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Feb 4/16 Kids BJJ

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Yep… on the rush lol, picked the little homie up, fed him quickly, wife got home then out the door.

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Got to LEMMA round 5:00 pm… holy shoot. Tonnes of guys there doing things, from lifting, privates to working on the bag… wow. The heat was hilariously hot. Oh well good for me… bad for everyone else?

Got the little homie’s to follow me around with some running around the mat, side steps, outside/insides, then switching every 2 side steps. Had them bear crawl then a bunch of lunges around the mat.

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Nathan and Marco came in to help out,and even Justin, which was fantastic lol… Marc had them do a few cool things as well as Nathan.

Either way its always great o help out with the kids BJJ… only wished I had more time.

Maybe one day I’ll have a club where I can have time to teach BJJ to kids.

All about the growth of BJJ!!

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Oss!!

 

 

 

 

Jan 25/16 Mon BJJ

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Wow tone of new guys and gals OMT…

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Show up and train…

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#greatclass

Class was a great… had a visitor from Toronto, Natasha. Trains at Body of Four, with Mike Aviado and those group of killers. Have only met him a few time at the Ontario Open, seems like a great guy, even have him a a BJJ Facebook friend lol… hoping to roll with him one day.
Thor had us do a standard warm-up, then he got us to review a closed guard back take, then a closed guard arm-bar. Fan-freaking-tastic. I didn’t roll, due to my wrist. Could barley do a few of the warm-up exercises… still tried.

Partnered with Mitch… kid is picking up things quick. Training hard and a lot had his first competition not too long ago… i commend him. Competition isn’t for the weak. We repped out the back take, then the arm-bar quite a few times.

#everyonehasaprice

Word… Thor’s recruited a few potential BJJer’s from his work. Fan-freaking-tastic, had an extra Gi to lend one of them. That I’ve only worn once. I have the identical Gi in an A0 and all patched up… It’s an A1 in case I ever gain the weight back and need it to be IBJJF legal.

#Truth

I Gi hoard, truth i think of weird stuff like that. Especially if you like the style and brand. Fact is the A0, I still use in my rotation regularily, so you never know. But… I had an extra Gi to lend.

Turned out homie wanted to borrow it for a week. lol
That’s like lending your under wear out…  yeah no lol.

Either-way, I told the new guy that I’ll be taking it home and washing it right after. He asked if he could borrow it for a week or so until he figured out buying a Gi . In which I said no… I like my Gi’s cleaned regularly with after every use. I remember my first Gi as a white belt. It sure as hell wasn’t and I bought it, if I was lent one… I would have treated it worse. I ended up throwing it away, a Royal blue Reevo, very old model with no patches lol. He then asked if whether I would sell it… the following things popped into my head.

  • I have this exact GI one in a A0…
  • I wasn’t really gonna gain any extreme weight back…
  • I wore this particular Gi only once…

I offered it to him for $150 Canadian, which I thought was fair under the circumstances, I wasn’t in no way going to lend it to him for a week lol weird… especially since I didn’t even know him or whether he would return, or how he would actually treat it… He said that he would think about it and let me know after class. I agreed. I also lent him a white belt, which was my very first one… I told him he could get a GI online for $100 Canadian. I wasn’t intending to sell it or lend it out for a week lol. Shoot that’s weird,  especially when you know how much you perspire while training BJJ and the idea that it would be well taken care of made it easy to say no, I’ll just take it home.

I bought that puppy brand new for $104.00 USD, with shipping and handling at $25.00 USD & taxes $16.77 USD … that being said, totaled $145.77 USD.

The exchange rate not even sure back then… the bill on my paypay indicated 145.77 USD. However, currently…

exchange 1

$206.86 Can lol…

They GI I plan on selling doesn’t exist anymore at $150 CN… but these are very similar prices.

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soooo… $119 + $25 Shipping + $18.72 tax = $162.72 USD

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$230.91 Can lol

That being said my original offer of $150CN was legit… he got a deal. My white belt however… guess he didn’t want the hassle of buying one online… I wasn’t going to sell it to him, but when he said $200 for both… 

#deal

I was gonna give my kid that white belt… but for 50 bucks, I can buy 10 of them lol.

