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Today I got a frantic call from my wife, apparently someone spotted a mountain lion by Polk Elementary. Polk Elementary is where my kids go to school. I live pretty close to a mountain, but I’ve never seen a mountain lion there, and I’ve certainly never seen one roaming the streets. I drove to the [...]

Man, my schedule is a little wacky so my writing has been off a little, at least the consistency, but I’ll try and get it under control. This week some parents brought me back a wooden Buddha head from Thailand–it’s awesome. I started thinking about the places I’d like to go: Brazil, Thailand, and Japan. [...]

I’ve been re-reading a Gracie Magazine interview with Royler Gracie (Gracie Mag # 155), and I came across a phrase that Royler said that I really like; he was talking about pushing the pace in a match and he used the phrase, “impose your rhythm.” Now, this might have been a translation thing from Portuguese [...]

Sometimes we really want to tap because we’re tired, our opponent doesn’t really have us in a submission, but we know it’s coming and we don’t think we can stop it and we’re just tired as hell. Being that tired is a scary thing, but I suggest making your opponent actually finish you. Don’t tap [...]

Today I’m not going to write much, what I’d like to do is post a 2009 article I found on fightworkspodcast.com, If you haven’t read it yet, I suggest you do. EXCERPT FROM THE RICKSON GRACIE INTERVIEW. (from the FightworksPodcast.com) Colin: Hey people this is Colin Foster with the FightWorks Podcast. I am here in [...]

. . . I keep running into the idea of repetition. The thought of doing and re-doing isn’t appealing to a lot of people, but for jiu-jitsu, it’s a must. To surpass the redundant, to discover something new in something old, that’s important. I want to go back to the beginning and master those things [...]

Apparently, there is a small war brewing at Polk Elementary School, my son is involved. Like most wars, this is over territory, specifically, the monkey bars. A group of ragtag thirdgraders (all boys) against a unified clutch of sassy fourth grade girls. Both groups claim the monkey bars as their own. According to my son, [...]

“When the superior man fails to hit the target with his arrow, he looks for faults, not in the bow, but in himself.” Confucius Jiu-jitsu and life are simple, if things aren’t going your way, look in the mirror for both the problem and the solution.

Motivation comes and goes and I’m not sure what controls that. All I know is I’ve been doing jiu-jitsu since 1998 and I’m still not tired of it. There are times that I feel like I’m in a rut, but I’ve never thought of quitting, never. But now that I think about it, I’m sure [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about stamina, not in fighting, but in focus. It’s hard to stay focused on our goals. We have to have a certain amount of endurance, a great amount of will to create things for ourselves. So, to those of you who have a dream, a goal, the will to [...]

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