Monthly Archives: February 2011
All Work and No Play
This is my weekend to work. I’ll work about forty hours in three nights. That means no BJJ, until Monday night or Tuesday. 😦
February Goals Review
I wanted to review my progress for February. I really crashed on my top priority, attend at least three classes a week. There were a lot of unexpected family obligations that came up. It couldn’t be helped. That’s OK. I’m not … Continue reading
Inspiration
I thought I would start the day with some inspiring Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Here’s a video by Seth Allison called, “Jiu-Jitsu Immortale”.
Blogshere Report, Feb 2011
I would like to take this time to acknowledge the people and events that have inspired, entertained, and moved me is some way this month. Props to Julia Johansen for surviving her first black eye. Here’s the post. Full color pictures … Continue reading
Brain Freeze
I’ve been slacking on my number one priority this year. Attend three classes a week. To rectify that, I drove out to the Katy school to catch the noon class. We drilled arm drags, take the back and then rear … Continue reading
Stupid Girl Hormones
Noon class was actually an open mat today. There were just two of us, a blue belt and me. We rolled to warm up, then he wanted to drill a sweet transition. You start with a flower sweep from … Continue reading
Basic Training
Several years ago, a friend of mine was training for her Tae Kwon Do black belt test. Since I was a black belt, she asked me to help her with the forms (katas). I was excited for her and quickly agreed … Continue reading
How Do You Roll With Noobs?
Friday night was family night at the Katy school. The guys were doing open mat. The kids were huddled in little groups (probably plotting the demise of zombies in some imagined invasion, that would surely start at any second). The women … Continue reading
Grrr…
My evil cable internet provider… cannot provide me with service at this time. If this continues, I may have to change services. There are a lot of new services out there. Does anybody have any recommendations?
Going Over the Edge
Many years ago my oldest son Micheal asked me, “Mom, what’s the hardest part of rapeling?” “Why, going over the edge. After that gravity takes over.” As with anything in life, the most difficult thing is that first big … Continue reading
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