The Mungry Soldier: Archive

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Competition Training Day 1

Oct 22. It’s less than 30 days but I figured I’d officially start logging every day of training/non-training on here. It’s my first ever competition…in Gi. I did a submission grappling years ago at a nearby town and I didn’t do well, and lets leave it at that, lol. But I’m confident in my training in the last few months where I’ve started from scratch and...

Sep 30th

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Progression.

luckynumbersleven: White belt=learning the basics of writing. Learning when to stop and start sentences, adding periods and commas. Blue belt=learning more advanced basics. Grasping the concept of rhythm and flow. Purple belt= starting to put sentences together; establishing flow and smoothness Brown belt= you understand everything that you have learned. Putting things together you never thought...

Sep 29th

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Sep 28th

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Second stripe acquired- time to amp it up!

Got my second stripe in class today! I’m excited because it means I’ll be able to go to more classes and ramp up the mat time. Great day to come back after a week of being incapacitated! Learned some great side-mount escapes today. Still a major sticking point in my defensive game, but I’m getting to a point where I can feel routes of escape and make it difficult for...

Sep 27th

Sick and going a little...loopy

The internet…is evil. But it’s supposed to be good, but most of the time it’s evil. I’m supposed to be doing more important things like HEALING and RESTING but instead I’m playing jump rope between social media sites like Yelp/Twitter/Facebook/Reddit/Tumblr. It makes me glad I train BJJ because once I put on that Gi and I step on the mat, the world outside and beyond...

Sep 21st