For the last couple of months it has been pretty common for my elbow to hurt me after practice. In particular I think it got a fair amount worse during a submission grappling tournament about 6 weeks ago where I had to face some really, really big opponents. I’ve iced it. I’ve done ibuprofen. It [...]
I’ve been doing Judo and Jiu Jitsu for about three years now, and have been choked more times than I can count. But up until this week I had never been actually choked all the way out. I’m sure many or most of you have been through this before me. But for those of you [...]
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 [...]
