This last week I attended Ignite: Boulder 33. It was a series of 5 minute presentations, each one featuring 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds. It’s similar to Pecha Kucha presentations, which I had seen at educational seminars. At Ignite, there were around 20 or so presenters, with subjects ranging from why robots would […]
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BJJ: Bullet Journaling
Jiu Jiu’s note: This was written BY Jiu Jiu FOR jiujiubjj.com! I’ve been having a problem with a content theft, so if you do find this entire entry elsewhere, please let me know. My friend, Jayne Fury, introduced me to Bullet Journaling. I looked into it in the past, but I wasn’t totally sold until I […]
Grapplemania, July 26, 2014, Raleigh, NC
I’M DOING GRAPPLEMANIA THIS MONTH IN NORTH CAROLINA! I’m registering for this! I’m still waiting for my credit card to arrive so I can officially do it, but dang it, I will be there! I’m going to be registering for both gi and nogi. I’m terribly excited about it. I’m also not expecting to do […]
Operation Tattered Belt: Side Escapes Initial Assessment
A break from the ordinary. Normally I go very light on technique – it’s just not my blog. I thought this was a useful exercise, and it’s connected to Megan’s and my yearlong project, Operation Tattered Belt. As I mentioned, a key component to this project is assessment – determining our strengths/weaknesses as well as assessing […]
Operation Tattered Belt: Proposed Curriculum
Okay, after much delay, here is our proposed curriculum for Operation Tattered Belt. Again, this came about when Meg from Tangled Triangle and I decided we wanted to buckle down and focus our training. I know that in my own jiu jitsu journey, I’m at a point where I don’t think my skills have quite […]
Operation Tattered Belt
I’ve been chatting with Megan from Tangled Triangle (You remember her awesome article A Microbiologist’s Take on BJJ, right?), and both of us expressed a desire to get more focused in our attempts to improve our jiu jitsu, and a bit of a loss as to how. As you may know, I train English teachers. […]
Crazy cat lady vs crazy bjj lady
Last week I got a bit whiny about only doing BJJ one day that week. I think my words were “COMPLETE FAIL”. It’s possible I’m prone to hyperbole, but then again, hyperbole is the BEST THING EVER! It got me thinking about an oldie but a goodie as far as blog posts go – Meerkatsu’s […]
10 goals in 10 years
I always look at where my blog referrals are coming from. One recent one is from a gal whose blog is called “Ninja Swagger” and I was inspired by her most recent post, “30 before 30.” I’m 35, soon to be 36 in August, so I’ve modified it a bit and here’s my 10 in […]
Negative achievements
I’ve been back at BJJ twice, after being gone for nearly 6 months due to my herniated disc. On Saturday I made it to the huge, teamwide training and had the opportunity to roll with the purple belt from my academy. On Tuesday I made it to my own personal BJJ gym. There were only […]
New Years Resolutions
What are your New Years resolutions? I read a list of 13 Popular New Year’s resolutions and realized that Jiu Jitsu is a perfect way to achieve several of these goals. If any of these are on your list of Things To Do In The New Year, I encourage you to start doing Jiu Jitsu. […]