2016/05/24: Just There to Have Fun

The skill will come. It most certainly will.

It's not something that you can go out and 100% obtain. If that were the case, everyone would be amazing. I think skill is two things:

1. Being receptive enough to obtain it
2. Being dedicated enough to let it sink it

It's there, all around you. You just have to be open and give it time.

Just show up, go there and have fun. You feel better after it anyway!

It's just like they said. All you have to do is show up.

2016/04/27: Return to Training

I actually returned a week ago in the morning, but I'm going to talk about it here.

It feels so good to get back on the mat, to sweat, to push my body again, but I've had to take it easy because I found out I had Spina Bifida Occulta. Not too big of a deal for now but I need to be careful.

I'm a lot calmer than I was before, probably due to my injury haha. Everyone's gotten so good! I'm so behind now! Back on the grind.

Notes: During the half guard backstep series, whoever owns the inside leg wins the sweep battle. You want your leg to be under theirs.

2016/02/20: Injury...Severe Injury

So a couple of weeks ago we were practicing Overhead Sweeps...and I had been stress binging on food like CRAZY, having super bad posture, and eating terribly...so I ended up being super bloated, and doing overhead sweeps while super bloated...and then rolling on top of that...

So I got home and my back hurt like crazy, and parts of my body randomly started going numb and I was in a LOT of pain. I started freaking out; I couldn't sleep that night since parts of my body kept going numb. So I was really scared.

I ended up seeing a bunch of doctors and stuff, and having a VERY painful time, in all respects. But then eventually it started getting better. I saw my chiropractor...and I'm on the road to recovery. But it was quite scary.

So I'm taking a few weeks off of life, off of Jiu-Jitsu, and when I come back, hopefully I'll have some new ideas?