hate this..

anyway for various reasons (personal,business,judo) i stopped blogging for a bit. I was just bored with it, didnt have time and well people were reading into it in the wrong way.

so i stopped.. i shouldnt have but its not like its a huge deal anyway but im back..

i think i will post a little bit differently. not as much specific detail on the judo workouts and add some more personal stuff along the way.

anyway i definitely did not stop training.. if anything my training has been great the last few weeks.. except :( TEARS :( I missed a bunch of workouts at PMJC that is always very hard for me to do and just the way the ball bounces I was not able to attend a few PMJC workouts.. I CANT WAIT FOR SATURDAY!!!!!!!

Ill have to go back and see what i didnt post but just off the top of my head I got some great workouts in at PMJC before I stopped blogging. The crew there is doing great and Im really looking forward to saturday... I think I mentioned that :)

Kev Costello got on the mat at our 'country club' judo club in New Foundland, pa and its always great to get on the mat with Kev... go figured he chucked me around a few times...

I went to a GREAT clinic in Philadelphia, pa at Lou Moyermans / Tony's club. That was awesome. I picked up a ton of good stuff I might go back and write out a bunch of stuff from that place.. it was ridiculous.

So much more too.. so who knows.. maybe ill go back and write.. maybe not.

Personal stuff is good.. im still working 2 jobs, Doing Judoabout 5-6x a week, working off the mat 2-3x a week.. ok ive been slacking a bit but not too bad.

Holidays were good.. got to see the family and girlfriend.... HI RACHEL :) a bunch.. my niece and nephew are awesome.. he came to the clinic and did great.. Christmas was cool, new years was fun. all good stuff.. now back to bloggin for me..

i just want to keep a good record of whats going on in my life for the next few months.. i got a lot of big tournaments coming up and hopefully this will help

I got Starret's, Pedro's, NY Open, Liberty Bell and then Nationals :)

08 :)

Quick Recap

I didnt take off for the holiday or anything like that but I was busy and Just didnt have the time to blog.

I did skip tuesday at PMJC sucked but I felt sick and didnt want to get too run down and didnt want to get the rest of the PMJC team sick.

Wednesday was a kind of easy day at the Y. I started class talking a bit about Jenn's wins in newaza and Brandons Choke. Then we did some Newaza Uchikomi. Cant remember much else

Thursday was a travel and family day. Good times :)

Friday was a Travel and Girlfriend day. Good Times :)

Saturday was about 6hrs of Judo. Good times :)

I started at the country club kinda light workout.. worked taio a lot and ude gaeshi... I fought dan and got a few decent scores in.. then i fought sensei in mat work and did ok.. worked half guard decently for a bit.. eventually passed then got swept and armlocked.. then i worked guard and did ok eventually getting passed and armlocked.

Then I went to PMJC. Great class. I got us there late so it was right into crash pad and then fighting. Joe has been whoopin me good.. i got one good counter but he basically bailed cause of my knee. Thanks! I dont want a knee injury now. then he DUMPED me big with an osoto. I tried to counter.. i figure the more I try to counter his osoto the more Ill be picking up the lil guys in competition.

Fought Chris. F F F F its getting real frustrating... I havent thrown or scored on him in a long time. he got 2 good scores on me. Gripping was ok. I had some good attacks, moving and gripping. I did stop a few of his attacks both front and back.

Fought matt. COuldnt choke him but at least im getting in the right positions.

Fought 1 of the new guys and thats about it.. i need to step it up

Monday YMCA

I was hoping we would bounce back into tournament mode.. and we did not not by a long shot.. I think im gonna talk to some people about that. I have a bunch of big tournaments coming up and I need work for them. I need to get it one place or another. I cant have PMJC be the only 2 days I get good work in.

Anyway heres what I did.

1. Taught Osoto to a new kid. Hope he sticks with it everything was coming natural to him
2. Got 1 set of UchiKomi in 20 reps of KataGuruma.. yeah..
3. Got 2 sets of a spider guard pass about 5-10 reps each
4. 1 round of randori with Corey. He had some nice attempts but didnt finish. I had a nice throw or two and an armlock or two. I cant wait for Corey to be back in full swing.
5. 1 round with Vito. It was long. I got some scores he got some.. he mightve had more scores then me. He just needs some more movement and set up. He is very focused on grips but needs to combine it with movement and set ups.. dont we all.. but all in all he is getting REALLY REALLY tough to throw.. good for both of us.

Sunday Promotional

I didnt fight.. im not interested in even thinking much about my next promotion at this point. I went to help out, ref, etc

Lots of people got promoted. It was pretty cool.. to much to write about.. any questions just let me know..