Bottom Game:

- old school butterfly guard sweeps
- transitioning to X-guard and subs from X
- lasso guard and getting to omoplatas from it

Top game:

- leg drags
- taking the back

the main thing for me is the timing of everything. I'm a hair slower than more seasoned black belts (and younger, more athletic dudes)

Competition:
- pushing myself to my mental and physical edge and trying to find more in the tank
- finding the guys who give me the worst time at the end of a sparring session and having them push me to the point of wanting to quit

I got complacent right after getting promoted to black but now I got the hunger back. I also came to understand fully that there are no bad training days regardless of if you're the hammer, the nail or the wood being nailed.