how do you roll?

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Originally Posted by Tori Applegate

I play an aggressive game..always preparing for competition. I'm looking for control and pressure, clenching as much as possible. If not I'm staying tight until I can capitalize on your mistakes or I get tapped. I'm 120lbs. Whatever. I like top and bottom game, I've been working both a lot despite being small, I still love the top game. I'm also flexible, I've been taught to not force things, but to be accepting and move accordingly. Also, I'm fast and I like to play fast. I strive to be tough in all my rolls and make it a point to give 100% to all my teammates.

You see that way, everyone is concerned with my aggression and Jiu Jitsu...and not concerned with the fact that I'm female. :-) That's how I roll!!

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from this description, i have an image of the she hulk doing jiu jitsu. stylish but dont fuck her off :D

i think one of my favourite compliments ive had, is that people cant really get me into side or full mount to do anything. i really love my escape from alcatraz and a bunch of the side mount escapes. im only just putting on some real muscle now and my top game is really coming along, but i like being elusive and hard to get anything on. then i just work my stuff which to most of the people at my gym coems out of no where. "that gogo gadget thing from that rubbery thing"

It all depends in if I am training for something or not. I always have something I want to work whether it's sweeps or escapes subs or defenses I have something "I want to do." Once I figure that out the rest is fun, see how many different ways I can find myself in that position whether its a good one or bad one but that's how to rack up those reps. Reps reps reps

I always come in with three goals for the day. My #1 is whatever I'm working on at the time. #2 is usually the back-up/counter/fail to whatever #1 is. Then #3 is usually my "at least..." goal. So #1 might be the Ghost, #2 is the m'arce from the Ghost, and #3 is "at least escape side control."

I definitely play lazy; or at least not very aggressive. I think I disengage too easily. If you've almost passed and my legs are tired, I'm usually just as content to let you pass and then work my side control escapes rather than burn my legs out squeezing the shit out of quarter guard. If the pass I'm trying to work on fails, I'm just as likely to slow down and let you replace full guard so I can try again rather than keep fighting my way through the pass. I have zero athleticism so I rely much more on tricky old-guy-jitsu than more Hulk-smash-jitsu. I'd rather hit you with some sneaky shit you didn't see coming than bulldoze my way through something. That just tires me out and makes me not enjoy the next roll.

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Originally Posted by Chris Herzog

I no longer concern myself with tapping people out, sweeping, escaping, or "winning". I roll to roll, I focus on being in the moment and enjoying the experience. It doesn't mean those things don't happen, I just don't force them. If it happens it happens ,most of the time it does and it usually goes my way. My main goal at this point is to enjoy the journey.

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Real talk, this is basically where I wanna be one day. For now, I'm still just learning and praying that I can one day open a school on a tropical island and roll until I fall apart.