now for a tiny bit of background,I’m a martial arts fan,and i’ve been training in brazilian jui jitsu off and on for a few years now. But recent months have been plagued with injuries. So here’s part one of my training blog.

 

I finally got back to training after being shelved with injuries for far too long. Since i’d heard about a jits class starting in my town,i figured i’d check it out at the first chance,and strolled onto the mats last night for an hour’s class followed by about 50 minutes of rolling. We worked on takedowns and sprawl during the class,so i got to have fun with head and arm chokes,then it was time to see how out of practice i was.

Ended up rolling with five or six guys,switching between sparring and helping them work on that content from the class. Highlights of rolling were the vinnyplata and catching one of the guys with a choke i’d created and been trying to visualise to work out the kinks with. All in all,a good night and i can’t wait to get back

quick update

been busy with work lately,so just a quick update. Bought myself a cheap camcorder so i can make something of a video blog for my training,along with sharing some of my outlooks on certain moves and getting feedback on where i’m going wrong/right. (and hopefully video some competition action later in the year)

Anyways,later folks

Carpe Jugulum

It’s been a while,and while I have my doubts that those who once read these meager meandering diatribes will be overly inclined to do so now,I felt like a return to the blogoshpere. Now considering it’s more than a year since my last post,I could either do a lengthy (and overdue) catch up post,or i could take it as a clean break and move on…yeah fuck it,I’m moving on.

While this blog shall continue to encompass my eclectic and no doubt verbiose observations,it’s also going to veer more and more in the direction of that beautiful and artful game of strangulation and joint destruction otherwise known as Brazilian Jui Jitsu. This grappling based martial art has been enjoying more and more of my attentions in recent months,even with training options for my chosen branch being limited. As it is,a few of us manage to congregate in a local gym on a weekly basis and take advantage of the “MMA Zone” and learn as best we can from each other along with whatever tutorial resources i can spend hours studying. Far from ideal,and i dread to think how many bad habits we’ll pick up in execution of technique,but for now I’m enjoying every single time Greg or Stephan make me tap with something i’ve shown them,or improvise and catch me with something unexpected. I glory in those split seconds that i can see and feel exactly how much they’re learning. Sure,I take pride in catching them with a Darce or Triangle or such like,not to mention my own renegade-plata that i’ve been meaning to video at some point,but it’s seeing my friends and de facto pupils improve that leaves a grin on my face.

Anyways,think this will do for now,so until next time folks

Leaving

okay,not leaving the site,but leaving this country. Flying 10,000 miles to see my gorgeousgirl at long last.

Plus I wanted to have a more recent blog-update than her

Mix2

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MixTape

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Belated

Now,I did warn in my initial post that I would be updating on a somewhat infrequent basis but this is excessive. One month in and this is merely my second entry. Almost inexcussable.

However,in my defence I have the following factors.

Firstly. I have spent a portion of the last month without a computer to call my own. My trusty old PC finally gave up the ghost just shy of its fifth birthday. I’ve been having various issues with it over the last year but things I could live with like a lack of dvd-drives/floppy drive and periodic bouts of techno-lethargy. But I could cope with all of that until it decided it didn’t want to stay on for more than 25 minutes at a time. Under most circumstances this would be frustrating at best but when you consider the fact that I’m in a long distance relationship…yeah,creative swearing is called for.

Secondly my working life has been hectic to a degree that’s left me feeling drained and sometimes bruised. There’s been a host of issues I won’t bore you with here,suffice to say it’s been a major drain on my time and energy. Then there was the keg incident… An 11 gallon keg of Fosters lager versus my groin. “Ouch” doesn’t quite cover it. Somehow I managed to block the pain long enough to finish my shift,ant *Then* I curled up into a ball to hide in my private universe of pain that I wouldn’t wish on anyone. Over the following days I experienced bruising and tenderness in an area that’s already delicate.

Anyways,I’m gonna go now. I’ll play critic in my next post,I promise.

ps. I love you GorgeousGirl

Greetings

Welcome to the mildly insane and increasingly ecclectic world of me. I’m a 23 year old former architecture student who is now involved in bar management. I enjoy the creative arts of mixology and intend to expand upon this art form over the coming years. I also have a deep love of films,music and literature…so you can expect rants on occassion pertaining to these subjects. From time to time I may even play the Critic and write reviews of certain things,be it restaraunts,cinema,new releases or just good old fashioned booze.

As an aside though,I’ve been reading on wordpress for a while now thanks to my GorgeousGirl (thus adorned since she’s landed me with the appellation of HotBoy) and while I will try to update this on a somewhat regular basis,I sincerely doubt I’ll be updating as frequently as my love or her friends.

Anyways,I think I’ve babbled enough for the moment so I’ll leave you with a quick top 5 recommendations.

 

1. www.questionablecontent.net  Seriously the funniest thing I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I have actually fallen off my chair at Pintsize’s antics.

2.  “I,Lucifer” by Glenn Duncan. A smart,witty and diabolically funny take on a variety of subjects,not least religion,the universe and the nature of man.

3. Classic 80′s kid’s movies like the Goonies,the Princess Bride and the Indiana Jones films. Sorry GorgeousGirl,but you badly need educating in this area.

4. Maker’s Mark Bourbon Whisky. Seriously. This amber nectar is just Heaven in a glass. I’ve drank a LOT of different whiskies over the years,some at $30/£15 a shot,and given the choice I’d go for the Maker’s.

5. Iron Man. After a string of dissappointing comic book movies it’s so good to see one done right again. I doubted Downey Jr when I first heard he’d been cast but I’m happy to have been proven wrong.

 

And with that I bid thee farewell.