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Yesterday I tried to give away a cookie—chocolate chip. No one would take it. It was wrapped and it was lunch time and the people in the cafeteria line new me, but still no one would take the damn cookie.
Who doesn’t want a free cookie?
Well, I finally figured it out. I was [...]

We have the opportunity to guide jiu-jitsu culture–we, as humble practitioners. Although a lot of people know what jiu-jitsu is, there are far more people that have no idea. Jiu-jitsu needs exposure. Jiu-Jitsu needs a super hero–yes, a super hero, and we’re going to create some. Use this outline to create your [...]

VIMBY – Bilenky Junk Yard Race
What the hell does this video have to do with jiu-jitsu? Well, it’s more about starting a culture than it is about BJJ. It’s about getting people together who are passionate about something and celebrating it–in this case it’s drinking beer and racing your bike through a junk [...]

Some jiu-jitsu schools don’t like to teach leg locks—“they’re dangerous.” The most dangerous of all of course is the heel hook. Its subtlety and remarkable use of leverage makes it one of the most beautiful techniques in all of grappling. Some people look down their noses at our little friend the heel [...]

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I was listening to an artist talking about an art gallery she was running, she was a painter and she said, ”I like painting, I don’t want to deal with the business end of things.”
Uh, you’re running a business, you’re going to have to deal with the “business end of things.”
Let’s use a metaphor, let’s [...]

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In life we don’t always have the luxury of liking—liking things, or people, or jobs, or projects, or situations. Liking things is a luxury. You don’t like your boss, too bad. You don’t like your mother-in-law, tough titty. Just because you don’t like something or someone, doesn’t mean they have no [...]

I’m not a big fan of professional wrestling—when I was a kid, yes—Jimmy “Super Fly” Snuka, Rocky Johnson, and Mil Mascaras were my favorites, but now-a-days I can do without. Recently I’ve been reading about Mexican luchadores and in Lucha Libre how wrestlers are either what they call tecnicos (technical fighters) or rudos (brawlers). [...]

As you can probably tell, this site is being changed—updated, renovated so to speak. What will it become? I have no idea, my friend Kipp, the wizard of the web, is helping me out with it. I’ll let the process mold the outcome.
That’s what happens to a lot of things we create. [...]

VIMBY – Zoo York
I believe in modeling. I like the look and feel of the company Zoo York. I’ve always been attracted to the streets–Hip-Hop, graffiti, tattooing–and I think Zoo York as a company, does a good job in bringing those things out in their products. I want Tap or Die do [...]

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