIU JITSU!
R was there–he of the Pron Pants (intentional LEET speak, Seymour! :)). What are Pron Pants? Well, a friend of ours is huge; I could wear him as a suit. R is tiny; he could wear me as a suit. R is the proud owner of our mutual friend’s gi, and he wears it with pride. Last week he and I were rolling, and he got me in his guard with his legs wrapped around me. I sit up, intending to grab his gi pants near his crotch–a STANDARD move–except that I got a handful of thigh. DOPE! R’s pant leg had fallen all the way up to his waist and his entire leg was exposed. Ack! 🙂
Poor guys–their gis came ALL THE WAY OFF! 😉
That was when I realized my own pants were in danger of falling off–they were hanging halfway down my butt. o_O I quickly tied them up.
And earlier in the class, I’d done some incorrect move with Fringe, my own version of Spider guard–let’s call it Retarded Spider Guard, and my foot went inside her gi, under her armpit. So picture it–I am holding her sleeve with my hand, my foot is inside her gi in the armpit–she moves and it removes her gi halfway, leaving her in her t-shirt. I call that the Strip BJJ move. 😀 She started laughing and said “Julia, I’M SHY!” and covered herself. It was pretty hilarious.
I’ve also learned not to take off my rash guard in front of people–one time after class I realized I’d had a…falling out with my sports bra. 😀
What gi mishaps have you seen or been involved with? There were some FUNNY stories on Jiu Jitsu forums.
Okay now THIS is a serious gi mishap. How does this even happen?
I have two asides to add here:
1. I’ve decided to participate in WordPress.com’s PostAWeek challenge. Though my particular personal challenge is 3 per week (and YES! this post is 3!), so it SHOULD be more than just one post per week.
2. Seymour Seymour Seymour. I’ve been called out. From now on when I find a spelling mistake on his blog, I get 1 point. If he finds one, he gets 3 points. We’re not dealing with grammar whatsoever or he’d already have tapped :D. Joking joking joking. 🙂 We’re ignoring American vs non-American English (ha!), Internetz slangz, lolcatspeak, intentional misspellings for the lulz, etc. He’s keeping tally on his journal. So far, after his “sentance” debacle, he’s cleaned up his act. But just know that the eagle-eye of Julia Johansen will be watching your blog like a hawk, and I’ll crow when I find any mistakes. I’ll be that albatross around your neck until you chicken out on me, Seymour!
(Okay, I REALLY wanted to fit more bird idioms in there, but I’ll duck out for now).
HAPPY 2011!
Watching like a hawk, ark ark!
That’s right, you silly goose! 😉
I should have said, auk auk 😛
LOL
– “Strip BJJ” I’ve had a few incidents, thank goodness I wear compression shorts under my gi. However, Leslie said something about a female team mate who goes commando!
– “Retarded Spider Guard” HAHA, I have my own Retarded Spider Guard, too. At this time I am unable to grip well with my right hand. I’ve been fighting one handed practically for months. I have this Spider Guard where I only control their right arm with my left hand. So I guess you could say that I have a “Semi Spider Guard”.
When I had my wrist injury that took SIX MONTHS to heal, I couldn’t put almost any weight on my left hand. I had to ball my hand up into a fist and rest on the fist. It was ANNOYING! I now realize how precious a gift our wrists are!
I was rolling with this 17 year old boy a couple of weeks ago. He had a bad habit of sticking his right arm out. Needless to say I got several armbars. Now he’s 17 and most likely sees a 42 year old woman as an old person, plus I have the wrist brace on. I would mess with him even more. Everytime I submitted him, I would say, “I need to rest a second, I’m getting old and my body isn’t as good as it used to be.” Then I would fiddle with my wrist brace. The kid was probably thinking, “Holly cow, this crippled old woman is kicking my butt!” He did ask me how long I had been training. (We’re both white belts.) At that point, I had to own up to 18 months of BJJ and over ten years total in martial arts. He seemed to relax at that info. I love messing with the kids minds!!!
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