Month: August 2015

Fri Aug 28/15 5:30 pm OpenMat

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Got to LEMMA around 5:00 pm… quite a few boys OTM… looked like they were reviewing some technique. Rad!

Hassan and myself after last weeks session… guess we’ll be losing him after the 21st of Oct. Booo. He found a job in butt-f- no-where and plans to be in Toronto for the little while.

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Morgon attempting to take my back last week… fun fun.

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G going north-south on me before OpenMat…
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Jesse asked a few questions regarding s-mount and kimura defended while attack is on top north south. We discussed and reviewed a few solutions.

Rolling: (10 mins, 30 sec breaks)
1. Travis (warm-up)
2. Scott
3. Steve
4. Rupert

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ADCC tonight… wooo

Hopefully we’ll see yall at BJJ tomorrow morning!!

Osss,

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Wed Aug 26/15 6:30pm BJJ

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Homies be like what what…
So a buddy of mine just got his purple belt at the Alliance Club in Minneapolis.

Fantastic, happy for you buddy… we surely have trained a lot together, 5 to sometimes 7 times a week lol… sometimes just me, him and a few others. We both went to our first tourney together. You were just a white belt and I had just got my blue belt.

Man in 2012 Or 2011?
IBJJF Chicago Winter Open

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You had the worst experience and almost gave it all up… look at you now, you didn’t.

Always a great thing when the time on the mat is recognised and you move forward.

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Congratulations homeboy… wished I could have been there. We were white belts once… not looking back!

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Commitment, dedication, focus are one of few things that helps our growth. That purple belt is big…

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Got to LEMMA around 6:00 pm, only got a few minutes in rolling with Matt Thorburn… oh well.

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Matt Veal ran the class. I partnered with Tony Gallo. Matt had us review a butterfly sweep entry to a gilliotine then a few north south choke variants, then also a ninja choke or armless brabo choke. After that we rolled.

One of the smaller, newer white belts approached me for the jam session.

Do I have like a sign on my back that attracts all the white belts lol… must be my smile.

I surely wouldn’t have denied him an opportunity to beat me up lol… white belts are humans too. That’s what makes or breaks the growth of the team. Always gotta help the new blood improve cause we are family… but seriously lol…

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Anywho, I did manage to get to the Complex in the morning… and did my thing.

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Not as good as my Tuesday session, but hey… at least I went in to train…

Hopefully, I see a few guys out today at openmat… RIBFEST today… yay.

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Tues Aug 25/15 5:30 pm Nogi

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Seriously bro… the stats below are real?

Black Belt and enjoying the journey are definitely achievable and attainable goals, just gotta put time OTM!

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Don’t hate on the dedicated… you haven’t walked in their shoes.

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Got to BJJ around 5:30 pm… Matt Thorburn was in to run the class. I partnered with Emma Horner. Let’s just say she is a gold medaling wrestler from Lakehead University. She drops tones of wrestling information… don’t be blind to it, a tone of education you don’t normally pick up in an average BJJ class. Fantastically awesome.

We worked on a high crotch to an single leg takedown, then a transition to a duck under back take. Thorburn then had us review the back step from inside the half guard. It was a back step to fight for the under-hook or set up a knee bar. If the knee bar wasn’t an option then step back to continue the knee slice to side control, with the under-hook and the far side arm.

Unfortunately, no rolling… but tones of reps on the high crotch and single leg take downs. Never a loser from this kind of class.

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Yep hit the Complex in the morning

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Hard works pays off… boy was I drained after this session…

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Sun Aug 23/15 11am BJJ

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Monday nights are where I can catch up on my BJJ gibberishy adventures from over the weekend… yes adventures. Always something new and exciting from each class. Either being pushed, or the one being pushed. Nothing wrong with grinding, especially when you have nothing left, thus nothing to lose. You will have gained a lesson for the next, if your goal wasn’t met. Thus, never a loss.

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I was suffering from a hang over… BOOOO…

Baby was up a few times as well lol. YAY…

HECK…

I still came in YEPPERS!!

Having a baby really is a testament to what you are willing to maintain as goals… I really really appreciate what my mother did for me. Truth…

For all those single mother out there with no support… WOW…

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Gotta keep training… no matter what.

3 sets of 500 m rows. I need to keep it under 2 mins for consistency.

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3rd set was the best… glad I showed up and just did it. 90 percent of success is just showing up… lol

I got the guys to review a loop choke variant that I love to hit while guys go for a single leg. It is a goodie… in fact requested by Justin.

