My son and I competed in a Grappling tournament last weekend. It was more like Jiu Jitsu than anything else. We both did Gi and no-Gi divisions. After the tournament I started really doing some soul searching on why I didn’t do better… It reminded me of a scene from the movie Apocalypto. Our hero [...]
Have you ever worked on something, and asked yourself, “Am I really trying hard enough? Am I really giving my all? Or am I slacking off?” Well, good news folks. When you’re really trying in Judo and Jiu Jitsu, it means that your opponent needs to get a pretty good grip on your Gi to [...]
Judo is based on two core concepts: Maximum Efficiency of Power Mutual Benefit and Welfare What I want to write about today is the “Mutual Benefit and Welfare” aspect of Judo, why it’s so true, and the brotherhood it tends to build. I have done several martial arts over the years, Judo, Karate, Jiu Jitsu. [...]
I’m not a small person (6’1″, around 260lbs.) So I have long since come to grips with the fact that I cannot (as they say in the Motley Crue song) “move like a cat.” So I’m always on the lookout for a good Judo throw for my body type. A while back I did a [...]
… is fear itself. In 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt made that famous statement. But never has the statement been so salient for me as it was this weekend. I have not actually competed very many times in Judo. Also, it has been a year since my last competition. Until this weekend that is. We showed [...]
This Saturday, May 1st is the third annual Kaizen Judo Tournament. Everyone is encouraged to compete, or even to just come watch. Never watched Judo? Well, good news: admission is free! So come check it out. Competition start times: Juniors: 9:30 Seniors: 12:00 noon Location: Ogden Weber Applied Technology College (200 N Washington Blvd. in [...]
Weekend before last, my son, Ty (15, tell and skinny) competed in his first Jiu Jitsu tournament. He really, really got into it. Particularly the no-gi portion. As a follow up to that, we had a really great seminar this weekend with several other schools. We do Judo and Jiu Jitsu at our school. We [...]
I have to tell you, the last few classes over at Hidden Vally Judo / Jiu Jitsu have been some of the best I’ve had. I took some time over the weekend to really reflect on why that is. The answer that came to me is this: To really know, and be good at a [...]
Last night in class we had a few students who are either brand new, or haven’t been with us long. I love working wit new students… It’s amazing how much more it sometimes makes you think when you teach something, rather than just do something. I have found a fairly consistent patten wit new students, [...]
I have to tell you, that class over at Hidden Valley was amazing on Saturday. We started out by pairing up, and working on some light randori. But “light” can quickly become amazingly taxing. Mike really kept on us. Once we would stand up, he kept pushing the pace, pushing us to grab back onto [...]