Month: July 2015

Wed July 8/15 BJJ

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Got  to the class around 6:15 pm today…

Damn ton of faces out…

WORD!

Long day with my little buddy, went to Babyfest at Babies R Us, picked up a new stroller… went to the mall to grab some phone cases for the parents for my visit to Toronto this weekend and watch the Grappling Submission Only Competition in Mississauga. Then to the Super Store to pick up sushi for dinner. All while keeping my little monkey stimulated, entertained, and fed…

Sounds like I’m a stay at home mom eh?

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Well, how bout I’m a stay at home dad for the next 5 months… yep till December 6th 2015 lol… WORD!

Hopefully, I will be able to get more BJJ in… hopefully. I did however managed to get a lift session early yesterday. 5 sets, 18 reps of 135 lbs Squats, then Bench. Yay…

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Anywho, Dave the Diesel Letourneau ran the warm-up with a few half guard drills. First, while your opponent  stands up in your half guard, you transition into a sit up guard with a belt grip then sweep them with your outside leg and into a topside knee bar. Second, was top side inside the half guard, with the reverse hook, and opposite knee slice into a spinning arm bar, with an open option to kimura. Third, was with the same knee slice, only instead of positioning for the arm bar, you take the back with a seated side mount and harness.

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I partnered with Big Rig… haven’t trained with this home boy in a while!

Fun fun!!

Dave then got us to spar starting from half guard. 3.0 min sessions, with 1.0 min breaks.

I’ll be honest, I hate these, guys roll sooo freaking hard thinking… like they need to submit in 3 mins lol.

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First, rolled with Big Rig, starting on bottom…

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Second, was with Josh the Beast Daluca, I started on top. DAMN dude has a pace. Similar to Jesse Veltri…

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Third, was with Colin, the 240 lbs white belt that used to train Aikido, yep… nuff said lol…

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Fourth, was with Diesel, 200 lbs purple belt on top of you… and he went light lol…

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Fifth, was with Doctor Rupert… Rupert has come a long way… he is a tenured PhD Professor, Psychology I believe. Early 30’s good looking fit fellow at our local University… trains regularly. Big up on his commitment.

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Great rounds!

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Everyone pushed me!

That being said, for all of you mofo’s that missed this class…

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Diesel dropped some big half guard transitioning…

Next time show up!

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Oss,

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Sun July 5/15

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Loner strength and conditioning session again… lol

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Got to LEMMA around 9:30 am…. man did I not want to train.

Had a little too much scotch to myself last night lol.

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Too much. Hah. Made sure I got my Java in lol… before I went to the gym.

Lifting:
1. Squats, 135 lbs, 5 sets, 18 reps
2. Bench,  135 lbs, 4 sets, 18 reps

Conditioning:
1. Crunches, 4 sets, 100 reps
2. Box Jumps, 24 in, 4 sets, 13 reps

3. Box Jumps, 30 in, 1 set, 9 reps

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It was blues fest this weekend… wasn’t expecting any guys in…

New guy Cole showed up, then Jesse Veltri lol yes he came to train in the GI for a bit. Britney and then Morgo showed up… beast especially with his broken ears lol ouch.

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Big up brother… doooo take a small break for the healing though. Lol

Warmup: (20 mins)
1. Jogging, bear crawls, lunges, forward/backwards/side rolling, forward/backwards shrimping, forward/backwards break falling to a technical stand, and butt scooting to triangles… pretty standard.

Rolling: (7 mins, 1 min break)
1. Jesse Veltri
2. Morgo

Technique:
We reviewed the loop chokes, then the Cowboy choke… discussed issues, entries, and possible escape based on positioning.

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Rolling: (7 mins, 1 min break)
1. Morgo
2. Cole
3. Britney

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BJJ is great…

BJJ is awesome…

BJJ keeps me sane…

#BJJ4LIFE

Oss,

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Sat July 4/15 BJJ

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Got to LEMMA around 1:45 pm, Alex and Travis were in rolling pretty hard lol. Morgo called in sick…

40 viles of blood removed from his ears!

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BUMMER! glad I don’t currently have that issue.

Keith discussed some concepts of using weight from being on top in lieu of strength. Which to me at this point is plane and simple. “When you use muscle, you tire. When you tire, you think. When you think, its too late. When its too late, you die.” lol

I was still beat up from Friday’s open mat and rowing session lol…

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Big Red, then Winston showed up shortly…

Small class LOL…

Oh well… the show must go on…

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Some of the boys repping out the cowboy choke to knee bar below…

The homies rolling below…

Fantastic day… everyone left tired hahaha.

Did my job… lol

OSS!

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Fri July 3/15 Open Mat

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Got to LEMMA round 4pm…

Damn I was tired…

Didn’t even want to train.

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Stationary Rowing, 4 sets of 10 mins.

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At least what I did was better then staying home and watching TV lol.

Still came in to get time OTM.

Matt Veal was in shadow boxing and stuff for a bit.

Was actually hoping no one would show up to Roll…

WRONG!…..

Big Red came in… then Jesse Veltri, Shat Prof Nathan, Marco, then Rupert lol… damn.

Gotta roll…

Nothing like having others help push you.

Rolling: (10 min rounds, 1 min breaks)
1. Big Red
2. Jesse
3. Jesse
4. Nathan

DAMN Big Red is getting bigger… starting to use his weight better. Jesse is all about pushing the pace, fantastic pressure as usual. Nathan is all about his top game and is slowly developing his bottom game lately. Love this. Love the group of guys we have. Diverse set of skill sets. Different concepts to bring to the table, with different styles, & games.

Keep evolving, keep growing. My game is only as good as how much my homies push me. Even though I didn’t even want to show up!

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Oss,

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