I don’t know whether anyone’s noticed, but off to the side of my blog is an area called, “Articles that caught my eye.” I’m not the most interesting blog around… by a long shot. I read tons of blogs and try to flag some of the ones that I would like to share by highlighting them in the sidebar here.
One blog that I consistently try to share over there are the posts by Jay on his blog, Grappling with Life. Jay describes himself as “I’m 30 some’odd years old. I train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai and MMA at KnuckleUp West Coast in Lancaster California. I am married to an incredible and supportive wife who not only understands, but supports my love affair with BJJ.”
There are several reasons why I think everyone should check Jay’s blog out. First, if you read my blog, chances are you’re interested in grappling, BJJ, martial arts or something along those lines. Jay writes about all of those things. He’s a guy that clearly loves to roll and is one of us.
Lately, he’s been writing about medical issues that he’s been struggling with. While I’ve read a lot of blogs about injuries and recovery. It seems as though ACL surgery is an epidemic among martial artists. Jay’s medical obstacles are much less common. He tells a compelling story and has a great way of writing about it that manages to make the very technical, complicated medical issues easy to understand without insulting your intelligence. I also appreciate the optimism that is clear in every post. I don’t get the sense that he’s looking for sympathy or pity. Rather, it’s like talking to a friend who says, “Jesus Christ. You won’t believe what happened to me today. I had a friggin’ stroke! Can’t a guy get a break?”
I hope Jay doesn’t stop writing anytime soon, and while I’m confident that he’ll figure out these medical problems, I will definitely read his blog as long as he continues to write it.
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Thanks for sharing jay’s blog with us. Now i am going to his blog and will be back soon with my opinions about his blog. In Robert Drysdale Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy, I am also getting bjj training under Robert Drysdale, 6 time world BJJ Champion. Visit his official website, http://www.RobertDrysdale.Net to watch Bjj videos and to learn brazilian jiu jitsu techniques.
Jay, no problem. I hope this post drums up some more readers for you. Definitely well deserved.
Riz, thanks for dropping by. I had been mulling over my top MMA movies for a while, and reading your Top 5 martial arts documentary series post was the impetus I needed to make it happen. I started off with a goal of writing the top 5 MMA films, but couldn’t come up with more than 3 that I truly considered “must see” material.
Hey Steve, thanks for passing by my blog. Sorry for the slow response, work has been busy this week!
Just had a look through your site – and I do very much enjoy it! Looking forward to spending more time reading through your stuff. I’ll also be adding you to my links.
Wow, Thanks so much Steve. I appreciate your kind words and your support. I will continue to write and keep everyone posted on my progress. I still have more to the story but did not want to bore folks with too much at once.