My apologies to all for the lack of posts (and lack of attendance in class.) I’ve got a bunch of sick kids at home, so will likely miss again tonight.
Additionally, I will be in Disney World until May 19th… so will likely not be posting much durign that time
I haven’t even left yet [...]
So I had an epiphany last night in Judo class: the way I run my business, and the way I should think about Judo are very similar.
Al false modesty aside, I am good at my job. Damn good. One of the things that I feel makes me good at my job is my ability to [...]
This has been a challenging week for me as far as Judo. I had to miss Saturday because a friend of mine was going through the Temple with his wife, and I ended up getting there late thursday. We did learn an interesting throw / roll on Thursday though. Bear with me as I try [...]
For those that have been following my dental catastrophe on this blog, it just gets better… let me catch you up:
1- Needed 4 crowns… dentist gave me 6, even after I said no.
2- Ordered gold crowns. Dentist try to sneak on steel rather than gold (since he had to pay for 2). Had to wait [...]
One of the moves I have definitely not mastered yet (oops, that almost implies that there are moves that I have mastered ), but that I see huge value in is the Ouchi Gari. For those less familiar, this is an inside sweep. As I was out on the internet today I came [...]
We worked a fair amount this last week on slowing things down a bit in our Randori. Well… “slow” may not be the right word… perhaps “soft.” The goal is to really take it more careful, and more calm to make sure we are hitting our moves the way we should, rather than just powering [...]
Judo class was really great last night. We worked a bit with various standing moves, just refining our style. It was really good. I tried to focus on getting my style down instead of relying on size and strength. I spent a fair amount of the time working on a left handed Osoto Gari.
Additionally, you [...]
Judo class last night was great… but also a little frustrating. But I think that is really more about me, and my style than it is the class. You see, my style is a fairly agressive attempt to overpower my opponent. I really rely on my agression and size, and most of the time it [...]
You know, when I was a little kid we used to sit and pick dandy lions, and recite this little rhyme: “Momma had a baby and its… head popped off.” Right at the point of heads popping off we would flick our thumb and pop the topp off of the flower (You know, I never [...]