Aug11

Rolling with Mrs. Instructor, aka Do Not try this at home.

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Rolling with Mrs. Instructor, aka Do Not try this at home.

So, you would think since Mrs. Instructor and I are friends, we’re both female, I’m new to Master Cycle, and given that the guys are nice and easy on me, she would be too, right?

Wrong!

That chic’s leg hooks were SOLID. I feel like 75% of the time I’m able to slip a choke. She was all, “Oh, you want to slide out by getting your back to the ground? Let me just pull you back on top of me as though you weigh approximately 7.5 pounds.”

“You got a frame in on the right side? That’s cool, I’ll just fling you over to the left and sink the choke in with that arm.”

Daaaaaaannnnnggg. Such fierceness!

Basically, I didn’t stand a chance.

See? We’re friends! Remember these good ol’ days? (Never mind that this was a tactical “hug” just before I swept her leg.)

I told Instructor later, “She’s a beast!” He made his “legit face,” where his eyebrows rise and he nods like, “Yeah, she is.” It was sweet, really.

I did at least manage to wiggle away from her and get to my feet at one point. It was not a submission–that was never gonna happen–but I ESCAPED! 

That, in itself, felt like a major victory.

She said, “Don’t take this the wrong way, but you have a strong body frame.”

Or something. We later tried to remember what she had said and had a bit of a debate over it. Here’s what I came up with.

We have fun.

It’s nice having other women in class, especially since I was all by my lonesome before. Even cooler is that we have a large text group to keep in touch. Mrs. Instructor was recently added. She asked me separately what the vibe was like there.

Apparently she didn’t realize I was referring to myself. Otherwise she might have said, “I want to choke her already.”

Getting trivial!

Answer to the last question: Who else would have a giant flag of their state but Texas?

New question: According to the final line, this 1818 novel’s monster “was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance.”

Interesting. I didn’t know how that went down. Did you?

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  3. If I tried that at home, someone would need to call the paramedics and alert the x-ray department. Getting someone standing by in the casting room would be thoughtful. I’m just amazed that you do this.

    and yeah, Shelly, Frankenstein — They didn’t have lasers or superheros in 1812 so she just had to drown him … boring … not even a flamethrower or machine gun … throw ’em in the water …

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  8. The relationship you have with Mrs. Instructor is really great. I hope you get my meaning but I’m glad she didn’t go easy on you. I’ve read the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley twice and I am fairly certain that is the ending of it.

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    • Oh, she’s already there. I don’t think I’m motivating or pushing anyone unless maybe the white belts from the old class now being eager to join me in Master Cycle. In this new class I am the bottom of the barrel. No one is learning from me! 😛

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  18. Every time I read about what you’re doing in your latest class I am amazed at your ability. To show up. To not get hurt. To have fun.

    No brainy answer to your question, but a guess would be Frankenstein.

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