Have no fear Luiz Palhares Knee on Belly details are here
First I greatly apologize for the lag in posts. My finals week was last week and I had no time for anything and believe me when I say I made time for Jiu Jitsu. This weekend I’m competing at Grapplers Quest and mentally this is the best I’ve felt, technically I’m feeling pretty good. I always … Read more
A Tribute to the gentle giant Brandon Kessinger
On Tuesday night, July 5,2011, We lost a very dear member of our team. Brandon Kessinger, the purple belt that I would often refer to as the “Gentle Giant” passed away, he was 30. Kessinger I will carry you with me every training session, every tournament, and especially this upcoming fight. You were always so supportive of … Read more
Freeballin
To cup or not To Cup..that is the question Monday I got to class pretty late (I’ve been walking more lately but i’m a slow walker go figure). Got there in time to see a few sweeps from joe. Despite my grumpy bear attitude i rolled pretty well. Hit one of the advanced spider guard sweeps josh showed me … Read more
Getting my Blue belt and bruised buns
Got my blue belt today but at the expense of my left butt cheek. There were 3 blues, two purples, a green, and an orange. I’m josh’s second female blue belt. Today was bittersweet and you know why. But anywho, had to show a technique, got belted, you were thrown by the higher ranking belts … Read more
If it’s war they want…
then it’s war they’ll get. Saturday night we had 7 guys from the Team 1 affiliation (2 guys from Elizabethtown,Ky., 2 guys from Owensboro, Ky., and 4 guys, 1 gal in bowling green, ky.) fight at the Hardrock MMA 33: Night of Champions event and it was a war. Every single person won their fight. It … Read more
The only exception
It’s a beautiful day today and I’m happy to say..well that I’m happy-er than I was yesterday, or the day before, or the day before. My flame for jiujitsu is reignited and I can only hope for the best now. I’ll start with how my flame got its flicker back. Usually when the going gets tough I get … Read more
Don’t roll so hard
As scarce as my blog posts have been lately, i’m happy to say the lessons I’ve been learning in and outside the gym have been anything but. Class after class I’ve been looking for at least a pinch of inspiration for my blog and I’m glad to say that last Thursday I found it. As … Read more
Bruised & Confused
Work->Chiropractor->training->sleep->repeat. This week’s been tiring on thee body but the mind’s another story. Trudged into bjj (gi) class grudgingly last night. Part of me was too sore to see the benefit of going but the other part of me knows that it’s one of the few things I have to look forward too throughout the … Read more
I used to be a spider monkey
My head’s about to explode from all the technique i’ve seen and learned in the past 24 hours. Dentinho and Josh led an open mat yesterday since they couldn’t make it thursday through the snow and i’m glad they did. This morning we drove to etown for an open mat and I was also pleasantly … Read more
A Lady and a Lioness
I spent the last few days analyzing every movement from that tournament and then trying to fix some of those problems today in class. Sunday and monday I dwelt on the negatives of my match. I could’ve taken the back there, I could’ve attacked the arm here, oh no what an awful takedown attempt…blah blah … Read more
