Utah Judo Class: Wraping up the Year with Randori

We had the last Judo Class of the year on Saturday.  I have to say, I really enjoyed it.  Mike talked to us about taking Randori a lot more controlled.  He talked about not trying to win… not going full force.
What we ended up doing was more of a dance.  Not a line-dance or something [...]

New Years Resolution: Feeling good in your own skin

Okay so this may seem like a strange title for a post on my Judo Blog… But I want to wrap up this year with a bit of perspective.
In a way, this is really a followup to my previous post on the Zen of Judo (Aka, freaking relax!)  Judo class last night was really [...]

The Zen of Judo

In my previous post I commented on my own frustration about my abilities.  Well, I can’t say that I have found the ultimate cure, nor that I will not find myself frustrated again… But I will say that I found something that made class his last week more enjoyable:
In the words of Frankie: RELAX.
I went [...]

The Frustration of Plateaus

I have never been all that much of a dieter (Can you tell?), but I grew up around a lot of people who were.  A phrase that I often heard form dieters, but have only recently come to really appreciate the frustration of is: Plateau.
No, we’re not talking about a gorgeous vista overlooking a picturesque [...]