Weekly Elyse
So after a few well placed comments about my journal being "emo" *cough* davidkrone *coug*, I decided to only post on Mondays. I doubt I'll be able to stand this limited posting for very long because I'm a narcisitic ego maniac, but we shall see :D
The birthday bbq went positively smashing. There were a few people who I really wanted to see that didn't show up, but the number of people who /were/ there that I adore more than made up for the others. The food was fantastic (I shall bow down to Justin's mom, what a wonderful lady). AND, I only sustained one injury! I hurt my pinky finger during our enthusiastic game of red-rover.
I started jiujitsu today under the wiley giles of Rosendo Diaz. All the guys there were really great, exactly like the guys at BU, so down to earth etc. Rosendo is a black belt, there are two purple belts, a blue belt, and three other white belts besides myself (today). I sweat so much... am so sore :D. Today was my first day doing jiujitsu with a gi. It's completely different than without a gi because your opponent will hold on to different parts of your sleeves, lapels (love that word, can't spell it), or pants to control you. You can also use the grabing of the clothing as a defensive strategy. It takes a whole new level of thinking that I haven't experienced before... like if you grab the lapel in the wrong spot, it completely backfires, and you get tossed over and sat on. Tomorrow's class is No-gi, also called "submission grappling". I should do a bit better at that, but the guys will be harder on me, again, muchos fun!
k, till next monday (hopefully),
peace out!
The birthday bbq went positively smashing. There were a few people who I really wanted to see that didn't show up, but the number of people who /were/ there that I adore more than made up for the others. The food was fantastic (I shall bow down to Justin's mom, what a wonderful lady). AND, I only sustained one injury! I hurt my pinky finger during our enthusiastic game of red-rover.
I started jiujitsu today under the wiley giles of Rosendo Diaz. All the guys there were really great, exactly like the guys at BU, so down to earth etc. Rosendo is a black belt, there are two purple belts, a blue belt, and three other white belts besides myself (today). I sweat so much... am so sore :D. Today was my first day doing jiujitsu with a gi. It's completely different than without a gi because your opponent will hold on to different parts of your sleeves, lapels (love that word, can't spell it), or pants to control you. You can also use the grabing of the clothing as a defensive strategy. It takes a whole new level of thinking that I haven't experienced before... like if you grab the lapel in the wrong spot, it completely backfires, and you get tossed over and sat on. Tomorrow's class is No-gi, also called "submission grappling". I should do a bit better at that, but the guys will be harder on me, again, muchos fun!
k, till next monday (hopefully),
peace out!