After a 15-year break, I went back to judo tonight. It was good but also even more exhausting than I anticipated.
It was a fairly chill class, with just throwing practice, a talk about what happens in a tournament, which I was grateful for because I could rest, then randori. I did three rounds, with breaks between, and I was absolutely dying after the first one. I couldn’t move anyone, nor could I get advantageous grips, except one time when I got 2 hands on one sleeve, but I couldn’t think of what to do with that.
Every time I got pinned, I knew what to do but just could not bridge. Like the third time, I just wanted to tap. Still, I didn’t get hurt, which was my biggest concern.
Maximum respect to the guy and all the kids. They regular do five consecutive rounds of randori. They’re in incredible shape.