Thoughts on Judo, Self Defense, and what it means to stand up for yourself

Rather, it’s Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, Karate, or whatever, people have many different reasons to learn the martial arts.  It might be about fitness, or stress relief, focus, or confidence.  One thing that is likely on most people’s list one level or another however, is the ability to defend yourself.  Often times this also includes the confidence [...]

Utah Judo Class May 24th: Randori till you drop

Judo class on saturday was spectacular!  We worked on how to turn a head and arm hold on the ground into a really really nasty choke.  Then, we worked about 45 minutes of Randori.  It was such a workout!  I could barely stand up by the end… my hands were shaking… the whole drive home [...]

Utah Judo Class: May 22… drilling on the throws… and UFC thoughts

I AM BACK!  It is so great to be back to Judo.  When we arrived everyone was testing for advancement.  Unfortunately we missing out on most of that, so we will do our testing in about 3 weeks.  But it was so nice to be back and working out a bit. In other news: UFC [...]

Back in Utah… Ready for some Judo

Oh Goodness, it’s great to be back.  Florida was nice, but 90+ degree temps and high humidity for two and a half weeks is more than I can stand.  And I am really missing throwing people around. But I don’t want to leave you with no comments on actual Judo… so I wanted to share [...]

Some thoughts on Judo and life

So I am still away from Judo class, and in Disney World with the family.  I have been thinking a lot about Judo however, and wanted to throw a couple  of thoughts on Judo, and how it relates to my life up on the blog.  As many of you might, I use Google Alerts to [...]