Originally Posted by Derek
nice job, man. I only recommend that you keep your head up more because you're allowing yourself to be vulnerable. Really easy to eat mat, if the person you're wrestling is stronger than you. Also, you're not praying, stay off your knees
Remember to stay on your toes when you're in a position to pin someone, put all of your weight on them. As long as keep just your chest over their's, you won't get turned over and they'll wear down trying to get your 140-160ish body off of them.
It's grappling, it's not the same as wrestling. I was pulling down on his neck and dropping to a knee to make him think that I might shoot and to pull him off balance. If I wanted to I could have switched up to an arm drag or actually gone in for the shot....but what I wanted him to do was get frustrated and go for the shot himself. I was basically baiting the shot and feeling him out. I had been working that in practice a lot the day before and it had worked well.