Jiu Jitsu Map

The other night I watched Human Weapon – Hand to Hand Military Combat.  Of course I was interested in how… Continue reading | 2 Comments

1. “I will get hurt”.  Its true.  You will be hurt but then again with anything physical that happens.  The more active you are the more likely something is going to happen from a scratch to a broken bone.  So don’t worry about it.  You can get hurt brushing your teeth.  It happened to my Uncle.  He leaned over to spit out tooth paste and ended up having back surgery. 

When I told my teacher, Mark Johnson, that I was going to have to take a sabbatical from BJJ when my boy was born, he was gracious enough to offer that I could come in now and then for free.  I know other schools or dojos offer something similar to promote cross pollination and good will exchanges.  I know that I can go to most of my local BJJ schools… Continue reading | 2 Comments

The other night I was watching a documentary on China.  In due course they got to Kung Fu as expected.  You can’t have a documentary about China without including something of their martial arts.  They talked about its spiritual aspects… Continue reading | 1 Comment

I have been irrevocably changed for the good by BJJ.  I find it funny how even when I’m not actively practicing everything seems to come back to BJJ principles.

My 5 year old was bored on our drive and to… Continue reading | 2 Comments

I keep an eye on different terms and expressions used to find my site.  The other day I got one that had me in stitches.  It was “My wife does Jiu-Jitsu and I hate it”.  My first thought was “how in the world did he find my site with that” followed by “I’ll bet its because he’s tired of being choked out when he won’t do the dishes” and you… Continue reading | 2 Comments

“In April, West Side Took a small delegation of grapplers to Boise, Idaho to compete in a grappling tournament there.  West Side took Third over all and represented our school very well.” – Mark Johnson

Mens Nogi Beginner 130-150lbs:

3rd – Steven Hagler – West Side BJJ

Mens Nogi Beginner 220+

1st – Jeremy Shufelt – West Side BJJ

Mens Nogi Intermediate Absolute:

1st – Jeff Moore -… Continue reading

Liam Wandi of Part-Time Grappler has the correct title for my life.  My boy has arrived.  He weights 9lb and was 20.5 inches.  My wife and I are exhausted.  This is the 4th child in the family but each time I seem to forget all we went through with the last.   You can’t tell your wife you’re “tapping out” when its your turn to change the… Continue reading | 4 Comments

So I’m walking through the store the other day just doing my usual, you know keeping the kids from walking off or touching everything.  When out of the corner of my eye I catch the word “Jitsu” on some packaging.  It turns out that they have a Disney card game called Card-Jitsu

We have a good number of very active youth at West Side.  Trin is one of those.  She is a real good go getter and great to watch.  She really shows her stuff in this video.  She also shows BJJ in action against a bigger opponent.  When she… Continue reading