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. . . It seems like the dedicated are always tired; the passionate are always pooped. If you’re working hard at what you’re doing, if you’re losing sleep to get things done, you may have found your passion. Man, I’m always tired. Between teaching high school English and running an academy and raising three kids, [...]

Finally, West Side has two women who are training at the same time. There are some schools that are blessed with a solid contingent of female grapplers—West Side hasn’t been that fortunate. We have had a girl or two, but never at the same time. It’s nice to have Natalie and Lauren in class, mostly [...]

The two-handed wrist grab is always a dangerous technique to teach little kids, they always seem to hit themselves in the face some how. No matter how many times I show them the proper way to do the technique, someone is going to mash their own nose, or poke themself in the eye. It’s inevitable. [...]

My three year old son loves bugs; he may be a budding entomologist. His favorite bug right now is the Armadillidium vulgare, the rolie polie, the potato bug, you know, the one that can turn itself into a ball. In jiu-jitsu we have guys that can turtle very well, their defense is tough to crack, [...]

. . . So I bought a home recently and I’ve been looking at it with a critical eye, things I need to fix or change or both. Sometimes we can be too critical with our homes or our families or ourselves. When I think of a critical eye I always think of people who [...]

Okay, I closed on my house today, writing and normal life can resume. Stay tuned for daily blogging on Tap or Die, sorry for any inconvenience.

Herb Dean was in town to promote a new grappling tournament called S7. He visited a bunch of local schools and we were one of them. The tournament sounded pretty cool (It’s July 28th, if you wanted to know). Anyway, I asked if Herb and his partner if they could stay to meet some of [...]

. . I just bought this book on Amazon (for the Kindle). It seems pretty good. I’m not sure how accurate it is, but so far it seems worth reading. One thing that I read that raised an eyebrow was that Maeda was undefeated in all of his fights (except for two tournament matches) and [...]

There was a lot of teaching going on in the academy tonight; it was awesome. Everyone was sharing their knowledge—and it was good knowledge too. That’s the kind of academy that I’ve always wanted to be a part of. I feel like that atmosphere was passed down from professor to professor and a little bit [...]

. . . I was listening to NPR (National Public Radio) the other day and they had a Jamaican track coach on. He said something that coincides with my thinking about how fast one should go in jiu-jitsu, at least a little bit. He said that when we watch a sprinter come from behind to [...]

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