Fall down, get up

Romaji: Nana korobi, ya oki
Literally: Seven falls, eight getting up
Meaning: Fall down seven times, get up eight times. An encouragement to persevere (ganbaru)
Notes: From the verbs korobu and okiru respectively
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Basically, fall down seven times, get up eight.
It’s a saying I hear in judo sometimes, and I really like it.
What is it about sayings that [...]

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs Karo Parisyan

These two guys are UFC fighters now. Interesting to see their old judo days… Hardcore. You can see how strong judo makes you. I’d hate to grapple with Karo Parisyan, it must be like grappling someone made out of oak.

Slick Judo

That’s it, really.

Holy Martial Arts Demonstration, Batman!

This may just be the most awesome BJJ demonstration in the world.
Chuck Norris.
Carlos Machado.
Germany.
Driving Anthemic Pump-up Music.
Set your earlobes to stun and your eyeballs to awesome and enjoy!

Training, early Feb.

Things are going good. I think the combination of getting over my cold, keeping up my rudimentary strength training routine, and twice a week BJJ / once a week judo is really starting to pay off.
The last few times I’ve been to training have been “good days” where everything just slots in place. I feel [...]

Judo 30 Jan

Hitting each other with cleaning implements is an essential part of any judo regime.
A great judo session. My drills are very, very slowly coming along.
Randori was good. I am slowly getting a feel for balance, timing, etc. The main thing I want to achieve, as I’ve said before, is just a little experience standing [...]

Plan of Action

I want to compete in March.
I want to compete, and I want to win.
It’s far away (an hour and a half drive, I think), and it’s already a quarter of the way through the year, so I have to start my winning ways.
I don’t want to come home without a medal.
So I have just over [...]