Fri LEMMA 5 pm Open Mat

Didn’t get to bed till roughly 1 or 2 am last night… Baba was up… poor little guy… I ended going to bed with the dog in the living… need sleep to work… up at 6 am… at the office by 6:30 am… yep… things just seem sooo much easier to get completed earlier… left at roughly 2:00 pm… I was tired as hell. I had to get a nap in before open mat at LEMMA.

Some of the guys wanted to go in for 4:00 pm… I was absolutely interested… just had to get a nap in.

Had a blast tonight… had rolled since Tuesday. Definitely had a few issues, which I will have to modify for the next session. Being on the bottom with bigger stronger guys is not where I should be period… especially with similar technical abilities.

Attendance was fantastic… had about 12 or 13 guys OTM… haven’t seen that many guys OTM since new years… yes 12 or 13 guys in a GI… BJJ is still growing here in Thunder Bay lol… Hard to give a Friday night up, I guess to do some training from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm… Especially after a hard day at work. Guess they haven’t figured out this secret to life yet lol… once they do… yes when they do… they will know… all the worries all your sorrows remain OTM after a long hard week from work, school, home life whatever… the stress is in remission. lol

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Me, Marc Perrier, Steven Maley, Scott Paradis, and Morgan Frazer arrived at roughly 4:00 pm… Weird, the door was jarred open, as there was someone their doing a personal training session there when I arrived. I’m still not used to having other people around while we train… doing weights, cardio, personal training or whatever… usually it’s just been me and a select few others in early to lift and drill prior to open mat.

Rolled with Marc Perrier for about 3 x 10 min rounds… first few were a good warm up… I could feel his movements and positioning intensify… I definitely needed to match… man dude has gas. I was a little perturbed… the mat had dirt all over it, getting dirt and hair in my mouth while I rolled with Marc, GROSS… grabbed the broom and swept while Steve and Scott rolled and Morgan stretched… Irritating though… seems like only the BJJ guys sweep the damn mat… Respect the mat homie’s, it’s where we train.

My homeboy Marc… I’m hoping a few girls sign up after this… lol

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Trina, Justin, Travis, Gary, Jared, Mike, and then Luke arrived sometime after 5 pm, while I started rolling with Morgan to warm him up after his stretching lol… #hipflexorproblems hahahah… I believe we did 2 x 10 rounds, intensity did increase gradually.

Friday 5pm BJJ Open Mat is slowly growing… I remember when there was a select few of us… lol… rolled with the same guy like 4 times?? lol

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Rolling:
1. Marc Perrier, warm up & hard rounds, 3 x 10 min rounds, dudes got gas lol

2. Morgan Frazer, hard technical flow rounds, 2 x 10 min rounds

3. Scott Paradis, hard flow rounds, 1 x 10 min rounds

4. Travis Duncan, hard rounds, 2 x 10 min rounds, calve cramped from defending with Travis in my guard and on top the whole time lol

5. Luke Augustine (Albino Rhino), hard round, 2 x 10 min rounds

6. Mike Hinsperger (Big Red), hard round, 1 x 10 min rounds, by this point I was checking the timer every 2 mins lol… dudes a beast.

Me and Big Red

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Left LEMMA at roughly 6:50 pm.

Maybe we’ll see you out for tomorrow’s BJJ class Saturday 2:00 pm or even Sunday’s 10:00 am BJJ jam for those that are determined!

Morgan… hopefully a few of you giggle!!

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Enjoy your Friday night

Ossu.

Friday Night Open Mat at LEMMA

Best of luck this weekend Jesse Veltri.. for those who know him he’s been training with us at LEMMA for a while now… he’s headed to Gracie Nationals Submission only event.  Wish i could attend. Priorities first i guess…

Wooo fantastic night for all that attended! Lots of peeps OTM.

Got a few tough and fun rolls in tonight… truth.
Rounds in are as follows:

2-10 min flow warm up rounds with Marc Perrier

1-10 min hard flow round with Marc Perrier

1-10 min hard flow round with Morgan Frazer to warm him up

1-10 min hard round with Marc Perrier

1-10 min hard round with Travis Duncan

1.5-10 min hard round with Lukasz Jan

1.5-10 min hard round with visiting blue belt Brian Walker from Trenton

1-10 min hard round with Matt Veal

1.5-10 min hard round to finish off the night with Lukasz Jan

Wooo, what some sleep and a great warm can do, a great night indeed… we need to have a Warriors class,  similar to what Cobra Kai has in Vegas. A class with just tough competitive long rolling rounds.

I was pondering at 7:30 pm whether I should change or keep rolling… I opted to change and go home… dinner with the wife and bonding with the baby time. Oh and some scotch… to help with the recovery for tomorrow.

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Yes we do this every Friday night… till next Friday!

Osss!!

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Openmat tonight at LEMMA

Can’t wait… been since Wednesday since I’ve rolled… yes ages. Hah!!