#everyonehasaprice

One of my homies said I was a ruthless business person… I think it was pretty realistic that my original price of $150 CN was more then fair lol…

The logic and numbers don’t lie…

Truth is when you talk about a fair price, its always dependent on what the consumer market has the ability to spare. If they can afford it, they will pay for it. People don’t buy Rolex’s because they are dependable… they buy them because they can lol. However, unfortunately price can also be a delusion of dependability, and hold a high standard. 

If they can’t afford it, and still want to pay for it, you offer them a solution… which I did. The belt could be bought online for $10 bucks and I even explained that he could find a Gi online for $100.

BJJ related ranting gibberish over…

#over

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Ossssss!!

 

Jan 17/16 Sun Morning BJJ

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#whitbeltarmy

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In hopes they continue the journey!

Got to LEMMA around 9:10 am… no Keith the paramedic guy. Oh well at least it was a quite morning like most for the past few years lol. Aside for when Nathan used to join me to lift which burnt time for sure. Always been a good opportunity to reflect. Zoning out is hard when someone is trying to talk to you lol.

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I want to zone out when I train… I want to be in a state of constant metacognition, subconsciously learning during a really long roll. Is that even a thing? Can you zone out while driving, running, rolling and continually be able to function while doing such things effectively? am I speaking outa my ass? how is this possible? I used to train Muay, play soccer, tennis, snow board, lift weights regularly, and a lot of freaking basketball.

Zoning out while performing those activities was easy… in the moment.

Yep all these activities while I was younger… pretty good at them in fact, or at least I thought lol. 
While rolling it is even easier, that is, when all the stars are aligned lol… great temperature, trance beat, great vibes, seriously the here, the now.
No injuries, great flow, surviving, moving from one position to the next, countering your opponents counter and not even thinking about it.
Just doing it.

Just do it!!

Beautiful!!

Metaphysical?

Or

Metacognition?

Thinking about the best way to be thinking?

A higher order thinking?

Control over the cognitive processes engaged in learning?

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Must be talking out my ass…

Zoned out while rolling…

Shit can’t be real…

But being in the moment… is real.

Attuned

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I need this…allows my internal state to resonate within my inner self to reconnect with the world and feel alive.

#Darnit.

I did roll.

Not good though wrist got grabbed and banged up, even though it was taped. Man. messed… stupid me.

A clip of us training this past Sunday morning…

Took Monday to Friday off this week… hopefully it will help.

Rest is part of your BJJ journey… ain’t a sprint homie, make it last!

A piece of my own advice… straight up!!

See y’all OTM soon.

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Sunday Aug 30/15 11am BJJ

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Got to LEMMA around 10:00 am… yep got a 20 min session of rowing in.

Had one thing on my mind. Break falls and rowing.

Found this piece on Facebook… loved it!!

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Katrina brought up issues of break falling and fears of hitting the mat…

Us warming up below…

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Practice practice practice… the 3 P’s.

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Us working on some loop chokes below…

then we got 3 rounds of 10 mins sessions in…

I sat out for the first round… then rolled with Jarod and then Gary.

If you missed out… link to EBI 3 below!!

My results from my 20 mins of pulling below…

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Sat Aug 1/15 2 pm BJJ

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Got to LEMMA around 1:45 pm… Steve was in, Winston popped in and then Kyle the blue belt from Halifax.

Steve reviewed a few half guard set sweeps with the hook of doom, and a low x-guard or single leg x-guard sweep from half guard. I repped them out with Steve, while Winston worked with Kyle… good times. With Steve out we did a shark tank style rolling session. 5 min rounds, with only staying in for two rounds each. I sat out for the first round.

Rolling: (5 min rounds, 1 min break)

    1. Sat out
    2. Kyle
    3. Winston
    4. Sat out
    5. Kyle
    6. Winston
    7. Sat out
    8. Kyle
    9. Winston
    10. Sat out

Boy did I ever wish I warmed up lol… but the first roll with Kyle, oh boy! warmed me up lol, then Winston right after Hah…

Winston buddy…

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Kyle was rolling really smooth. Which was great… tough roll.

