"Long and hard is the road that out of hell leads to light."-Milton For the last 8 months, I have been undergoing such a challenging year. The path to my...
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"If you want success, figure out the price, then pay for it" -Scott Adams, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big There is a remarkable difference...
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One morning, you wake up and you realize that for the first time in a long time, your stiff and aching back isn't stiff and achy from JiuJitsu training. Before,...
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Dear JiuJitsu Practitioner, You're doing a great job. I know sometimes it doesn't feel like it but keep your head up. The road we chose is not an easy one....
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If I'm going to be completely honest (and I fully intend to be), one thing that really fascinates me is the level of douche-y content marketing out there. I get...
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2015 Was a pretty crazy year for me. It would be my second full year as a purple belt and my last semester of grad school. Time seems to have...
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Ryan, Thank you for recommending The War of Art and Turning Pro to me during an exchange we had recently. The War of Art has been recommended to me before...
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This past Sunday, I had the chance to compete at the first ever IBJJF Austin Open. I have been preparing for this tournament for approximately six weeks and unfortunately, my training...
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“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” -Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius You ever notice how people like to play it...
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Well, it happened again (sort of)... I was sparring the other day and my training partner weighed about 55lbs more than me. I know this only because we, ironically,...
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