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Part 12 of 21 improvements BJJ has had on my life. This was inspired by Tangled Triangle: 21 Days of Improvement. You can read my Part 11 here! 12/21 Improvements from BJJ: Self-Discovery Save for cross stitching, most of the hobbies I have enjoyed throughout the year are totally nerdy. Role playing games, Magic: the Gathering, Legend of […]
Part 7 of 21 improvements BJJ has had on my life. This was inspired by Tangled Triangle: 21 Days of Improvement. You can read my Part 6 here! 7/21 Improvements from BJJ: The importance of habits! Good habits are worth being fanatical about. —John Irving I mentioned my evil inner voice, Sally. What Sally and BJJ have taught […]
Part 5 of 21 improvements BJJ has had on my life. This was inspired by Tangled Triangle: 21 Days of Improvement. You can read my Part 4 here! 5/21 Improvements from BJJ: Healthy Lifestyle “He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.” Arabian Proverb My life for several years involved eating things that […]
Part 4 of 21 improvements BJJ has had on my life. This was inspired by Tangled Triangle: 21 Days of Improvement. You can read my Part 3 here! 4/21 Improvements from BJJ: New Social Circle Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family. —Joseph Brodsky Before I started BJJ, I had a negative view […]
Yes, you, the person wondering if you’re too fat to do jiu jitsu (spoiler: you’re not!). We don’t know each other, so you wouldn’t know it now, but I was really fat when I started jiu jitsu, and I’d like to have a heart to heart. I’m 5’4″ and when I started BJJ I was […]
I am thrilled I was able to participate in the 5th Korea Open Jiu Jitsu Tournament. I originally contacted the tournament organizer and asked if I could be notified if women signed up. I told him I would love to enter ANY and ALL brackets where I would have an opponent. The registration deadline was […]
And that is a VERY good thing. I want to share a success story with you. I have always been a larger gal. I carried it well and people didn’t always realize I weighed as much as I did. At one point in 2005 I was at my heaviest ever: 231 lbs (104.7 kilos). It […]
For me, effective writing is when your writing does its intended purpose AND your writer can see your point of view. That’s the most basic. I realized in the responses to my post “How easy is BJJ for you,” that what I wrote wasn’t really what I wanted to say! So here it is: Which […]
And now back to your regularly scheduled posts. This last week I got sick YET again. Plus, it’s a holiday in Korea, so no BJJ this week. Sigh. Last week we announced we were having belt testings on Feb 8. My instructor asked me how long I’d been training. I let him know that I […]
These are the top 5 BJJ things I currently think are super sexy. These things give me instant crushes on someone’s BJJ skills. Is that even possible? To have a crush on someone’s jiu jitsu? Well it’s true for me! 1. Chokes Nothing quite like a solid rear naked choke or a really firm cross […]
