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Apr
17
Diversity
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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 [...]
Apr
16
. . . 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 [...]
Apr
13
Knowledge and Thumb Drives
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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 [...]
Apr
12
Criticism
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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 [...]
Apr
12
Solo-Drill Videos
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On Wednesday nights I have my kids. It’s hard to take time away from them to write, so I’ve decided to post a video or two about things I’ve been thinking about or things I want to work on for my own jiu-jitsu practice. Since I’ve been working on some solo jiu-jitsu, I thought I [...]
Apr
11
Solidarity
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We have a group of guys getting ready for a tournament later this month in Boise and I appreciate their efforts in class. These guys are working really hard, but I think it has more to do with the idea of becoming better at jiu-jitsu than it is performing well at a tournament. Whatever it [...]
Apr
10
Jiu-Jitshoes™
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A couple years ago I posted something about shoes made out of gi material. I thought a pair of shoes made out of an old gi would be pretty cool. Well, after talking to a couple of friends I decided to actually make the vision into something more than an idea. I came up with [...]
Apr
9
Jiu-Jitsu Tai Chi
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So, I bought Andre Galvao’s book, Drill to Win a little while ago, maybe a year or so ago. I was excited about it, but after I flipped through it, I could never find the time to try and implement any of it into my own jiu-jitsu practice. Some of my students like the book [...]
Apr
8
Pecker Gnats
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. . . If you don’t know what a pecker gnat is, this post will hopefully explain. A pecker gnat is a flying insect that is always buzzing around a dog’s pecker (usually in the summer). Tonight I cornered for a friend of mine (”Punishing” Pat Reeves) at some fights in town, and I saw [...]
Apr
7
Walk to Victory
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. . . I’ve been thinking lately about an analogy to explain the idea of how we can train slowly and still be effective in our jiu-jitsu, and all I can come up with is a road block. What I’ve noticed about guys and girls who go slowly in jiu-jitsu and still are able to [...]
