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Saturday, August 20, 2022
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Happy Fifteenth!
Today marks 15 years as a student of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
To say that this is not the way I would have expected to celebrate a decade and a half in jiu-jitsu is a massive understatement. But here we are: with a global pandemic that has gyms only partially open and even then only for those with the nerve to risk infection by joining their fellow potential virus-carriers indoors.
Combining my knee injury - coming up on the first anniversary of that if I remember correctly - with this lockdown, I've trained jiu-jitsu approximately 12 times since September 1, 2019. Ordinarily, including the lockdown, I would have notched 39 sessions; September - February is business travel season for me (or "was"). In terms of sparring minutes, which is how I want to track training once I am able to get back on the mat, I got in a total of 208 minutes over that September 2019 - present time frame. Ideally, that would have been more than 675 minutes.
To think back in March at how willing I was to sacrifice the summer if only we could be back to something approaching normality by now! Hard not to feel more than a little annoyance at those who have made this circumstance harder, rather than easier, with their immaturity, willful ignorance, and selfishness.
I'd hoped to be back on the mat in time to celebrate my 15th anniversary in jiu-jitsu. Now, I feel like it's going to be longer, maybe much longer, and there's not a lot to celebrate in that.
Saturday, December 07, 2019
Eight Years a Black Belt
I celebrated my eighth year as a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu last week. Actually "celebrated" is a bit rich. My training has been on a rocky road since the final day of August when I sprained my MCL during a Saturday roll. In some ways, it was the expected outcome after a year of outperformance - both at work and at the gym, if not as much on the mat as I'd like. It's no wonder I caught my first flu in decades in early July and the longest head cold I've ever had throughout the month of September. The 4-5x/week weightlifting for much of 2019 and the relentless dieting - yeah, an injury was pretty much what the doctor ordered.
Looking back on my log, what a fucking autumn. I didn't train at all in September or October (admittedly there were two business trips and a vacation during that stretch, as well). All things considered, not a big deal and not a bad way to recover from the August 31 injury. I came back and trained on the 7th of November and had a great session - including some stand-up. Unfortunately, I let myself get paired up too heavy the following Tuesday and ended up tweaking my knee again. I trained Thursday - or tried to - but it just wasn't working.
So the current plan is to stay off the mat for the month of December, and then slowly work my way back into training in January. I'm popping Curcumin and Cissus like they are Tic Tacs. I'm going to work on losing some weight, ideally getting down to 145 before heading to the desert for a week after Christmas. For strength training, I'm doing 10x3 for December and will probably run something like that for the five weeks leading up to my trip to Berlin in early February. The goal right now is to get leaner and stronger for longer.
Another goal is to really put in some dedicated time helping some of our newest blue belts make their way. A couple of guys I've worked with quite a bit this year - a year when the only class I've actually taught was a kid's class - and I'll admit that their appreciation of my effort to help is one of the things that keeps me coming to class when I'm not at my best - which has been more often than I'd like this year.
This late in the year it's strange to think about how 2019 unfolded - how different it turned out to be from 2018, and how clear it was early on that this would be a different kind of year. I'm kind of glad to see it go, in a few ways, and looking forward to better things in 2020.
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Training Day: Thursday
See Training Day: Tuesday for Today's Lesson
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16 minutes Live Training
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Upper body/Lower body stretches
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Training Day: Tuesday
Pummeling drill / Pummel to Ankle Pick / Pummel to Ankle Pick to Half Guard Pass with Crossface and Kickback / Pummul to Ankle Pick to Half Guard Pass with Crossface and Kickback to Breadcutter Choke / Pummel to Ankle Pick to Half Guard Pass with Crossface and Kickback to Lapel Katagatame from Knee on Belly
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32 minutes Live Training
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Upper body/Lower body stretches
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Training Day: Thursday
See Training Day: Tuesday for Today's Lesson
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25+ minutes Live Training
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Upper body/Lower body stretches
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Training Day: Tuesday
Armdrag from sitting to back take to corner takedown from rear / Guard pull to Spider Guard to Pass spider guard with leg drag / Half Guard Pass vs Standing Half Guard Pull (with and without leg triangle)
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20+ minutes Live Training
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Upper body/Lower body stretches
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Training Day: Tuesday
Cross collar grip takedown / Cross collar grip takedown to collar drag / Standing guard break to single under guard pass / Standing guard break to Lazy Boy leg staple guard pass
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15 minutes Live Training
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8 minutes Open Mat Training
Thursday, February 08, 2018
Training Day: Thursday
Cross collar grip takedown / Cross collar grip takedown to collar drag / Side control escape: keylock trap / Side control escape: Arm trap rollover
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0 minutes Live Training (TA)
Tuesday, February 06, 2018
Training Day: Tuesday
Cross collar grip takedown / Cross collar grip takedown to collar drag / Side control escape: high leg to guard recover / Side control escape: Arm trap rollover
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16 minutes Live Training
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BJJ Circuit
Saturday, February 03, 2018
Training Day: Saturday
Single leg (Wheel Entry) / Guard Pull from Standing / Guard Pull to Scissor Sweep (no grip change) / Guard Pull to Scissor Sweep to Armbar / Guard Pull to Scissor Sweep to Armbar to Omoplata / Guard Pull to Scissor Sweep to Armbar to Omoplata to Triangle
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24 minutes Live Training
Thursday, February 01, 2018
Training Day: Thursday
Double leg takedown / Single leg takedown / Guard pull from standing / Scissor sweep / Cross collar choke from mount (T)
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8 minutes Live Training
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BJJ Circuit
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Training Day: Thursday
Collar grip to single leg / Hipscape to single leg counter to knee on belly / Hipscape to single leg counter to knee on belly to armtrap collar grip to takedown to armbar
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20 minutes Live Training
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BJJ Circuit*
* Due to injury to left elbow, swapping out chins for ergo rows
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Training Day: Tuesday
Hip throw counter to front bear hug over the arms / Scoop toss counter to rear bear hug over the arms / Mount escape bridge and roll / Mount escape - recover guard (T)
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12 minutes Live Training
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Thursday, January 18, 2018
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Training Day: Tuesday
Pull Cobra Guard to collar drag takedown / Knee cross pass vs half guard / Backstep pass vs half guard / Backstep pass vs half guard with wedge finish
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24 minutes Live Training
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Training Day: Thursday
See Training Day: Tuesday for Today's Lesson (T)
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4 x 2:20 min row sprints Post-Training Conditioning
Tuesday, January 09, 2018
Training Day: Tuesday
Reverse takedown counter to standing headlock after defending front bear hug (over the arms) with sprawl / Side control escape (frame, hipscape) / Side control escape (underhook to dogfight or recover guard
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28 minutes Live Training
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15 minutes Post-Training Conditioning
Thursday, October 19, 2017
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