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Surgery Today
I’m out. They kept me awake with just sedation and freezing in the knee. I watched a little on TV and had a short nap. He showed me the stuff they cut out. I walked out, albeit very slowly and...
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Taping Fingers
Here’s a great video showing you how to tape your fingers for BJJ. This is the method I use and it works quite well. Enjoy. http://bjjimmersion.com/how-to-tape-your-fingers-in-bjj/Filed under: BJJ...
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My Triumphant Return
I got the following text from Professor Mike at 10:00 yesterday morning. So I agreed to go. It would be my first time training since knee surgery. All day I thought about how it would go. Would I be...
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Passed The Test
This week I’ve gotten back in to hard sparring. So far the knee is holding up well. There is still the arthritic pain in both that will never go away (donate to arthritis research), but the joint is...
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Live as a Man, Die as a Man, Become a Man
In October, Prof Enson Inoue is coming to Grizzly Gym to give a seminar (he was supposed to come this month but had to postpone because he’s in some upcoming Hawaii 5-0 episodes and they’re currently...
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Bluebelt – Advice on Developing your Guard
I really like this article from graciebarra.com. I find myself in this phase of training. I’ve been unknowingly following this “guide” to develop my spider guard. It’s been working relatively well....
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Guide To Stretch Your Neck – PrivateBJJ
Neck pain? Hell yes! Read this post at PrivateBJJ to help combat it. http://www.privatebjj.com/2014/09/a-guide-to-stretch-your-neck-it-only-takes-12-minutes/ The endFiled under: BJJ Tagged: BJJ,...
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Bringing Home Gold
Congrats to Grizzly Gym member and one of the BJJ coaches, PJ Ste Marie on wining the VFC bantamweight title in Watertown NY! Here’s a short article from the local Kingston newspaper.Filed under: mma...
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Nice Kneebar
Looks pretty sweet. I’ll have to try. :)Filed under: BJJ Tagged: BJJ, fitness, healthy, martial arts
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Newbs On The Mat
It’s been nice to see some new faces at Grizzly Gym BJJ. As with every year, this can probably be attributed to new students at Queens University and/or St Lawrence College. Kingston is a school...
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BJJTrainingJournal.com
I signed up to BJJTrainingJournal.com a while back. I’m trying to get the hang of it. Do you use it? Do you know of people that use it? What’s your review of it? It seems a little complicated to...
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Good Rolls
Last night I had some great success and some great failures. Lol. After a bit of drilling, I did 5 x 5 minute rolls with only 30 seconds rest between. I was EXHAUSTED! I only rolled with 1 newb. So...
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The Closing Of MAP
There is, or was I guess I should say, a martial arts school where I live called Martial Arts Planet. When I first thought about getting in to Muay Thai, I went there to check it out. I was told to...
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Martial Arts Tattoos
I’ve made a consultation appointment to talk about getting a new tattoo. I have a skiing themed tattoo on my left shoulder/arm already, and my children’s names on each forearm. I’d like to continue...
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Stripes and Seminars
Thursday night at Grizzly Gym, Enson Inoue attended BJJ class as an observer. He’s been staying with Mike whilst in Kingston. We went through our normal class with him watching. He didn’t say much....
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Give Me My Arm Back
Wednesday night BJJ at Grizzly Gym was about armbars. Specifically, getting out of them. Not avoiding, but that moment when you say to yourself, “Oh shit! I’m fucked!” That happens to me quite a...
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Oh, How I’m Breaking Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p53DokEXMo I’ve become A simple souvenir of someone’s kill And like the sea I’m constantly changing from calm to ill Madness fills my heart and soul as if the great...
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Final OJA Tourney of 2014
The final tournament of 2014 for the OJA is coming up at the end of the month. I only competed 1 time this season. I’m not sure if I’ll compete in anything for 2015. I already know I’ll get destroyed,...
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Renzo Talks About Royce vs Eddie and Backstage Fights
http://youtu.be/0kQ23vQg3yw This is a recent interview with Renzo Gracie done by SubmissionRadio.com. Renzo always gives a fun interview. This is just a clip of a larger interview. Full Interview...
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About Jits, Food, and Skiing… Sort of
In the last 2 weeks, I’ve been to Jits 2 times. Either I’ve been at work, been too depressed to go, or everyone is away and there’s no class (our fighter Wes got his first mma win last night). Next...
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