I decided a few years ago that I had to make a change. I began training in Martial Arts, and after a few years started at a new school learning the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
I love it, and it...
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Blog Link Sharing - Help
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
A few months back, Caleb at the FightWorks Podcast posted about how to share his RSS feeds using Google Reader. If you haven't done this yet, take a minute and do it now, then come back. Really. Not using an RSS reader is like not using soap after class. I've been playing around with the Blogroll here at Stevebjj, as well as a list to the le...
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Fightworks Podcast BJJ Blog of the Year
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
Yes, it's that time again. Caleb at the Fightworks Podcast has announced that they're accepting nominations for the BJJ Blog of the Year 2008 Contest. He's put together quite a list of prizes for first and second place. Check this out:First Place:A highly sought-after Brazilian jiu-jitsu gi from Padilla & Sons, to be shipped when they recei...
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Revolution Tournament Results
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
Congratulations to Foster BJJ on a tie for the Gi Team Trophy at last Saturday's Revolution tournament. Gracie Barra always fields a large team at these events and I'm very proud to be a part of the Foster BJJ team. Christine, Todd and Todd!!! What can I say? Congrats!!! It's been a long time coming. You guys looked awesome at the tournament an...
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Convocation of Combat Arts
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
I mentioned in my 2nd anniversary in BJJ post that one of the things I've come to really enjoy over the last year is the sense of community, and how I value the online community, as well as the local BJJ scene. Over a year ago, Nathan Teodoro of TDA Training started up a Google Group for martial arts bloggers and blog readers. This group has g...
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Sunday Class
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
Class yesterday was good. I was really tired going in and not looking forward to getting murdalized, but as is always the case, I felt better once I got moving. While I was tired at the end, I didn't feel any worse for wear. Someone once said to me that, while she often regretted NOT going to class, she'd never once regretted going. I have to sa...
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Good luck!
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
Good luck to all of the Foster BJJ guys rolling at today's tournament! I hope all the women have competitors. It sucks to train as hard as I know you guys have and not have anyone to compete against! So, Kindra and Christine (and Shawndee, if you're competing, too), have fun. Good luck to Coach Foster in your supermatch. I can't wait to see...
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Friday Class 10/28/2008
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
Friday was a good class. As stress at home (good stress, but stress nonetheless) and stress at work begin to ebb somewhat, and sleep gets better, I'm in a much better mood overall. Surprise, surprise. Unfortunately, this week, the project on which I've been concentrating at work is coming to a conclusion and the VIPs are in town. That means ...
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Razorback Jiu Jitsu Online Store
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
Douglas, at Razorback Jiu Jitsu, is an authorized Atama dealer and has extended a 15% discount at his store to all of the readers of this blog. So, if you're looking for a new Atama gi, please take advantage of this great offer. The discount code is "STEVE" (of course, minus the quotes). If there's something Atama makes and you don't ...
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A few classes condensed
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
It's been a while since I've had a chance to review my classes. A lot has been going on, keeping me on my toes. I have, however, been lucky enough to make several classes and continue to train regularly. The main lesson in this post for me is to make sure to detail the techniques I've learned right away. We went over a couple of transitions...
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Friday Class 09/27/08
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
Friday's warmups involved partner drills. We worked some positional drills and stuff like that. Good workout. The technique was a guard pass/spider guard counter. Pretty slick, actually. We drilled from a spider guard where my opponent has a grip on my sleeves and his feet are in my biceps, making me look like the scarecrow from the Wizard...
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Gi Class 9/24/2008
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
At gi class last night, we worked through a light warmup and then moved right into an hour of sparring, rounds lasting about 15 minutes. I rolled with Todd first, a 4 stripe white belt and enjoyed it. He's a big, strong guy, so I couldn't muscle anything. I tried to use good technique and leverage. I also tried to pace myself knowing that we...
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No Gi Class 09/23/2008
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
No-gi class was pretty fun. A few weeks back, I wrote my top 10 reasons why I prefer to train in a gi. As I said then, that was mostly written tongue in cheek, but I won't deny a bias for the gi. A side effect of writing that, however, is that it really emphasized to me how little experience I have no-gi. As a result, I'm really making an ef...
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Wednesday and Friday Classes 9/17 and 9/19/08
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
James was out on Wednesday, so Bill ran the class. One of the recent changes in local tournament rules is that straight ankle locks are now legal for white belts. Since we have a number of white belts who intend to compete in November at the next Revolution tournament, and because Bill was running the class, we worked a setup from within guard...
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Been a little Busy
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
I've been going to class, but not as often as I'd like. Bing ran a good class yesterday in which we worked on the guillotine and a fundamental defense. But the main news is that we have finally met the little imp who has been creating a rather large lump in my wife's abdomen. Turns out she's kind of cute (but I'm biased.) At birth, she was 8...
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Monkey Feet Part 2
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
Just a quick update. I posted a few weeks back in my first Monkey Feet article that I had been wearing my Vibram Fivefingers (or "My Frodo Feet" as my family calls them) for a while and loved them.Forlogos, a guy who likes Boarding, BJJ and another "B" that escapes me now, but I'm sure could include Babes.... Anyway, he posted a link to a fascin...
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Sunday and Tuesday Classes
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
Bing's been helping out with class, and it's shaken things up. He's got all of these weird ideas. Radical ideas. On Sunday, we did a light warm-up and then moved right into technique: a lapel choke from various positions. We then played war, which is fun, and moved into sparring. The first position we worked on from the choke was from where...
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Monkey Feet, here I come!
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
I really wish I could give credit where due, but several weeks ago, I was reading on someone's BJJ blog about Vibram Fivefinger shoes. I can't remember which blog it was and haven't had any luck finding that post again. So, whoever you are, thanks! Leave me a comment so I can give you credit. I immediately thought to myself, "Those are totally R...
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The Great BJJ Debate
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
Gi or No Gi? The other day, I got an email from Hazmat asking about whether I’d like to post my thoughts on the subject of Gi vs No Gi. The email went something like this (paraphrasing): “Steve, You seem to wear that gi a lot. You’re ugly and your mama dresses you funny. Hazmat.” Okay, so it was nothing like that. But the tone was expli...
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Neat RSS Feed Features
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Steve Z.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Martial Arts
On a non-BJJ training note, along the left bar of my blog is a header: "What I'm Reading Now." I have been using Google Reader for a while to organize my RSS feeds. Since Caleb, at the Fightworks Podcast , shared his list of BJJ blogs , I've been in hog heaven reading everyone's training stories. One of the features available on Google Reader...
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