Steve's BJJ Blog

The road trip is over… about 2 weeks with no BJJ. We packed up the Mazda 5 and hit the road, and had a blast. Overall, the kids, including Lily, were really good.

Down in Disneyland, it occurred to me that, if this were really the happiest place on Earth, there would be a BJJ school. But anyway… my wife pretty much laid down the law: no jiu jitsu.

I’ve been training at least three times per week since I got back, but if I’m being honest, I’m very unhappy with where I’m at. I’ve never been the fastest study in Jiu Jitsu, and I am not too worried about whether I learn as fast as someone else, or begrudge others their success. I am, however, getting a little discouraged that I seem to be about the slowest! I don’t need to be the best athlete, but damn it all, I don’t want to be the worst. I see so many guys come in and they just seem to pick it up so fast. Where are all the 35 year old, fat guys???

Ultimately, I think my frustration stems from this plateau I’m on. I just feel like my brain is saturated with BJJ. I am only now beginning to incorporate a half guard sweep that I first learned over a year ago. I look at some guys who have trained half as long as I have, and they know all of these fancy techniques. Me… if a technique has more than 3 or 4 steps, forget it. I know that I’ll get past it, and I really hope this doesn’t come off as whiny or anything like that. Just consider this a rant of sorts… towards myself.

But enough about that. Here are some Disney pics from our road trip a few weeks ago.

There’s the requisite Micky Mouse picture. I think this is a great picture of the family. I look like a dork, but I guess that has nothing to do with the picture. Everyone else looks great.

Ken really likes Pluto, so he and Maddie were delighted to run across him. We managed to snag him just before he disappeared into the depths of the Disneyland tunnels.

Apparently Lily likes Pluto, too.

Come to think of it, Lily liked pretty much all of the characters. The only thing that freaked her out at all was the mist machine. She didn’t like that one bit. But she did like all of the storybook rides, Pirates of the Carribean, Haunted Mansion, and anything else that got in her way. I was concerned that she would be a little intimidated by the giant characters. Turns out, she thinks they’re giant stuffed animals and immediately tried to chew on their noses.

Goofy came by and spent a good 5 minutes just playing with Lily. He left, then came back by to play some more, left again and then finally came back with a pen and wrote “Cutest baby all day.” I don’t care if he says that to all the babies!

And last but not least, a picture of all three of my Princesses with Belle.

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