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On the Stereo today- A bit of Black Sabbath. Great training week. Great rounds, great gym work, great nutrition, good sleep. These don’t happen often so I always take time to appreciate when they do. Monday Morning Conditioning work Evening- Jiu Jitsu Working on pressure passing. Not too hard on the sparring front this evening. … Continue reading
On the Stereo today- Nothing. I’m sitting in the gym watching class. Another compressed training week, complicated by running the Irish Open at the weekend, my busiest week of the year, so i wasn’t expecting much and wasn’t disappointed! Monday Evening Jiu Jitsu Good session. Got about 6 rounds in plus a lot of positionals. … Continue reading
On the Stereo today- The Dust Brothers Super compressed training week this week as I’d a big family wedding to go to. Got as much Jiu Jitsu into 3 days as possible. Monday Upper body Strength Evening Jiu Jitsu Really savage session focusing on getting under your opponent. Did some positionals with just upper body … Continue reading
On the Stereo today- Nina Simone Sort of a weird week. It started with the Bank Holiday, and despite my best efforts, I couldn’t get training that day. But then I got a good run of sparring towards the end of it. Pretty happy, all things considered. Monday Just a long walk with the dog. … Continue reading
On the Stereo today- Pearl Jam Monday Perfect start to the week with Jiu Jitsu in the evening.Positional rounds- Back takes from the turtle attack. This was never a strong point in my game in Gi, so always frustrating to train positionals in this way. Rounds- 6 from the standing position. Partners varied. Prioritised movement, … Continue reading
On the Stereo today- Vivaldi. I’m in need of relaxation. Monday I warmed up, I felt my back, I decided not to train. I had run the Europeans over the weekend, I just needed to make sure I was good to go all week rather than just that day. Tuesday Upper Body Session Evening NoGi. … Continue reading
On the Stereo today- The Ireland BJJ Podcast, hosted byyyyy. Me. Just doing some quality control on what we recorded over the weekend. Monday Evening Jiu Jitsu. I STANK the place out. What a dreadful grappler this guy is. Not my best session, but on to the next one. Tuesday A nice session in the … Continue reading
On the Stereo today- Kate Bush Not as many sessions as I’d have liked last week. Such is life. Wednesday Evening Jiu Jitsu. Rounds with the gang. I was under pressure to get this session back. When we moved, I chaged some of the class formats, and as a part of that I dropped my … Continue reading
Just one training session last week as I went on a holiday later in the week. Monday Jiu Jitsu. A great session because I don’t coach it, can switch my brain off and switch into student mode for the evening and just enjoy myself doing the thing I love the most about martial arts- training. … Continue reading
On the Stereo today- Everyone is home for the Easter Holidays, so I am working in silence. Nice week of training this week Got some work in and felt good. Focused on getting quality out of my rounds and got a bonus session in too. Monday Upper Body Day in the gym. Evening Jiu Jitsu. … Continue reading
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