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Mistakes, Entropy, and Infinity OR A Blog Post to Keep You Going
Do you ever mess up? Make decisions that clearly aren’t a good idea? Wish you could take back what you did? I know you have. I have too. Because we’re humans. With all the beauty, ugliness, stupidity, and genius that comes with it. Entropy dictates we can’t go back in time. We can’t change what […]
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Motor Imagery and Visualization in Jiu Jitsu OR How to Get Better at BJJ if You Can’t Train
This week I won’t be going to jiu jitsu class because of a cold. Rest and recovery is what I need. And lots of hot Aguapanela with ginger (a Latin American home remedy for when you are sick, and it’s tasty). Since starting BJJ over a year ago, I’ve had to take weeks off, here […]
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Should White Belts Give Advice?
People have opinions about everything. Jiu jitsu is no exception. At least the people on BJJ Twitter are far more reasonable and nicer than MMA Twitter. Go see for yourself. You would think people with no fighting experience wouldn’t get so upset about the intricacies of a pay per view bought. I try and stay […]
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What Keeps You Showing Up to Jiu Jitsu?
Hello fellow white belts! I asked the question “What keeps you showing up to jiu jitsu practice?” on Twitter. The responses were great and also helped me ponder why I keep showing up each week to BJJ as well. Here are the responses I’ve got so far to, “What keeps you showing up to jiu […]
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How to Get Back on Track
Jiu jitsu can’t be my only exercise during the week. I need to get my ass back to the gym. An accountability group would be great for me like they tell me “hey mother f**ker have you been to the gym today?!” and then I’d go. A person on Twitter recently volunteered to send me […]
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Losing a Match in a Jiu Jitsu Competition
I’m 0-2 in jiu jitsu competition. Remember when I said not to get discouraged in jujitsu? I should’ve taken my own advice. “Our Jiu-jitsu game is so personal to us that we take losing personal. We need to approach it more from a scientific approach. You don’t suck, you just haven’t figured out the answer […]
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Being Married
I like being married. I don’t know what all the fuss is about. I remember when I was in my late twenties, riding my bike through a subdivision in my city. And thinking, “I don’t ever want to live in suburbia with a family, I don’t want that life.” I think I even wrote a […]
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Have You Ever Switched BJJ Gyms?
Here is a question from Brooks, from our private BJJ Lounge Twitter Space… “What has your experience been like switching gyms? I love where I am but there’s another nice place that I’ve visited that’s much closer to where I live.” I’ll go first. Since I’ve only been doing it for just over a year […]
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Struggle, Pain, and Jiu Jitsu OR Why You Might Be Missing Something in Your Life
There’s something fun about fighting everyday. It makes me feel alive. Everyone should learn how to fight. Preferably in a controlled, safe, and friendly environment (although not everyone can). To learn a martial art. If you have a friend who does jiu jitsu, they probably wouldn’t shut up about it when they first started. Telling […]
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Arm Bars, Collar Chokes, and Families
Tonight we learned the Duck Under from standing, a Back Take to Cross Collar Choke, Cross Collar Choke to an Arm Bar. My wife is good at cross collar chokes from the back, who knew. A family who pays money to learn how to choke each other, stays together. My wife and her younger brother […]
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