Okay, so I know that I promised to try to get some pictures of the arm bar uploaded here, but well… I didn’t.  Instead however, let me point you toward this arm bar video, and talk a little bit about it.

For me, the piece of this move that seems to make the the most critical (read that: the part I screw up the most) is when you shift your upper body to the side and bring the foot toward their head.  If I think about it as shifting my upper body, then I mess up.  If however, I think of it as using my leg to shove the person over to the side, it works better, and I end up shifting my upper body anyway, without really even thinking about it.

Okay, so now on to the “Whoopin”…

I was in class last night, and was please to see that there was a fairly large student there for me to Randori with.  He was a white belt, but seemed to have good balance and leverage.  I asked how long he had been doing Judo, and found the answer to be, “about 4 months.”  Cool… fresh meat!

Or not…

Aaron informed me that our new addition was in fact a Jujitsu black belt, and 3 time national champion.  He spent the remainder of Randori showing me how exactly the body’s pain receptors work.  One hell of a workout!  I hope he comes more, as it these types of challenges that really push you to new levels.  Thanks Jeff!

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