I have a photo challenge! Your challenge is to post a copy or link to your FAVORITE BJJ photo of yourself! Will you accept the challenge? If you don’t have any awesome pictures, I challenge you to take some!
After a year of BJJ I finally did it. I cut my hair. I’ve posted hair posts before, and over the last year I’ve lamented about how gross my hair was on the mats, how annoying on days I’ve forgotten my hair band, I’ve had chunks of my hair literally ripped out when a partner had their knee on it, and I’ve successfully defended my neck with it. heh.
Here’s the normal version:
Here’s the post-BJJ version. SIMPLY AMAZING! I didn’t need a hair band, it didn’t get stuck under a knee, I could see at all times, even when it was in my face. IT WAS AWESOME.
And finally–my very favorite BJJ pic of me. I love how the gi looks in this picture. It’s subtle, it’s sexy, it’s messy, and my hair and lips look awesome. I love this picture.
I want to get some nice BJJ photos taken. It would be so amazing to get a professional photographer into our gym and have him take oodles of pics for us! 🙂 So until I get a better one taken, this is my favorite, followed by this:
So, PICSPAM ME! Post your FAVORITE BJJ pics of you either as images or as links (images preferred!). Show off your ugly/pretty mug and show off a bit! If you don’t post pictures of yourself, picspam me with your very favorite BJJ photos! Your comments might get marked as spam, but never fear, I’ll un-spam them post-haste!
Also, OMG MY HAIR IS SO TOTALLY CUTE! [insert annoying squeal here]
Edited to add: to make a picture show up it needs to be on the internet, then you copy & paste the url and put it into this formula: <img src=”yourbeautifulpicture.jpg”>
I love your pictures and your hair. My hair is long and it is very annoying when I’m rolling, but I can’t pull off a short style! I’m still experimenting with braids, ponytails and buns. It’s like you read my mind! I’ve been thinking lately that it would be super fun to get a professional into the gym to take photos of my class while rolling (gi and no gi) and some studio-type portraits like back in the day when we were all in school! I tried to copy a picture of me into my reply but can’t seem to do it.
I love the new do! I had loooong hair for years and when I started jiu jitsu, it was almost to the waistband of my jeans, and the ponytail was so thick my thumb and forefinger didn’t go all the way around. Within a year and a half of jits, I’d lost more than half the diameter of the ponytail and I knew something had to go. My hair’s been jaw-length for about 9 months now and I love it. Yours is ADORABLE. I don’t know how to post a picture in my reply though so I’ll email it to you. [editor: Got the pic and uploaded it]
Boo! I can’t e-mail you!
My email is julia,johansen@gmail.com
Or if you have the url you can just cut & paste it into your comment and I’ll make sure it shows up!
Looks great! I am way to much of a sissy to go that short. I must hide behind my hair! 🙂
I don’t have too many BJJ pics of me, but of the ones out there, I like this one from Liam’s blog, because it made me laugh. Mainly because I thought it made for an excellent visual aid: I loaded this up on my phone when my gf was saying to someone else, “yeah, he does something called BJJ, rolls around with sweaty men.” ;p
Other than that, I like pictures that show camaraderie in BJJ. E.g., this one on the day I and a bunch of training partners got our purple belts, or this one after a session at RGA Kilburn back in the day: Christina is probably the best training partner I ever had, whereas Jude is both an awesome dude and a top notch instructor.
If I can cheat, I’d add that on that topic, I also like some of the ones Chrissy sent me to go with her articles, like this and this.
Hahahahahaha I love that pic. Are you okay if I post it so that people can see it in the blog or do you specifically want them to click it and follow the link?
I don’t mind, but then it’s Liam’s pic, not mine. 🙂
adorable hair! You look great. I too want some professional photos – I’m thinking the family needs a bjj photo for the Christmas cards this year.
to me, its all about the people 🙂
the day i got my blue belt

or this one

here’s teh day i got my blue
i can’t figure out how to post image
or this one
I really only have one- but it’s a favorite http://sweepgrappleandroll.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-entry-into-jiu-jiu-julias-photo.html

BTW- I’m not grabbing my foot for the triangle- just making a quick adjustment- the video demonstrates it better.
Should have more pics soon as i am going to Compete again in August
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