Give me a sec...

So last night we started off class with a circuit style warm up. We had about 5 stations including jump rope, push-ups, abs, stretching, etc. We did one circuit of that and continued to warm up. We, again, had several different stations including: In the guard, passing the guard, and stand up. My focus here today is the stand up part.

We had a guy who I've seen want to come to class but never has. He's a big, strong guy. We started out with the stand up. I had no problem taking him down with trips and the such. Then we both went to the next "station." For this one person gives the other person a leg (in this case it was me giving up my leg) and tries to fight out of it while the other person tries to take him down.

Unfortunately for me this guy wasn't wearing a gi so the defense i knew to the single wouldn't work. We started out and first thing this guy goes for is my other leg (remember he already has one of them). He lifts me high in the air and I prepare for what I think will be a fairly soft landing. I came to this conclusion because we're all training partners and there's no sense in slamming the crap out of someone. Anyway, here I am high in the air and I start going down. It feels like he's controlling my descent. The next thing I know I land with all my weight and his. I turned to my side and attempted to take the fall properly but the mats might as well been concrete. I laid there as my instructor took awe of the awesomeness of my failure. "Give me a sec..." I got back up and started again. This cycle repeated itself three more times until I just started guillotining him.

Needless to say my whole side hurts. I really enjoy doing take down work but unfortunately I got stuck with the new person who doesn't yet know to not kill training partners. I suppose it's ultimately my fault, after all, I did give him my leg.