Sparring

So I sparred Thursday night and got submitted over and over and over again. Sparring when your new at Brazilian jiu jitsu is all about escaping from inferior positions while avoiding submissions. It was a two hour long sparring session and I lasted about 45 min. It was mostly blue belts at the sparring session so I was using every bit of energy I had while they were just sitting back and letting me do all the work. It is really amazing how little energy the blue belts use against a novice like myself. They are masters of balance and the know the second I am off mine and take advantage with a sweep or if my elbows ever got too far from my sides I get armbarred. They let very few mistakes get by.