What do you do when rolling?

[John Mejia]

I'm getting put on my back every chance I get, and working on regaining guard, and maybe even a little RG here and there.

[Amber Kamischke]

My butterfly guard is getting a lot better now to the point where, with the guys i train with (all white belts), i rarely can't get some sort of sweep or hip bump my way to the top. I do realise however that this means my full guard is not that strong and neither is my bottom game in general. When rolling will you guys make a conscious effort to get in certain situations so that you can work on a part of you're game?

I have been doing this since I got my blue. My guard game was my biggest asset because I'm usually the smallest person at the gym. Every guy can bench press me off of them when I get mount so my focus has been maintaining top or side control. I focused on passing for a while and am finally better at that so keeping that top position is what I will be working on throughout this break in comp season. I'm a passive player and need to be more aggressive too so initiating is another thing I have to focus on.