that sounds kind of lame to me that they would bitch about it. You should try to get familiar with the guard though.. The elbow in the face as long as it isnt intentional. I mean when someone gets side mount or is in side mount on me i put in elbow into their neck to create some space. I dont see anything wrong with that. You might want to ask some people you have rolled with if it bothers them.
You don't want to have people in the class not like rolling with you.. As far as you owning the blue belt, I dont know. Maybe he was going light on you ? haha.. Sometimes some of the purple and brown belts will let me get into dominate positions and they like to work their defense or sometimes they will leave openings to see if I go for them.
I like that because it shows that they are willing to let me learn and see if my mind is thinking in the right directions. However one time I rolled with my friend (who doesnt train or anything) and I pulled him into my guard and he was like jamming his arm into the side of my face.
It was odd because no one in my class had done that.. I simple just grabbed his arm though and took it off. I dont see the big deal with the elbow thing you mentioned. Just keep at it and try to learn as much as they teach you..
Take care
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