What can I say, I'm back. A week or so ago, I was inspired by a teammate to reclaim my sad, abandoned little jiu jitsu blog and actually make it into something that is a thing. The blog renaissance is going to have, I expect, three types of entries:
First: fun accounts and overviews of the stuff my team and I do together and my cool bjj experiences. Second: bjj technique logs and notes on rolling.
Third: philosophical ramblings about bjj and life.
The first and third types will more than likely be public, the second, probably private, as it will be really boring.
A few things have happened since I began training, and this blog, almost three years ago. I've stopped formally training Judo, which is disappointing, but the academy where I now train has a well-earned reputation for solid takedowns. We practice them every session, to some degree or another, plus we have two sessions per week dedicated primarily to Judo work.
I've changed schools...twice. The first school collapsed because of poor marketing and the second turned out to be a poor fit for me, though the jiu jitsu itself helped mold me into a fairly technical grappler for my level. I'm currently (and I really hope eternally) part of Copa Jiu Jitsu, or as we like to call it "Team Mack the Knife". Training here has afforded me more opportunities than any other academy I've called home. Mack is well-connected in the bjj world, the training facility is large and has a beautiful sprung floor and for the first time in my grappling career, I have more than one female teammate. In fact, I have at least ten.
I got my blue belt...don't think that one requires too much additional explanation.
That's all I've got in me for now. Two years and change without blogging doesn't leave me with much stamina for my first post back. Hopefully I'll have more to say as this goes on.
--N (Kimura)
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