From White to Blue Belt My BJJ Diary Training 5

Today we practised different set ups to take the back and end with a rear naked choke.

As I mentioned in my last post I often feel overwhelmed and just want to remember one detail or technique.

What I have learned today :

Before I often had problems that one arm got trapped and I could not finish the choke. I have to pay attention that my arms slides in through close to the neck. Even when he is strong and blocking the neck I can just go to the nose and get pressure there to lift his head and expose his neck and get my other arm in. I can do this multiple times till I get a tight grip on his neck.

Where I had problems:

Still, my arm got trapped quite often. I have to pay attention I am staying close to his face and have some speed and strength in my movement.

One another note

I have booked 4 private hours which I will take next week. I think I will do 2 every week so I have some time to decide what I want to work on. At the moment I am thinking I want to spend 2 on some submissions from the guard as I can get people in full guard quite often but then I dont really have an idea what to do. 1 one pulling guard and 1 on escapes.

I know my focus as a white belt should be survival but you can not tell me you did not wanted to tap people also, when you were a white belt.

But I am very open for suggestions from some more experienced people here. I just want to make the best out of it as it was quite expensive.