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A welcomed addition to our training.

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Will be nice to have more experienced competition blue belts around, especially with long legs and arms lol… hopefully he continues to train with us.

Felt bad for Winston… he wasn’t tapping. Really fighting the submissions. He got put to sleep… Snoring… sleep.
Thank god I noticed… cause Kyle didn’t… if no one was there to notice, Winston would have issues.

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Got to tap homie!

Leave the ego at the door… it will slow down your learning process…

It isn’t a battle to the death

BJJ 4 Life homie!

Thurs 9am July 16/15 BJJ

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Got to LEMMA around 9am after feeding the monkey… yes, I brought him too in his little stroller lol. Britt was in with a bunch of her clients for her fitness training. Neat to see all her with her clientele in the gym. Rhino was in early with his kid to do some lifting.

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Made sure to sweep and disinfect the mat… was hoping the little guy would fall asleep for his nap. I even brought his GI lol… waiting for him to fall asleep to put him on the mat. No dice during our light rolling sessions. Next time, I’m gonna just put him on the mat with his GI hah!!

Rolling: (7 min rounds, 1 min break)
1. Hash Man
2. Sushi
3. Hass Man
4. Winny

Rolling with Hash Man has always been fun… his Nogi base really helps him with his transitioning. Only when he wears No GI… lol today he didn’t where I did. Its always fun when when I roll with a handicap. Kid is fast, transitioning is clean, and his positioning has improved… love his game.

Rolling with Sushi hasn’t changed much. Always fighting to maintain top, going really hard… common white belt with a heavy set game. Probably a tad better as compared to the Albino Rhino when he first started, especially with the pressure. Sushi knows the pressure game, just has to stop emphasising using so much strength… oh well, only time OTM will help give those unnatural habits. Use strength and you will gas. Winny has the same strategy as Sushi.

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Ironically, everyone new to BJJ seems to work a similar strategy, strength, and trying to pass my guard by running around as fast as possible to take my back hahahah.

Note my nicknames for everyone to protect their identities. Don’t get offended… it’s a blog. Like BJJ there is no sense in lying and making up nonsense, as it will all show up in the white wash… or OTM.

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Keith was in with Owen waiting for Tony on a private… can’t wait till Graysone is older so i can roll with him.

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See y’all Friday for Open Mat…

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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Sat June 27/15 BJJ

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Great 2 pm Sat class…

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Some nice passing transitioning technical reviews and a nasty mount arm bar for those you don’t like.

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Who Missed it?…

Whoops lol… maybe next time?

Morgo was in and running it… Aria ran the warm-up. Myself, Jayden, & Marco were on site…

Oh and Winston lol…

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No rest for the wicked, NO EXCUSES.

Him and his wife just had a baby too. Congrats buddy, second, I might say… yep know how you feel… no sleep.

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We train cause it takes us away… makes us sane, and is four life.

Oss,

Standard warm-up, a few 7-min round rolls, reviewed some tech, and then more 7-min round rolls.

Warm-up Rolls: (7 mins)
1. Jayden
2. Winston

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Rolling: (7 mins rounds, 1 min break)
1. Winston
2. Marco
3. Jayden
4. Aria
5. Marco
6. Morgo

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Solid great hard and technical rounds by everyone…

Oss,

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Fri June 19/15 Open Mat

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Yep…

Got to za club for 5:30 pm…

Homies be rolling…

Didn’t warm up… paid for that!

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Too excited to get some rolling in we forget…

Rolling: (7 min, 1 min breaks)
1. Scotty too hotty
2. Justin the beast Amand
3. Matthew T-burn
4. June Buggy
5. Razor Frazer

This was a phenomenal rolling session… Homies did not let up or take it easy on me… 7 mins rounds with 1 min breaks damn… thank good for the sashimi after to help rebuild some cells.

June buggy brother. You gotta tap. That was close, thought I heard a few pops and cracks homie!

— with Juneau Barnett and 4 others at Leading Edge MMA.

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Tired though…

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But we be rolling!

OSS!!

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