Last week, I finally won some fights. In fact, I won a lot of fights!
I beat a BJJ white belt who weighs 100 pounds less than me. I’m not (very) proud of this. I also beat an experienced white belt who weighs 50 pounds more than me–no mean feat. And, in my proudest achievement, I [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Winning at BJJ
Friday, February 22, 2008
More judo weaknesses
Thursday, February 7, 2008
My friends and I have been going to Brazilian ju jitsu for three weeks now. We’re all blue belts in judo, so we thought we’d know what we’re doing–BJJ came from judo, after all.
As it turns out, BJJ and judo are related, but they split so long ago that they’re as similar as gorillas and [...]