I am in the process of setting up my 1st Blog and I really have no idea what I am doing. I’m going to keep playing with it and hopefully I will figure it out.
Anyway, I will start it off with this nice little story about my experience at Jiu Jitsu class today. When I left the house and was driving to the Academy, I knew I was already tired from yesterdays class. I told myself I would just take it easy today and try not to sweat……lol But after our usual warm-up and instruction session, Fabio Santos (my Jiu Jitsu Professor) had us do some “Tournament Training”. It would be 5 minute rounds with 30 seconds rest in between. We did this for 25 mins.
I don’t know what it was about today’s class, but it had me all revved up. So much for not sweating. I went as hard as I could for the entire session. Usually, I am one of the gentlest persons to roll with at class and am rarely in a hurry to submit my training partner. But today was different. Brown Belts, Purple Belts, Blue Belts, and yes; even White Belts received no mercy today. My goal with each partner was to finish him as many times as I could in the 5 minute round. My heart was beating fast and I was pouring out the sweat, but it felt great.
After it was all over, Fabio asked somebody if they had some white tape and I noticed he was holding his finger. I asked him, “Is your finger broken?” He replied, “No, but your belt is and I am going to fix it for you”. He proceeded to install four stripes on my Brown Belt bringing me ever closer to the coveted Black Belt.
A very good day indeed…….and a very welcome promotion before I leave for the Philippines.
January 20. 2010 at 06:20
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