Great class on Sunday. Coach gave me a gi that a friend at the school has asked me to dye for him. He wants it purple. I’m not sure how it’s going to turn out, but I ordered a pretty dark purple and intend to use a little extra dye than it calls for, as [...]
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Friday Class
Class was really good on Friday. After a light warm-up we worked on handling grips when trying to pass guard. Specifically, strategies for dealing with the standard, cross collar grip. After this, the class split up with white belts on one side and blue belts and up on the other, and we sparred like that [...]
Wednesday Class was tough
Last hard class before the tournament. My weight’s fine, and at this point I’m trying to go into the tournament as confident as I can. I weighed 185 this morning, so I shouldn’t have any trouble making the weight. It wasn’t like I had to drop a lot… just a couple of pounds. No beer, [...]
Quick Update
I’m looking forward to going to class tonight, and as you may or may not see (depending upon whether you’re reading this via the RSS feed or actually on the website), I’m settling into my new virtual home here on WordPress. There are some details here and there that need to be fixed up. For [...]
Washing the BJJ Gi
Or, in other words, “Dude, your gi reeks.” This is a public service announcement. My wife does the lion’s share of laundry in our house, but I wash my BJJ gear. A very basic question that I hear a lot has to do with how to care for the gi. Most gis will come with [...]
