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Nov 8/15 Sun BJJ

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One more day to go lol… then I’m all caught up. The little guy is sick again… in fact for a few days. Projectile vomiting… poor little thing… puked at BK yesterday, a few times at home, and a few times today. Just have to keep his liquid intake up I guess. Wish I could take all his pain. Must be teething again. Apparently the pain is soo unbearable it would make a grown adult go insane, but I guess that’s what drugs are for… unfortunately not allowed for little babies.

I did manage to get in earlier again Sunday morning, like every Sunday morning lol … with no real motivation but a Tim’s medium black and a note I saw on the white board lol… so instead of 10 mins, I did 20 mins of rowing, then some 24 in box jumps, push ups and crunches in. 4 sets BTW… Oh and an additional 28 in box jumps, 10 or twelve lol. 

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Felt great afterwards… especially after the stretching and foam roller before the guys started galloping in… cute clip below.

A lot of non regulars showed up this morning which was nice…

I invited a few other new white belts who kept asking questions about a sweep I kept hitting them earlier during this week, in hopes that we could further review their issues, instead of preoccupying class rolling time which was very precious due to the others that required the mat space right after us at 7:30 pm…

Didn’t show… Hopefully next time.

Nathan ran the warm up… which was pretty standard with running, bear crawls, lunges, rolls, shrimping, break falls and technical stands etc… quick clip below… 

Quick clip of us working on some basic drills with armbar’s, hip bump sweep’s, kimura’s, and omaplata’s…

Then we reviewed the scissor sweep from closed guard, first with the knee against the chest or neck, and then the belly with a deep cross collar and sleeve grip…

Yes then some rolling rolling lol… 6 min rounds. fun fun!!

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Photo credit to my buddy Travis Duncan… well done homie.

Training and taking cool pictures at the same time is difficult… but that’s why your a brown belt homie.

Making it all look very easy.

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Nov 4/15 BJJ

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Open mat was yet full again… wow.

Awesomeness to all that showed up.

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Warmed with the fellow Eric, the buddy with the shiny blue Fuji Gi again… great stuff. Long ass round lol.

BTW… he didn’t spaz… well a couple of times he did. But great stuff. Much improvement since our last roll.

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Travis ran the class today… I warmed the guys up with the standard running around the mat, lunges, bear crawls, forward and reverse rolls as well as some shrimps.

Travis had us review a few side control escapes 3 in fact. First was a re-guard with a forearm to the neck with a z type guard, second was a bridge roll sweep, & third was a similar sweep with a deep belt grip and body lock.

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Had a visiting black belt… didn’t get his name… Logan. Apparently he is in for about 4 days… I’m was hoping to get some rolling in with him… not sure what club he trained with… I had to bounce… fa family lol

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Seriously though… if you missed out. Your loss…

Great stuff!

We then rolled… first with The Duncan, and the Mitch… 5 min or 4 min rounds.

My homie Mitch… if you are reading this lol

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Hahahah!

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Nov 2/15 BJJ

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Open mat was full again… awesome.

Rolled with Big Willy… dude ain’t getting smaller lol.

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Having big guy’s on top of you make you focus on technique… using strength is a waste of wonderful resources, especially when there is such a large difference in size and obviously that he will beat me on the strength battle.

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Roll like a mouse and wait for opportunity if there is a large size difference …

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Strategy is the way to go when up against an opponent bigger and definitely more skilled then the average blue belt.

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 Although I did manage to tweak my lower back somehow, probably from the lack of posture while trying to escape a big man single leg lol… or maybe he sprawled on me.

Not sure.

Glad I’m not training for a tourney at the moment… still trying to gather myself mentally with all this time off from parental leave. Work hasn’t been really letting up… as paper work still appears when I make my weekly visits lol…

Partnered with the Rock Climber… Rhino ran the class, had us review the double leg at the 5th stage, then added sprawling to the top guy to defend.

He initially had us drill the double starting at the 5th stage with resistances… then had us sprawl while in the 5th stage with resistance… yep wrestling ain’t easy so much effort for a take down.

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Definitely wasn’t good for my back especially with the warm up rolling with big Willy…

Rolling: (5 min rounds)
1. Rock Climber
2. Daluca

Guys weren’t letting up… good push. great tough rounds!!

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Sun Nov 1/15 11 am BJJ

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Got to LEMMA around 9am… yep downed a pot of coffee.

Halloween had a few beers and too many chips lol.

Honestly I didn’t want to train… no excuses. just show up.

Results from my row session below… my brain still hurts lol

It was 100 percent the coffee that motivated me!!

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Also completed 4 sets of 25 push-ups, 10 box jumps, and 100 crunches…

Put together a quick cute clip below…

Quite a number of guys and a few gals showed up this morning… wonderful.

A few new faces…

I see potential Sunday regulars!!

Quick clip of the warm-up below…

Quick clip of us drilling some fundamentals below…

Quick clip of us reviewing the rolling bow choke below, the drilling it…

We also did the circle of death, which is basically just a positional drill from side control with the top person attacking for a submission or maintaining position, and the bottom person working an escape or re-guarding.

