Showing posts with label Jiu Jitsu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jiu Jitsu. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 04, 2025

Jitsu: Sometimes You're The Fly, Sometimes You're The Windshield

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In this case I got to be the fly. Finally got to Jitsu after work yesterday. Helped out in the white belt level class which was fun and good...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

So This Happened Last Night

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Last night at Jitsu was leg lock wall drills. Two (then three) people started out lying on the mat with everyone else lined up on the wall. ...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Well, That Was Difficult

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Went to Jitsu last night. First it was a lesson on escapes form inverted heel hooks, which are rather nasty things to be subject to in grapp...
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Wednesday, April 03, 2024

Omoplata in Portuguese Does Not Translate To

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" A monkey making sweet love to a football ." But it probably should, at least in regards to the Omoplata in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. ...
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

I Used To Be An Adventurer Like You.

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Then I took a knee in the face. Which happened tonight at jitsu. We were doing side mount sparring and wall drills. A wall drill is a fiendi...
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Monday, January 01, 2024

Rolling Into 2024

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Welcome to 2024! A bunch of us at the training center decided to go to the center this morning to get a rolling session in on the first of t...
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Friday, December 22, 2023

Mat Survival

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Well, that was quite a roll last night. At Jitsu class, as usual we spent an hour working on a technique, and then do open mat rolling where...
Friday, July 14, 2023

So, This Happened Last Night

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After class and after the rolls,  I got called up in front of the class. My belt now looks like this: That second stripe took a long time to...
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Monday, May 01, 2023

Learning Fun, More Learning Fun, Ouch

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Saturday, I attended a Jiu Jitsu seminar at the training center. Visiting was Chet, a 4th Degree Back Belt who is an incredibly skilled prac...
Tuesday, December 06, 2022

Training Jiu Jitsu: Hoodie Choke Week

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This is a very fun week at the training center. Hoodie choke week happens once a year.   Instead of wearing Gis or the standard no-Gi outfit...
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Thursday, November 03, 2022

Back To Jitsu

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So yesterday night I finally returned to the mats. Leg took a lot longer to heal up than I would like, and it's still not even 90%, but ...
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Friday, September 16, 2022

Yeowch - I Was Not Expecting That

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So yesterday I went to do some jitsu. The lesson was on the overhead sweep from guard. First time learning it, and it is a very fun sweep. I...
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Monday, June 06, 2022

Hip Report: Back To The Mats: First Full Jitsu Class

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After spending a day in trial without getting to finish the hearing and only getting my first witness 90% through after the Plaintiff rested...
Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Hip Report: Back To The Mats

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Had a follow up appointment with the doctor a couple Fridays ago. The not so good news:  Hip was kinda sore and it turns out I have Illotial...
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

The Spirit Of Jiu Jitsu Exemplified

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The owner of our Jiu Jitsu Training center earned his brown belt this weekend in a pretty intensive test. They don't just hand those out...
Saturday, October 23, 2021

A Great Jitsu Seminar

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Went to a Jiu Jitsu seminar today at our training center. The visiting instructor was black belt Evandro Nunes. A Brazilian, he's rather...
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Jiu Jitsu As Chess And An Ouchie

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Yesterday night I went to Jitsu. We worked on the Foot Lock and then progressed to the Toe Hold Lock, which is what you do in response to th...
Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Steee-ripe 1!

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On Monday night some we began the chapter of Master Cycle where we learn leg locks.  Leg locks are fun. This is a good thing as the last tim...
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Thursday, July 01, 2021

Rolling With Boulders

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A major part of Jiu Jitsu is rolling.  It's where you get to practice all the techniques. This can lead to happiness or frustration, esp...
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Thursday, May 13, 2021

Everyone Has A Plan 'Til They Get Punched in The Face

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This is Fight Sim week at the jitsu training center I attend.  Fight Sim week is done at the end of each chapter in the training cycle and i...
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