According to my sources my articles have been growing in popularity. I’ve been told a lot of people read them. I was even recognized mid class as “that guy who writes the blog”. So as you all should know by now, I am quite the fan of early morning classes. It’s become the coffee to my morning during the week. For me it has to do with my schedule and my hectic schedule once the day starts till it finishes. The morning classes have their main stays. We all know McPartland is one of those staples!! The rotation of training partners have varied with some coming and going periodically. However, last Thursday’s Gi class was the bomb! It’s great having Depo coach you up in the morning. He truly is a wizard. He harped on me for a particular way that I was performing a move and even though I did it wrong like three times, I appreciated how he pays attention to the details and fine tunes our craft. In addition to that the class was packed! I love classes like that. It’s not just about that masses but the amount of different talent levels. I’m not old school or whatever it’s considered where belt colors only train with their particular belt colors. I enjoy the variety of it. I don’t mind training with a white belt because some of them are wild and rush the hell out of everything. However, 9 times out 10 I feel more likely to get hurt by one of them for the aforementioned reasons. Obviously being a blue belt I get a kick out of seeing how the other blues are progressing. Then there is the higher ranks which provide a lesson and give you an idea of how your game needs to advance. The last class was like that minus a brown belt. I missed my chance at getting whooped by Billy but hopefully next class he’s there again. I look forward to more morning classes like that…who’s with me?
-Pat Rivera