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A Shrinking Community
Read more: A Shrinking CommunityThere’s this weird phenomenon I recently noticed. It wasn’t a secret or hidden. It just didn’t click until recently. I saw it on the mats, and honestly it didn’t even click then. Not for a few days. The gym I train at is rapidly expanding and growing. They offer multiple martial arts I would feel…
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Rolling In The Fog
Read more: Rolling In The FogMy wife and I were recapping the last few classes one evening. Every now and then, we’ll get into pretty hearty conversations about Jiu-Jitsu, specifically what we’re feeling or thinking in regard to our own journeys. Recently, my wife had been complaining about feeling foggy headed. Her focus was off and she just wasn’t able…
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The Value of a Good Roll
Read more: The Value of a Good RollYou know the feeling after you had a really good roll? I’m not necessarily talking about a roll where you are getting sub after sub. A good roll in my mind is typically a roll with someone of equal or higher rank and/or skill. You just have that feeling afterwards. Sometimes I am concerned that…
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7 Ass’es
Read more: 7 Ass’esI came across this quote from Helio Gracie, “Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you; so that you learn to rely on technique, timing and leverage rather than brute strength.” Reading it, I got to thinking about what he said and what I’ve read up on in…
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How Easily We Can Fall Away
Read more: How Easily We Can Fall AwaySo, a while back I wrote about finally getting my friend to try out Jiu-Jitsu. It was a story of persistent pursuit that led to him signing on at our academy. It was a great victory for expanding the cult… I mean… growing our tribe. But here’s the problem. That was the point where I…
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Gi vs No Gi
Read more: Gi vs No GiIf you’ve been around Jiu-Jitsu as long as it takes to say the name, then you’ve likely heard this argument. Gi or no gi. A constant struggle for a Jiu-Jitsu practitioner is deciding on what to focus on. Depending on schedules and your school, your options may be limited, and you may have to pick…
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Why I Put My Kids in Jiu-Jitsu
Read more: Why I Put My Kids in Jiu-JitsuAfter I separated from the military and we moved and such, my oldest kid was getting to the age where he was going to need something. I grew up doing martial arts in the form of Kenpo Karate, and I recalled all the benefits that came from those years of training as a kid. I…
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A List of People I Won’t Roll
Read more: A List of People I Won’t RollIf you were hoping to open this post and see a list of some Jiu-Jitsu celebrities, you are mistaken. Part of being anonymous is staying anonymous. So this isn’t necessarily a list of people I won’t roll, but more so a list of characteristics or generic personalities that I avoid and why. As a bonus,…
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Consistency
Read more: ConsistencyI was talking to a new guy this week. He’s within his first week of signing up and asked me some question in regards to balancing work, school, life and martial arts. A few nights later, I kind of realized how my consistency has swung back and forth throughout my journey, but at the same…
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The Excuses We Make
Read more: The Excuses We MakeI recently had the opportunity to expose an acquaintance to Jiu-Jitsu. Due to scheduling and the distance conflicts, he was unable to make it out to a class with me, but we did end up getting together and rolling out the mats at home. As our afternoon went on, we were moving along in various…