Tag: jiu jitsu
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Getting Ready for Jiu Jitsu Class
Walk the dogs first before leaving so our mini-spitz doesn’t pee on the carpet. The gi should be hanging on the rack in the bedroom. Hopefully I washed the gi’s yesterday or I will have to get up early to wash them and also put them in the dryer and they will shrink and feel…
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What Happens When You Take the BJJ Pill?
You go down the YouTube rabbit hole about guard passing, how to escape side control, and buggy chokes. You buy a mouth guard. You tie your gi belt incorrectly more often than you should. You tell everyone to try jiu jitsu even though you’ve only been going for a week. You discover #BJJTwitter and BJJ…
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Getting Belt Stripes in Jiu Jitsu
Have you ever received stripes in a martial art? And have you ever felt like you didn’t deserve them?
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How to Prepare for Your First Jiu Jitsu Competition
First of all, good on you! Definitely a great BJJ goal. I’ve learned competing in BJJ isn’t for everyone and most people who practice Jiu Jitsu don’t compete. So you should be proud that you want to put your body through the competition submission gauntlet. Being a no stripe white belt when I competed was…
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195 Random Thoughts on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
I think about jiu jitsu a lot. Here are a bunch of random thoughts about mindset, fitness, health, and having fun with jiu jitsu… 25 Random Thoughts on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 25 More Random Thoughts on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 30 Random Thoughts on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 30 More Random Thoughts on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 85…
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85 Random Thoughts on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
I’ve been thinking more and more about jiu jitsu lately. It’s probably because I decided to register for a competition at the beginning of May. Did I mention I’ve only been doing BJJ for four months? I’m so new to the sport that my white belt has a white belt. I’m excited and nervous. Anyways…
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White Belt Mindset
Since c*vid sucks and we were kept from our loved ones, friends, and hobbies we enjoy doing (like jiu jitsu), Gracie Barra Online offered their members free access to their online courses. If you couldn’t go to your gym mats, or if you didn’t own your own set of mats at home, then online videos…
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30 More Random Thoughts on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Yesterday the Ontario government dropped all vaccine mandates and capacity limits. Hallelujah. Although many people are still effected by the pandemic (is it still a pandemic now?), I’m glad we’re going back to somewhat normal. We have to move on the best we can. And one way to do that is to get back to…
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Why I Do Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Have you ever heard of benign masochism and contrast theory? Benign BJJ Masochism I’m still hooked on a fantasy book, but I’m easing my way back into a non-fiction book. Instead of trying to read several non-related non-fiction works, I will try and read one at a time and allow myself to digest one topic…
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25 More Random Thoughts on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Where I live, as of writing this, the fitness gyms are closed and the BJJ gyms are closed. But I can’t stop thinking about jiu jitsu. Here are 25 + more random thoughts on Brazilian jiu jitsu. (read here for the first 25) 1. I put my gi pants on an hour before jiu jitsu…
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