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Jun
30
I’ve always appreciated those things that could (and do) adapt, the racoon, the rat, and the roach are the kings of adapting. Those things that cannot adapt will perish: the polar bear, the tiger, and the mountain gorilla are on the verge of extinction, mostly due to man, but regardless of the reason they cannot [...]
Jun
29
I’ve said this numerous times and I have the wonderful opportunity to repeat myself: believe in the basics. I’m always being exposed to new techniques and I really love to learn new things, but it’s always circular. We are always lead back to the beginning. We always return to the tenets of jiu-jitsu. That flashy [...]
Jun
28
Why is it so hard to change–creatures of habit and all that, I guess. I’ve been a fat dude for a long time. Sometimes the number is high and sometimes it’s lower, but my average weight is fat. It’s taken me a long time to get used to that, but that’s a part of me. [...]
Jun
27
. . . I spend a lot of time writing and thinking about attaining a state of flow in my own jiu-jitsu, and then I realized that part of my personal style of jiu-jitsu is to stop my opponent’s flow. I try to either lock it or block it. Flow for me has to do [...]
Jun
26
The dawn represents, or is a symbol for the beginning, “the dawn of a new day,” and all that crap. But even though I have disdain for overly sunny dispositions, beginnings are important, they allow us to focus and dream and imagine a change. That’s why new year resolutuions are so popular, they mark the [...]
Jun
25
. . . I don’t think the multitudes will ever train in jiu-jitsu. The masses can’t see the benefits of the art; I hope I’m wrong, but probably not. I will keep promoting jiu-jitsu as something that will improve your life, only because I believe that it’s true. Somedays I feel like one of the [...]
Jun
24
Restraint, that’s a goal for a lot of us. To be sparing sometimes is hard. In jiu-jitsu we learn to be sparing with our endurance and the use of our muscle; we replace those things with technique and patience. To hold back on somethings is good for us and shows discipline. Be sparing. Tomorrow’s word: [...]
Jun
23
Before Jiu-Jitsu: I bit a dude in a fight because I didn’t know what else to do I would play scenarios in my head about what would happen if me and random dudes would fight (for example, if I saw a dude in the store, I would imagine fighting him) I dreamt of having super [...]
Jun
22
Lever (Archimedes: the Patron Saint of Jiu-Jitsu: Day 123)
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. . . *I posted this a few months ago, but it fits so perfectly for “lever” I’m going to re-post it. Archimedes is the father of the lever; that basically makes him part of Brazilain Jiu-jitsu–it could make him the Saint of Jiu-Jitsu, or if not a saint, at least somebody really important. The [...]
Jun
21
Bold (Replacing boldness with wisdom: Day 122)
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Taking risks is something we do in our youth; we’re stupider when we’re young. I guess we take risks when we’re older too, but those risks are leveraged by wisdom. I’m not picking on young people, I used to be one, I’m just saying when you get older your boldness fades. I’m not saying your [...]
