I felt like I was in OK shape at judo today? I partnered with a heavy dude during the throwing drills. I wanted to be nice, but I also did not want to strain anything, so I avoided any hauling up. The senseis pointed out you don't need to lift with your hips in hip throws. You just need to throw them over the hip by turning your torso. Indeed, it was way less work and easier on the knees.
During newaza drills, I again ended up with a really large guy and somehow his neck got tweaked during one of my escapes? We took it easy for the rest of the reps, and he was fine, fortunately. I should have asked up front about how aggressive he wanted to go, even if he was large. I don't think I was particularly aggressive, but I did think I'd have to really dig deep to move him.
There was more newaza randori than standing, which helps me save energy. I was able to do these partial escapes in which I got my knee some space, but my arm and head were trapped. I took half guard and was still able to roll to the top, so I was able to apply downward pressure in mount, even with my arm trapped. I was able to do this twice, yet I'm not 100% sure how.
It's interesting to see what you can get done with one arm trapped. An opponent may be holding onto your arm, but you can still get yoko shiho gatame (side control). You can get mount and grapevine the opponent's legs so that they can't be used.
I did one round of standing randori, and yeah, I'm still dying and still amazed by how kids and do so much of this.
I did try to build up my perceiving and go with the flow more, but I'm not sure I actually did that much perceiving.
The perceiving is why newaza goes better for me. I'm able to tell what people are going to do, and then counter that. Sometimes if I'm tired, I just use body weight to hold someone down, then only become active when they're about to do something. So, I guess I should keep on working on perception while standing.