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Its almost like you need a support group when you are training solely at home.  Its so easy to put it off for other things.  I don’t just mean being a couch potato.  There is a never ending list of things… Continue reading

My forth child is due end of April 2011.  What does that mean?  The wife needs me more then ever to look after our three other children and I need more money.  So I have no other choice then to take a sabbatical from BJJ for a while.  That means no formal classes.

At first I started to despair.  When would I ever be able to afford to go back? … Continue reading | 3 Comments

I’ve decided to start a new site dedicate to collecting stories of BJJ in action.  I hear so often about the conflict between sport and street BJJ.  All the masters of BJJ always emphasize the importance of why Helio Gracie created BJJ for self defense.  There are tons of sites out there that service the sports side. I don’t know of any specifically about Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in practical use on… Continue reading | 2 Comments

The ad reads: “Never again be humiliated, afraid.  Fearlessly defend yourself against any and all attackers.  Defeat brawlers, karate, judo experts, even trained boxers!  Black Belt Vern Schroeter has invented powerful easy-to-learn Unbeatable Self Defense system.   Brand new book teaches you… Continue reading

I posted last year “Hockey Mom vs Jiu-Jitsu Mom”.  Well yesterday my comments were validated when I got these two comments on the post:

“Anyone trying to make or sell Jiu Jitsu Mom shirts are infringing on a registered trademark Serial number: 77-173996 Filed 5-7-2007” – Kelly Boccadoro

and

“I have all Jiu Jitsu Mom T shirts for sale….call XXX-XXX-5218!!!!!”- Kelly Boccadoro

Talk… Continue reading | 2 Comments

You may recall that Rigan Machado was scheduled to come to Utah 2009 when I posted “Rigan Machado Comes to Utah”.  It never worked out.  For what ever reason it was canceled.  It looks like this time its going to happen.  Here is the information I’ve received about the forth coming seminar by Rigan Machado:

Date and Time: Thursday April 7th 5:30 -… Continue reading | 2 Comments

In January I did a post “Hayabusa Ashi MMA Footgrips VS Grapplesock VX2”.  I picked up the Haybusa Ashi MMA Footgrips at MMAOutLet.com and gave them to a friend… Continue reading

Do to family I can’t go on Monday any more, so in place of “Magic Monday”, its going to be “Wicked Wednesday”.  For all of you… Continue reading | 2 Comments

My last post Scissor Sweep and Arm Bar from Guard covered most of what we did in class… Continue reading

Wednesday night was great.  Rich Cesena went over the standard Arm Bar from Guard as shown in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Theory and Technique