Monthly Archives: August 2021

Hard Room vs. Working Room 

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  When I started Jiu Jitsu, I thought there was one type of training: bump fists, try to kill each other until the round ends, repeat, limp home, repeat tomorrow.  Recently, however; I discovered that BJJ is actually a beautiful tapestry of  many types of training. There is slow, methodical […]

Tips for Keeping A Jiu Jitsu Journal 2

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My first journal was a yellow legal pad that I stole off my dad’s desk, which I wrote on with the Bic pen from my mom’s checkbook. I still remember her digging around in her purse for it a few days later when it was time to pay the mortgage. […]