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. . . In chapter two of The Inner Game of Tennis,”The Discovery of the Two Selves,” Gallwey talks about two things that are interesting to me, one is the term “relaxed concentration” (which I’ll talk about later) and the second is the idea that we have two “selves” that control our actions. The “selves” [...]

Tap or Die the site, the blog, the wonderfully written master piece of the written language has a new reader, a reader that I’m actually very happy to have. That reader is OCSD (the Ogden City School District). Apparently (I’m sure after reading “The Tattooed Teacher and Losing a Job” post) Tap or Die has [...]

For a couple of years now I’ve been hearing about a book that deals with the mental aspects of competition—a book about tennis—yep, tennis. I actually hate tennis, but I bought the book last year for educational purposes and curiosity; I lent it out to someone and have never seen it again. It must have [...]

The West Side Classic: pure awesomeness. This year was very enjoyable, much like previous years, (we did have some over-competitive parents, and it went a little longer than expected, but hey, that’s the nature of the beast). One of the coolest things that happened this year, in my opinion anyway, involved two kids. No adults [...]

Running a jiu-jitsu tournament isn’t easy, and running a kids’ tournament is quite frankly much harder, but man is it fun. There are always people that complain, but more importantly there are people who don’t, people that recognize your efforts and understand your short comings. It amazes me to see the nature of people in [...]

On a friend’s Facebook page I mentioned how Matt Hughes beat Royce Gracie with jiu-jitsu. Of course this isn’t true, but Matt’s claim that he beat Royce with American wrestling isn’t true either. Did Hughes kick Royce’s butt? Undeniably. Did he use more than wrestling to beat him? of course he did. The days of [...]

Well, the inevitable happened today; I was called into my principal’s office and asked to cover my tattoos. I couldn’t do it. I respectfully declined, so now I must wait for the ramifications. It could ultimately end in my termination from my high school, but we’ll see. Fifteen years ago, when I started teaching, I [...]

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Take Down 2 points Passing the Guard 3 Points Sweep from Guard 3 points Mount 4 points Back with Hooks 4 points * click on the links above to see a video demonstration I’m going to try and use a little technology and send a link to this page so parents, competitors, and instructors can [...]

Besides my family, there’s nothing I love more than Jiu-jitsu and boobs, but I don’t love them together. I noticed this Lucky Gi ad (I have nothing against Lucky Gis, I think they’re a top quality gi and a lot of guys I train with have them and really like them), but although this girl [...]

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