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May
21
. . . I love to read. What would life be like without the ability to decode and comprehend the written word? I can’t imagine being illiterate, that’s a tough life (my step dad can’t read and he struggles with simple things like getting a letter in the mail, my sisiter has to read it [...]
May
20
. . . I need to compile a list of books, just for myself, preferably books on jiu-jitsu, fighting, martial arts, samurai, anything really to do with cool stuff—fighting, pretty much. The books can be fiction or non-fiction. I just want to know the title and author of two of your favorite books (fighting or [...]
May
19
Sit (Sit like the Buddha, attack like the tiger: Day 91)
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. . . I started feeling really comfortable in jiu-jitsu when I started sitting down to train, you know, off the knees and on the butt, sitting like the Budddha (I’m sure I look like a Buddha). That’s when I realized moving forward isn’t necessary. Sometimes when you sit, it’s unnerving to your training partner, [...]
May
18
. . . I believe in silence, but I also believe in voices, many voices. I believe in the blog. I enjoy silence, especially because in my own life I get so little of it, but I also enjoy hearing people’s thoughts and ideas and stories. Silence is great, stories are better. Here is my [...]
May
17
What really matters? That’s the question for our lives. The beautiful thing is, we get to answer that question for ourselves, and if we’re brave and honest, we’ll know what really matters, and everything else we’ll abandon. What really matters in your life? whatever it is, embrace it and improve it, anything else is a [...]
May
16
White (Go with white: Day 88)
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The samurai supposedly wore white underneath their armor to symbolize their willingness to die in battle, and it is this practice that lead to the martial arts gi being white (so the legend goes). I’m not sure if that’s true or not, but I like the story. Another story I like is one told by [...]
May
15
Purity is overrated–pure blood, pure bred–it’s pure bullshit. I’ll use dogs as an example, my dog Honey is a jumbalaya, a mix of many things, but she’s still a dog. She’s no less of a dog than the double-crossbred (freak of nature) pomeranian down the street, or the lucky-to-be-alive weiner dog that bit my daughter, [...]
May
14
Death from above, that’s how my jiu-jitsu works. I guess it’s really suffocation from above, or maybe severe discomfort, or maybe even a serious smothering from above, whatever it is, it comes from above; the top game is my game (Hippo Style). Having a good top game relies on girth and gravity (at least mine [...]
May
13
Window (Sometimes we have to smash things: Day 85)
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. . . I write a lot about patience, which I believe is a cornerstone of the jiu-jitsu game, but like all things, everything has it’s opposite–its evil twin. Impatience has its good points too. The comedian Jay London said, “A window of opportunity for me usually involves a rock.” The fact is, sometimes we [...]
May
12
Constancy (Those things don’t change: Day 84)
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Constancy (unchanging) cannot exist in a dynamic art such as jiu-jitsu. Jiu-jitsu was born from change, and its evolution will only add to its effectiveness. I might suggest, however, that the basics of jiu-jitsu must be mastered first (before evolution can truly take place) because in the basics lie the principles and tenets that make [...]