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I swear, I made them rep it out like 100 times each lol… sore their necks will be… hah

quick clip of us reviewing the loop choke

We then worked on the choke with resistance. 2 min rounds then alternated. Then switched partners and did it over again. Yep sore necks hah!!

quick clip of us positional drilling the loop choke at 50 to 75 percent resistance

Rolling:(6 min rounds, 30 sec breaks)
1. Justin
2. Hassan
3. Katrina
4. Justin

quick clip of us rolling

Boy was Katrina giving me pressure… wouldn’t let up for the whole 6 mins. Good for you! Train hard, train lots, and train smart… just keep showing up and you will get better!

quick clip of Katrina giving me the pedal

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It ain’t easy…

Oss,

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Sat Aug 22/15 2pm BJJ

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Morgo was in today… man, classes with people have been hit or miss. For the past month only 3 or 4 people on Saturdays. Guess when its Sunny, people just want to enjoy the sun lol. Not me. Hah… BJJ word.

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Quite a few showed up for the 2pm grinder today though … shity for them. Morgo had us to do the circle of death hahahah.

20 reps of whatever. Twice around the circle, third rep, was a partner drill. Hahahaha. Albino puked. Hadn’t seen him out in over a month for actual training. Anyways, I loved it.

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We reviewed the spider guard… to a few sweeps. With a single legged x-sweep into a combat base stand up, a hip/heel push/pull, & a shin sweep with spider guard to a triangle. Just hoping we work on these for a while before to other techniques. I partnered with Travis. His legs were twice as long as mine so the combat base sweep t stand up was really hard when he spread his legs out lol… had to modify it a tad. Hahahah.

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Rolling wasn’t much… I guess everyone was spent from the warm-up. Lame… only 6 min rounds.

Rolling:(6 min)
1. Travis D
2. Luke
3. Hassan

Quick clip of everyone rolling

Quick clip of only me and Hassan rolling, while everyone was spent… hahahah

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Osss,

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Fri Aug 21/15 OpenMat

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I train a lot… or at least I’d like to think that I do.

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Now I’m not comparing myself to those in their early 20s or even late 20s but hey… those, that are in their mid to late 30s, have a full time job, mortgage child or worst a baby. Love my baby… really do or else I wouldn’t have done a 6 month parental leave… and here in my head head I thought it would mean more BJJ.

Baby talk all day… really BJJ keeps me sane. Oh, the fine scotch helps too.

Someone once told me that they had all these friends that use to train all the time… gym, weights, cross fit and stuff. Then out of nowhere they quit. Common denominator… a baby lol. So, apparently I’m doing OK.

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Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturday’s. Rowing or lifting only in the early mornings on Sundays, Tuesdays, & Wednesdays…

Getting out OTM can be tough… when I’m out. I train.

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Sometimes I really don’t feel like it when I out OTM… truth.

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Heck I still went… or wait maybe it was an excuse to leave the house. Great excuse either way.

Yep went to the Complex in the morning and rowed…

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Yes pulled 2 km under 10 mins. Fantastically, fantastic…

Had enough gull to go to open mat…

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Sooo much truth… all you have to do is show up… lets just say I wanted to take it easy. Mitch was in and he mentioned he wanted to roll with me a lot. Mitch is newer… heck he even invested in a Gi, which kinda means he maybe a keeper. Younger athletic, moves like a wrestler, very natural in negating attacks, and is friends with Devon. Yep, Devon Richer. Our head coaches son. Soo, you can guess he has had some rolling time… which is fantastic and he is game.

Rolling:(10 mins, 1 min breaks)
1. Mitch
2. Mitch
3. Mitch
4. Mitch
5. Jesse Veltri

For some reason he kept wanting to roll, especially after the bell, soooo I kept going lol… and hey, I don’t segregate my rolling time to specific people. I was the same way… always wanted to roll with the best. Back in the day when there was only a few of us in a GI at the older location, that meant anyone lol.

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Rolling with Jesse is nice cause he’s always setting up attacks and combos. Unfortunately, we’ll be losing him to Winnipeg as a training partner. His competition Nogi, 10th Planet, trucker stuff will be missed. TBH, without him I would have never been able to learn how to defend those kinds of attacks.

Different styles makes different scenarios, making different strategies, and different approaches.

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You will be missed here buddy, cheers to your next chapter!

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Osss,

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