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4, 2 minute rounds on the top, then 4, 2 min rounds on the bottom.

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Everyone that showed up worked their butts off… just show up, and I’m sure someone will push you.

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Great stuff!

Great class!!

A lot of work OTM by you homies!!

BJJ would be nothing without you!!

Osss!!

Fri Oct 30/15 Open Mat

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Got to LEMMA around 5:00 pm…

Tonne of guys out Friday night!!

First session below…

Second session below…

Rolling: (7min rounds, 1 min breaks)

  1. Mike Maronese
  2. Scotty too Hottie
  3. Kole Trenton
  4. Thor
  5. Mitch Bulmer
  6. Mitch Bulmer
  7. Mitch Bulmer
  8. Mitch Bulmer
  9. Mitch Bulmer

We got a lot of rounds in…

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A lot of technical battles…

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My forearms haven’t been sore in a while… thank od for he extra beef and PHO visit we made tonight. lol

Oct 28/15 5:30pm BJJ

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Darn weather… #winteriscoming this rain is horribly cold.

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However, open mat was full before the 6:30pm class yet again… which was great. I believe I rolled with the newer fellow again. Nice work kiddo… he focused on being technical, which was great 

Coach Matt ran a wonderful take down warm-up, some self-defense when someone attacks you while in front of you on the ground. I partnered with Scotty tooo hotty.

Thor reviewed the spider guard and a basic sweep… I attached a nice clip for further reference.

The class was great… rolling prior was awesome! great vibes

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Osss!!

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Oct 25 15 11am Sunday BJJ

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Boy did I ever have to down a pot of coffee this morning lol… got to LEMMA around 9:00 am. Katrina was in around 10:00 and with her kids and their French teacher. Justin got in around 10:30 am. Had a visitor from Steel City MMA Troy in to train with us.

The class warm up was pretty standard…

running, bear crawls, lunges, forwards/backwards/side rolls, forwards/backwards break falls, forwards/backwards shrimping…

Everyone did great… hahahahha

We then reviewed a few lapel choke variations from closed guard… great vibe.

I then got the homies to do the circle of death, as requested by Justin that he had issues regarding side control escaping in his last few sparring sessions. They went 2 min rounds, with one person on the bottom, while the top person moved to the next person for the next 2 mins… there was a total of 8 people, there 4 round each.

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Then they switched for another 4 rounds with the person once on top… now on the bottom. Person on top maintaining position, while person on the bottom working for an escape, then resetting.

Class was over for 12:30 pm… but I wanted to get a few rolls in. Got to Jam with Jared, then Morgo… great stuff, some great technically sound rounds!

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Yes I got to get some rowing in this morning… results below!!

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Oct 23 15 5:30 Open Mat

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Got to LEMMA around 5:00 pm ishy… tonnes of homies waiting outside…

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Warmed up with Jared. Kid is a beast… I’m just waiting till he turns 19, 200 lbs, killer lol. Rolled with him for a few rounds.

Continued the warmup with one of Katrina’s little kids, a natural. Hope she sticks with it. Next I rolled with little Aiden who is big Steve’s son. If he sticks with it, seriously lol another future killer at our gym.

Rolled with Thor for a round fun fun…

Then a session with big Steve. Finished with what seemed like an eternity or 4 to 5 rounds with newer guy Kyle, who has a stripe from a club in Burlington Ontario… great stuff!!

Awesome stuff fun rounds with a lot of movement!!

A few of us then hit up some sushi… yep Sushi Station…

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You bet managed to get in some rowing… did a 5 min warm up, then 5 sets of the 200 m… damn. Almost puked. Results below.

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Oct 21/15 5:30 pm BJJ

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Got to LEMMA around 6 pm…

Got a really long warm-up round of rolling with one of the newer guys…

He had a new shiny new Fugi GI on… awesome… Chris? Tom? John? not even sure… so many new faces and white belts lately. Hope they stay.

Great movements by this kid, smaller so a lot more technique then you would normally expect in lieu of a bigger newer white belt.

Great long session, fantastic rolling and a great vibe!

He was completely the opposite of the meme below lol…

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Great class… nice review of self-defense from our head Coach… I partnered with Trina.

Crazy though how when she asked me to partner with her, immediately after she stated, ” you don’t have to, if you don’t want yo, and that I understand…,” I immediately replied, “that its all good, white belts are human too,” then giggled.

Training with newbs help your game. Period…

Dumbing things down, making you have to articulate movements you never would have normally to someone that gets the technique, learning how to coach, so to speak…

All good homie! We learn and grow together.

There is a place for everyone OTM!

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Got a chance to get some rowing in this morning… yep.

Still got it.

Been so busy lately… seriously, when I say busy… I’m busy.

But I still need to keep up with my rowing. Results below…

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Thor ran the warm-up and also had us review the single legged x-sweep from a shin guard entry.

Awesome class!

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A lot of repping technique, my favourite classes!

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Oct 19/15 6:30pm BJJ

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Yes sir on Monday…

One step closer…

To something cash can not buy.

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Proud of all the homies that stuck with it… and got promoted too!

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A lot of newer blues, and Thunder Bay newest brown belt OTM!

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