No rib muscle pull at judo tonight! That is the greatest victory. I did jam a finger and rip the skin off my elbows, but the blood was all nicely contained inside my gi.
I felt exhausted during warm-ups, but then recovered during technique time. Endurance-wise, I was able to get through a couple of newaza randori and barely do three rounds of standing. The newaza ones were kind of free, though. I went with white belts, and I can still just sweep them and generally hold them off without have to spend too much energy.
Standing, I wasn’t able to land any throws I initiated. All my throws that work (other than kouchi makikomi) are counters right now.
We went over tomoe nage. You know,
the one Ryu does. I’m not great at it, but the biggest barrier to doing it turns out to be actually trying it once. After that, I went for it basically anytime someone was hunched over. It didn’t work, but it was no big deal to try.
