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On the Tuesday of my second week, I was contemplating not going to class, as I was sore from training and tired from work. I mustered up some energy and dragged myself to class. I had learned an entire four jiu-jitsu moves by then; in this fifth class, I learned the rear naked choke. As we practiced on each other, I seemed to get the hang of this move quickly, unlike some of the other moves that were a little too advanced for me at the time.

In the class, we rolled for five-minute rounds with the goal of getting verbal or physical taps. After the five minutes, we received a quick minute of rest before changing partners.

I was partnered with a 6' 6"-tall cop who had been training on and off for a year, and I was amazed at how quickly I could get his back, and “boom,” I clamped the rear naked choke and he quickly tapped out. I thought that he must have been taking it easy on me. We regrouped and just as quickly I found myself on his back with my hooks in, and seconds later I got another tap! Two taps within one minute, I was ecstatic, while he was not. He slammed his fist on the mat as his face turned red. I figured he was just being hard on himself with no disrespect aimed at me.