5:00 pm Open mat at the Leading Edge Gym!!

A few of us will be in around 4:00 pm…

Hope to see a big crew out.

Maybe you’ll get to roll with this guy…

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Osss!!@

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Open mat Wed BJJ

Wow… keep telling myself I will only be training Sundays, Tuesdays, Fridays, & Saturdays…
Turns out in BJJ there are laws of equilibrium when opportunities seeks itself, when allowed your training regiment naturally just balances itself out… turns out I’ve been training Sundays,  Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, & Saturdays. I Always seemed to get convinced by someone… ahem ‘Morgan Frazer’ to drop in for extra training, oddly enough, I easily say yes. Priorities right? I won’t be able to train this much once my child has extra curricular activities around maybe 4 or 5?? Hey… I bond with him every night… even read to him at night about BJJ techniques lol… Oh… and the Berenstain Bears one chapter so far.

  Only attended the Open mat tonight… but got there around 4pm. Rolled with Brock for 2-6 min flow roll rounds,  rolled with Morgan for 2-6 min rounds, warmed up big Alex for a 6 min round, then rolled with Morgan with what seemed to be like 3-6 min rounds… then some rolling with Trina to finish off the night before heading home to the wife and baby.
  Brock is one tough cookie and strong as an bull, his positioning is spot on, and his flow has improved immensely. If he wanted I know for a fact he can toss me… taken it easy on the old guy lol.
  Alex, on the other hand, is like rolling with a full grown cub.  Ridiculously strong and rightfully uses when he chooses. Has its pros and cons though especially when up against someone stronger and only relying on it. Definitely has improved defensively. Flow Rolling has improved as well since the very first time we rolled. Like a brick to flowing like a brick with rounded edges hahaha.
  Morgan Frazer is always a pleasure given that we don’t give too much of weight advantageously,  or dis-advantageously minus the spazz, randomized movements you get out of him when he fights his way out of something.  Kinda like rolling with a beginner. Which in a way strategically could be beneficial… poking your opponent in the eyes while scrambling hahahah. Spent most of my time working defensive positions… working out of chokes, lapel strangles and bad positions using secret techniques.  Even drilled some Dele Riva Leg Weave and leg dragging passes to knee on belly…
  Finished off the night rolling with Trina. Her passing and positional movements are improving respectfully.  Still leads with open posture while passing leaving room for defensive attacks on my end. Sometimes telegraphing attacks and movements.  Only drilling and time on the mat to develop sensitivity to avoid specific movements I guess. Not gonna lie I still do white belt transitions while rolling with more advanced grapplers.
  Ugh see the bags under my eyes below from the wonderful photos taken by my buddy Travis Duncan last night.

Ossss

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Learned Some Secret Techniques Last Night

Next time I won’t mention the 6-rounds of 5 mins…. with 15 sec breaks hahahah!

Great night though… warmed up, some drills… not many guys tonight, but it worked out to our advantage. Pretty much got like free privates with Billy Nyman… picked his brain on quite a few techniques, and escapes then we rolled. Tapped lots. Love tapping I seem to learn faster, especially under controlled technical situations. Billy Nyman is strong, controlled strong. Kinda like rolling with Matt Richer back in the day at our old club. Someone made of leather. He has crushing power, but only used it when he got to the north south position, where his transition to an arm bar was remarkable. His guard was fantastic, past it a couple times only to get swept, as I got greedy with a potential submission. Last week while rolling with him he was catching me with tones of straight ankle locks… I’ve seemed to adjusted and negated those submissions swiftly, maybe he’s just taking it easy on me, however now only to get caught in a few arm bars… lovely just lovely. Most definitely a puzzle for next time, love human chess.

Guys next time he’s up here in Thunder Bay visiting make sure to get some privates from him… different perspectives. High level competition brown belt… plus when we go to San Diego we could hook up as a group and he’ll take us from club to club, roll with Keenan lol or Galvao…>>>>>>>>>>> Morgan Frazer

Have a safe trip Billy… keep in touch and hopefully see you soon!!

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Travis was taking action shots… Took a few quick ones while resting lol.

Maybe i’ll see some of you boys at Open Mat at 5pm

Ossss

Tues 8pm BJJ at LEMMA

My buddy Morgan Frazer wants to go over this beautiful pass. Passing of the DeLa Riva Guard with Leg Weave Pass. for tonight. LEMMA boy’s and gal’s check it out, we will go over it next week.

With Billy only being here for another day or leaving next week… he said that he could go over his variation and set up of the bo & arrow as well as the omaplata.

Enjoy for next week.

A Nice Video by Josh Mancuso from BJJ Revolution Baton Rouge

Osss!!

Tuesday 8pm BJJ at LEMMA last Week

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Great photo by my buddy and great training partner Travis!

I don’t see a bald spot fantastic lol.

Me and Brown Belt Billy rolling from the mecca of BJJ, California…

Hope to see a few of you gals out tomorrow night to watch him toss me around!!

Osss

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