I am a Blue Belt!

At 10 AM this morning I officially became a Blue Belt. 
I had just finished 10 minutes of sparring where I rolled with a new person every minute non-stop. I thought the 10 minutes would be no problem because after classes we roll 5 four minute rounds and I participate in 3 to 5 of them [...]

Brief Updates: Last week’s training; rest and good news!

Last week I trained Tuesday and Friday. I tried to take it easy and go through with my intention of just going through the warm-ups and drills and then sitting out, but I ended up rolling both classes anyway. 
I feel like a kid who should know better.
Well, I am going to class this week, but [...]

Gains and Minor Injuries: BJJ

I have been consistently improving. Classes twice a week, reviewing my books and videos (mostly University JJ and Blue Belt Requirements) and my new exercise regimen has increased my ability to defend and gain positional dominance. However that same regimen has also left me a little broken.
I have a nagging shoulder problem, my neck clicks, my left [...]

Roy Dean’s DVD: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – Blue Belt Requirements

I had been aware of the DVD set for months. Either in the blogosphere or maybe on a random check on Youtube I bumped into the Roy Dean academy’s Blue belt test videos. The movements the 4-stripe white belts were displaying were crisp and smooth. They also performed quite a few techniques before they [...]

Crowdsourcing: Need Advice on Nephews’ BJJ Woes/They let everyone dominate them

I recently read Jeff Howe’s book “Crowdsourcing.”  The basic idea of crowdsourcing is to take a problem you have and share it with an audience for a solution. Hopefully an educated audience. It has been very useful in business, computer and science circles. To an extent we all have been participating in this experience as [...]

Mr. Click Clack – BJJ

Last night I was a few minutes late to class and when I went in there were at least 30 guys in the no-gi class. The gi classes usually has fewer students and I hadn’t been to no-gi in a while so it was a shock. I immediately jumped in to the warm-up and we [...]

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Everything is Paying Off: BJJ

I mentioned in another post that I started a new regimen of lifting, running, stretching, performing calisthenics and working on BJJ techniques everyday. I had to quickly amend that to adjust for injuries. I made the mistake of coming home from practice last week and immediately lifted weights for my upper body. The next morning [...]