Back in black

Today was the day that I decided to come back to Capoeira. I had a good 3 weeks off. And they were grappling today.

I strutted in with my shades, black gi pants, and white shirt, but would later change into a black shirt to go to the ground.

LOUIS: Ryan's rockin' the shades!
RYAN: I'm fuckin' back!

We have a new student named Gabriel. Others present were Andres, Jesse I, Jesse II, Ian, Caesar, and Diana. Julio showed up briefly, then left. Weird.

We learned:
1) the dars choke
2) the peruvian choke
3) getting the attacker from their full mount into our half-guard (push their knees down as far as possible with our elbows, swivel our hips to check their leg with our leg - i.e. our right over their left - triangle it, and push their triangled knee over into our half-gaurd).
4) a leg lock from full mount (our leg sweeps outside and under their leg - i.e. our right over their left - hook, and sit out to extend our leg; if they counter by turning into you, fold your leg, which brings theirs in, and pull their foot with both hands to crank).

Then we paired up and rolled, except for Jesse II who was injured:
1) Me vs. Caesar. I hate wrestlers. He didn't even lock in the triangle on my arm, but I said, "Tap," just so we'd reset because I was lazy. Although that was technically my 1st time "tapping out."
2) Me vs. Jesse I. Stalemate. We spent most of the time in the "feeling out process."
3) Me vs. Andres. I got him to verbally tap out weeks ago when he gassed out. He was recovering from his motorcycle accident, though. He just HAD to avenge that. So maybe he choked me out. At least I was able to pass his guard so well that he was impressed.

ANDRES: They say to be a blackbelt in Brazilian Jujitsu, you have to get tapped out 20,000 times.

Great. Only 19,998 more times for me.