Posted on May 27, 2008 by supercrap
Just to let you dudez know another perk of living in Japan… totally wicked awesome sweet DVD magazines with the latest shiznit from the world of BJJ and grappling.
Here is Submission Spirits volume 2.
I’m reading it now. Actually, I lie. I’m looking at the pictures and trying to figure out what all the squiggly lines [...]
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Posted on May 27, 2008 by supercrap
Taught a class on Sunday, and it went pretty good despite having to hop everywhere.
I chose the bow and arrow choke because I have been using it a lot lately and find that I’m able to work it from just about any position.
It ended up going really well, I taught it from the back, from [...]
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Posted on May 24, 2008 by supercrap
Courtesy of Budo Videos blog…
Nice production!
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Posted on May 24, 2008 by supercrap
So I hobbled along to BJJ last night to cover for my instructor who is in Tokyo getting his ass whupped in preparation for the Mundials.
I did get a few strange looks when I came into the dojo on crutches with my gi pants on and a cast sticking out of the bottom of them, [...]
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Posted on May 19, 2008 by supercrap
I had started to write a big post about my situation and my headspace and other early-90s pop psychology terms, but the words of Hywel Teague echoed in my head (sounding surprisingly like those gents from Dirty Sanchez and saying something like “You’re thinking too much, Matty boy. Leeks. Cardiff. Sheeeeeep.” 
and I thought, bollocks [...]
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Posted on May 18, 2008 by supercrap
From The Fightworks Podcast, an interview with Robert Drysdale…
He is also incredibly strong. I don’t know if you guys saw this in the finals of 2007 but he ripped my gi. He just ripped my sleeve apart. That was a brand new gi that I had never worn before! That’s not normal! That’s not normal, [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2008 by supercrap
So I went to the doctors today because my foot was really sore. I got an x-ray, which came up negative… so no large bones broken. But apparently small breaks don’t show up on x-rays. You need an MRI for that. So I will wait until Friday and if it still hurts, get one of [...]
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