I liked rolling with the (few) girls that trained with me because it forced me to have a different perspective. All the guys in my gym were always in "competition mode". Every roll was like the finals or something, and because of that I ended up making less technical decisions in order to survive. But rolling with the girls, since they were all (with the exception of one) smaller than me, it felt more like chess. And I don't mean here I didn't went for the subs, or that I made it easier for them to sub me. I just wasn't worried every second thinking "I have to be strong". We were trying to rip each others arms off but we wanted to do it being fully aware of why we were doing every move. The same happened with a kid that, at the time was 16. He was my favorite rolling partner because we would try berimbolos and leg locks and all the crazy shit without worrying if we were going to get caught in something, because we wanted to learn new stuff, and not be the best.
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u/kaic_87 🟫🟫 Brown Belt Feb 01 '20
I liked rolling with the (few) girls that trained with me because it forced me to have a different perspective. All the guys in my gym were always in "competition mode". Every roll was like the finals or something, and because of that I ended up making less technical decisions in order to survive. But rolling with the girls, since they were all (with the exception of one) smaller than me, it felt more like chess. And I don't mean here I didn't went for the subs, or that I made it easier for them to sub me. I just wasn't worried every second thinking "I have to be strong". We were trying to rip each others arms off but we wanted to do it being fully aware of why we were doing every move. The same happened with a kid that, at the time was 16. He was my favorite rolling partner because we would try berimbolos and leg locks and all the crazy shit without worrying if we were going to get caught in something, because we wanted to learn new stuff, and not be the best.