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Jan
29
Mat Monkey Tournamnet
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This weekend West Side’s kids’ are participating in our Mat Monkey Tournament. It’s basically a practice tournament we have against our friends at Foley’s MMA. It gives our kids a chance to train against other kids and a chance to feel what a tournament is like–it’s invaluable, and more importantly it’s fun. In February will [...]
Jan
29
One Kind Word
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. . . A kind word and a business card were the catalyst for yesterday’s jiu-jitsu demonstration for a group of airmen from Hill Air Force Base. West Side is in the running to teach jiu-jitsu to a group from the base. The thing is, the entire thing happened because of one person, with one [...]
Jan
27
Jiu-Jitsu is in Everything
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This is a Chicken-Bone Chopper, born in the mind and made with the hands of Lionel Hogan—you know the tattoo artist/graffiti writer/airbrusher/metal working bike builder, who does jiu-jitsu. I love this picture because it reminds me of machines—of mechanisms, of how things are put together, how they’re created and become an interdependent system—pieces, put together [...]
Jan
26
Mean People and Jiu-Jitsu
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West Side Jiu-Jitsu is full of friendly people. It is. I’ve been thinking about it lately and I’ve come up with a theory about why. Why does West Side have a lot of friendly people that train here? The answer is simple—it’s because mean people can’t handle being beaten by people they think are inferior [...]
Jan
24
Being Technical, to me, is the great goal of jiu-jitsu; it should be what all students strive for. To be technical is to have mastered movement, to be so accurate in your execution that nothing can stop you from imposing your will on another human being. It is technique that enables the meek to become [...]
Jan
24
West Side Road Trip
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I’m always thinking about things I want to do, and it seems jiu-jitsu is always involved. I’ve been thinking for years now about a summer road trip –a West Side Road Trip—three weeks would do. It would involve a rented RV, a group of jiu-jitsu guys, and a list of jiu-jitsu schools around the country [...]
Jan
23
West Side Love and Fighting Cox
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John Cox is a cop—Ogden City. He’s a good guy that’s always helped West Side when she’s needed it. He supports the school with his kindness and loyalty—I like him—he’s good people. I’m embarrassed to admit that John asked me a long, long, long time ago to draw him a picture of a fighting rooster, [...]
Jan
22
What is a Ninjas’ Favorite Drink?
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Question: What is a ninjas’ favorite drink? Answer: Wataaaaaaaaaaaa!
Jan
21
Weakness
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. . . I just read Killer J’s post on weakness and jiu-jitsu and I myself have been thinking about the weaknesses in my own game and then I started thinking about it—everything has a weakness—you can’t not nave a weakness. Think about it, the hardest natural substance known to man, the diamond, has weaknesses. [...]
Jan
20
Nothing New Under the Sun
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Okay, I admit that I’m not the most religious person in the world, but there are some things in every religion that seem to me to be truths. Take for example this translation from the bible, “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under [...]
