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Yet, another 12 months have passed and I often look back and think, have we done enough? I don’t like to waste time because, once gone, you can never recover it. Just think of the wonderful hours of hard training and time put into something you like. Clearly, the results are shown from what you […]
Tonight's the night! Right on target – 550 hours in BJJ. About mid October I had logged 500 hours training and I thought to myself ‘wouldn’t it be great to log up another 50 hours before Xmas’. I had to push it a bit but that was the challenge. All I need is more experience to compliment the […]
The picture is of Johnny Player which was advertised on billboards of a TRAIN DRIVER'S WORST NIGHTMARE about young people getting hit by trains whilst illegally crossing tracks. The JPL (Johnny Player look) has become cultural within my circles (especially at work) because it is the look of despair, unhappiness, misfortune, which happens to everyone of us and even seen it a number of […]
I was talking to my one of my colleagues the other day about the time I had him in a guillotine choke recently and he said he can still feel his face feeling a little numb to one side. I asked why did he not tap out and he said, ‘you had both my arms trapped’. […]
Conversation had come up the other day can it be possible to get a Black Belt in Karate in just 6 months – you've got to be kidding, however, the answer is 'yes' if you train full time and really hard for a minimum of 6 hours per day. If you scale that down to […]
Now there is a cure, take up BJJ, and I’m not kidding when I say this. The medical profession claims the best possible chance to prevent this disease is to nourish the brain by mental exercise and maintain a well balanced diet. This disease is degenerative, incurable and terminal which may occur due to environmental or […]
“ … and the winner is, by unanimous decision, and still retaining her NSW State title, Nadine CHAMPION. That’s what happened last Sunday evening at the Castle Hill RSL with Sensei Benny standing in her corner. Nadine is one of Sensei Benny’s Black Belts and she did her Instructor proud in a 5 round showdown. […]
I've had one young person try out the points sparring competition within the school and they got so frustrated with that style of sparring, they took off their gloves and walked off. I felt like saying, 'hey, what did you do when you bought your first lotto ticket and didn't win? Did you go and burn down the newsagency […]
Another training session with Master Benny ‘the Jet’ Urquidez, followed by an invitation to dinner. I felt quite good about myself. Sensei Benny is an inspiration to all of us and makes you believe in yourself. I said to him, "you make me feel young again" and I got a big smile out of him. […]
Generally, the longer time to reach each rank the better the value particularly in the case of BJJ. I am not saying ranks should be held back in every case but consideration should be given as to why grades need that extra time. This is to make sure you really earn that belt. Experienced Instructors know it […]
That is something my wife taught me many years ago when my children were growing up whilst doing the martial arts with me. She said, ‘what better way to keep everybody together in the family and share the same interest’. She also believes kids should not be readily afforded free choices when parents know they […]
How often do students switch off when the instructor shows a technique they have seen many times before? It’s because the student has a mental blue print of what is about to be shown and some of them have a tendency to switch off. The end result being no improvement or being worse off. When […]
