Saturday tournament

Saturday is the Utah Champion Submission challenge! I am starting to get really nervous. If anyone is interested in coming you can find the information for the event at http://utahchampion.com/site/view/60082_Tournaments.pml;jsessionid=k45ovkj0s3gb. It costs $10 per adult for spectators, it will be a lot of fun to watch. I will be competing in the Gi division, not sure how large a division it will be. I am excited to finally test myself and see what I have learned. I have only been studying for about 5 months and it has been pretty casual at that, only training for 6 hours a week at the most, where as some people training for 6 hours a day. Hopefully this will just be the start of many such tournaments.

Tournament Date set!

The tournament is set! Novemeber 14th, not sure about the time yet but I am pretty sure it will start sometime early morning and run for most of the day. I am officially registered for the Gi division and am excited to compete. Now I just need to train so that I don't get my butt kicked all over the mats.

Martial Arts Tournament

Hey all (those one or two people who follow my blog), I am planning on competing in a martial arts tournament in November (no date yet sorry) and just wanted to let everyone know so they can come and support me! I'm not sure if it will be the 13th or the weekend prior to thanksgiving. Anyway if anyone wants to come and see some cool jiu jitsu, judo, or other grappling arts just let me know and I will get you information on it.

My arms fell off...

So I have been training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for almost 2 months now and absolutely love it. Coach Pease my BJJ teacher is awesome and really good at teaching in a way a slow person like me can understand. However I think I may have been pushing myself too hard cause my arms fell off yesterday. Well, at least they felt like it. They are still burning pretty hard today. But I think after a few days of rest I should be fine. For anyone who wants to learn to defend thesmelves while getting an amazing workout, come to the BJJ club or take the class. You can find info on the club at byubjj.blogspot.com. If anybody would like to come and see some awesome BJJ come to the Utah Chamion Submission Challenge this saturday at Throwdown Etc. (located on state street just south of University Parkway in Orem.

utahchampion.com

So I have been taking a brazilian jiu jitsu class for the past month or so and am considering entering a tournament. I realize I will probably get my butt kicked considering most people will have more experience than me. However, I think it will be good experience and a lot of fun just to be there. We'll see, it's 50 bucks just to register!

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

I just started Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at BYU. Though it is exactly what I imagined it to be (rolling on the ground grappling) it is far more difficult than I ever imagined it to be. A day after my first lesson I am completely, from head to toe, sore. Despite not being my first choice for martial arts it was a lot of fun and very educational. I hope to someday follow this up with training in one of the chinese martial arts.

Got the camera!

Well we finally got the camera, no not the one we ordered online, that turned out to be a scam of sorts (but that is another story). Instead we bought one at best buy for the sam's club price since the local sam's club didn't have one in stock. Instead of the 18-135mm lens we got the kit lens 18-55mm with VR. We have only taken a few pictures with it so far but they look amazing. I will hopefully post a few of the fist pictures here soon.