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This past Saturday I took my daughter to her soccer game; I also took my three year old son. He’s not much for watching soccer; he likes the swings. Luckily for him and me the playground was right next to the soccer field. I pushed and watched and cheered—a perfect situation. Soon, another kid hopped [...]

Creonte means traitor in the arte suave world, for jiu-jitsu it’s a guy or girl who leaves their current academy for another (at least that’s how I know it). It’s a curse word in the BJJ world. I don’t get upset if people leave my academy for another. If it happens, it’s probably because we’re [...]

. . . I trained with a couple of rabbits this week, not bunny rabbits; think jack rabbits, think speed–think lightning. These guys moved way faster than my reflexes and consequently one of them got my back. No big deal, they are hares; I am tortoise. Tortoises have good defense. Tortoises also have technique. Technique [...]

. . . I have had a hard time lately avoiding distractions, things that take me away from the important things I’m supposed to be doing; you could call it a lack of focus. It’s funny how when we train usually we aren’t distracted at all; we’re very focused on what needs to be done. [...]

Every jiu-jitsu school has a gatekeeper, that unassuming dude who can kick most anyone’s ass. Gatekeepers are usually small and tough and technical and they are the ones who go against the “tough” guys who come in off the street that think they’re bad asses. The gatekeepers represent the school and usually are responsible for [...]

Diversity can be a very important thing in your school. Who wants a school full of minions or even worse robots who are programmed to be exactly like their instructor? Not me. Jiu-jitsu is an art that fits every body, but it fits them differently. It’s unique to you. If everyone in your school is [...]

. . . I read somewhere that Carlos Gracie Jr. gets at least eight hours of sleep a night, or at least he recommends it. Wow, that would be awesome. Eight hours? I’d pretty much kill for that. It seems like I’ve got way too much shit to do to make that happen. We seem [...]

Today I discovered that I was missing my thumb drive. No big deal really, thumb drives aren’t that valuable, unless they contain the only copy of a manuscript you’ve been working on for months—ah shit. I’ve been telling myself to save that damn thing to my computer, but of course I never did. Thank God [...]

I’ve had three pieces of criticism in the last two days, all three I guess you could call constructive. Criticism is good, but it kicks your ego’s ass, especially when it comes in all at once. Let’s see, I heard something about my teaching (at the high school, from an administrator), something about West Side [...]

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