A friend and I decided to take up martial arts, as a new hobby.. since that there's nothing new in life.. always fancied Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) so i guess i just give it a try.. went to fight G at Clarke quay and this girl (who looks a little bit like Wong Li Lin but with a lean body and walks with a swagger-SO HOT!) told us to come-by next time for a free trial session (since that we arrived quite late).
My friend persuaded me to take up Muay Thai with him but I'm not much of a striker/stand-up kinda guy so, maybe next time.. would like to give BJJ a try first. It was on Thursday night (after OT) that we went back to the gym for our complimentary trial session.. was so exited since that I've always wanted to take up BJJ.. reached there at 8pm, got changed and waited for the session to start..
Warm-up was ok, usual stuff, then they stepped up the pace doing conditioning exercises.. at this point everything was so fast paced that i felt the burn straight away.. panting, sweat started to break and adrenalin pumped so hard.. usually I'd feel this way when i workout like 30mins++ or more but this was like only 10mins in.. whoa?.. everyone else was like so relaxed that it made me look so ridiculous.. panting away like i just sprinted down a very long hall.
So my first lesson on BJJ was passing guard.. the instructor showed us how to make a transition from full guard to side control, full guard to back mount from underneath and another move that i couldn't recall.. so, after practicing some of the moves that he just showed us, we started sparring for 4 full mins.. at this point i started feeling nauseous and hot.. first up was passing guard from north-south position (keep in mind that this was my first time ever in any kind of martial art and i only know shit) eventually they told me what i should do so it was not that hard at all.. but my stamina at this point was drained out completely so it was really hard to do sweeps and stuff.. after the 4min session ended i straight away headed to the cooler to buy myself a drink or i'd pass out right then and there. staggered down the stairs nearly falling fished out my wallet from the bag in the locker and downed a hundred plus like 30secs flat.. seriously, i felt like there's nothing harder than BJJ at that time.. headed back to the mat but had to lie down (the instructor told me to) while my legs was perched on a stool.. my sugar level was drained and i almost dehydrated myself.
Each session consist of warm-ups, conditioning, some BJJ demonstration, and 4mins of sparring session for 4 rounds on different jiu variations and warm-downs.. i think i only managed to stay in the first half of the session feeling completely conscious. Eventually though i managed to survived the whole session without throwing up, YEAY!.
but the next day was the hardest day. my whole body ached from my neck straight down to my thighs. And i forgot to mention that we had to do 30min of full push-ups and 30min of crunches after each intervals of sparring round.
like what i posted on my facebook shoutout. this experience was HELLISH, INTENSE and (almost) LIFE THREATENING! but i can't wait for the next session.. and it's on this coming Monday..
p/s: my body is still aching all over. (-_- ")
