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Man, I’m busy, too busy. The thing is, I’m really busy now, so hopefully in the near future, I’ll be less busy. I know it doesn’t make any sense–it doesn’t make sense to me either. What I need is focus. We all can use a little focus. What I want is a happy family and [...]

In a couple of months it will be time to go up to Foley’s MMA and have our annual grappling tourney. This year we’re going to a local bar afterword and hang out with foley’s guys. Since we both have martial arts schools in the same city, you’d think we’d dislike each other, but that [...]

Last night we had a thunderstorm–it was an amazing display of power, and the following deluge filled the gutters with a raging torrent that made my kids and I watch with fascination. The attributes of water have long been touted by many people, including Bruce Lee and many zen masters. My kids and I played [...]

Sometimes we are content not to challenge ourselves–some people call it laziness. I’m not afraid of being lazy; it’s part of my make-up. The thing with being lazy is you can’t be like that all the time, there’s a harmony to the universe, so although being lazy is nice, it must ocassionally end to restore [...]

The grand opening is over, Damarques Johnson did a phenomenal job, the photos from Brandon Mizar were great, the exhibition fights were super cool, Coach Younger and the Utah Blaze players that came down were awesome, and the self-defense and bjj seminars were very fun. I was a little tired at the end, but we [...]

Tomorrow I’m meeting Damon Stewart for what I’m calling a class. Damon has agreed to help me get West Side running on all cylinders. I guess it could be considered a mentoring program. An old man’s business school. No matter, I’m ready to learn. It’s funny, I’m so far from college and yet I’m ready [...]

The more I try to make West Side a success, the more I realize the importance of setting and achieving goals. They’re important. I think that’s why a curriculum in jiu-jitsu is important, It gives you a set of things to learn—things to master—a goal, and once that goal is achieved, we should set another [...]

Trying to get this grand opening thing going is pretty time consuming. A lot of people are volunteering their time and effort and I really appreciate it. There have been a few times I’ve asked myself “Why am I doing this?” Why am I spending all this time and effort hosting a grand opening for [...]

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