Should I go to throwing class which was right after advanced grappling? The judo junkie, deep within, was calling. The voice, Do it! You know you want too! I admitted it. I wanted too and I didn’t care about the consequences. I hated that voice. I lined up. All five of us.
45 minutes later. ” We’re running out of mat. I thought to myself. Sweat dripped off my forehead. We were by the front entrance corner. I was hip to hip, side by side, and leaning forward with Ramon Sanchez, ex Cuban judo olympic team member of 1980s. We were even in height and weight. I had a tight grip around his belt and waist. I tried a sit down foot sweep. He rotated his weight back on his heals. I looked foolish. I went back to the hip grip. I frantically tried to think of the throw’s Jimmy had taught. Jimmy was the previous throwing instructor. I came up with nothing. I sensed something bad was coming. Pow! I was sailing through the air. I hit the mat. Ippon. He threw me for an Ippon ????? An Ippon was a throw where the opponent was completely in the air, no body part touching the floor. He landed right on top of me. I couldn’t remember ever being thrown like this. I dreamed of being in the judo olympics as a kid. Today, I had the closest simulation that I would ever get to Olympic judo. Finally, I could put that dream to rest.
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