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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
On the Stereo today- The Doors, L.A. Woman. Back on track… ish June 23rd I’ll be competing again. This time in the US Nationals in Las Vegas. Seems like a while off but these things have a habit of creeping up on you. Biggest thing to be worried about is momentum. When you’re a Master, … Continue reading
I’ve put a bit of Motorhead on the stereo today as Phil Campbell the guitarist died over the weekend. Not a good start to ’26 If you read last week you’ll have seen that I had a great training week, but came down a bit awakwradly on my knee in a takedown attempt. Well, even … Continue reading
My first really good training week of 2026. It’s been a long time coming! Monday Well now, you’ll never guess what I did last Monday. I trained without coaching! Daniel was taking the session, so I just switched off and trained some guard passing with some rounds. Loved it. I think I did 6 or … Continue reading
It is utterly depressing that we’re 8 weeks into 2026 and this is just week 5 of my training. I can’t believe how little I’ve got done in the gym or on the mats thanks to a series of viruses. Monday First night in the new gym! First night on the new sprung floor. I … Continue reading
On the stereo today- Everything and anything. I’m too tired to pick music. Moby is playing right now. Monday This week had almost no training, but I did do some sparring on Monday. 25 minutes positional followed by 5 minute rounds. Enjoyable as I played around a bit. Wednesday Started training and felt a bit … Continue reading
On the stereo today- Ludovico Einaudi. I am in need of some chill. Monday A rule of mine is “Don’t skip Mondays”. But I skipped Monday. I was too busy to get to the gym, and then too wrecked to train after 4 hours of coaching beforehand to roll with the guys. That might be … Continue reading
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