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On the headphones today- Richard Wagner- Ring Odyssey. You always have to be careful listening to Wagner as I believe it can make you want to invade Poland. Good training last week. Tudo bom. Monday NoGi Sparring. 10 minutes back control positionals. 6×5 minute rounds from standing. Tuesday Morning- Upper Body basics session. Evening- Gi … Continue reading
On the stereo today: The Rolling Stones- Some Girls So last week was a busy one. To get you inside the mind of Barry for a few minutes- I never stop thinking of new things to do. My issue is in keeping focused on the thing I’m supposed to be doing right now. The upside … Continue reading
On the stereo today, Mogwai. I don’t think I’ll do a Monday to Saturday thing as per usual here. I think I’ll just take you through the week of the competition and see what happens. So I made a choice- a choice now- to drop to the -88.3kg category for the UK Masters last week. … Continue reading
On the stereo today: Arcade Fire- Neon Bible. Last week was a good quality one. The sort of week you want to have coming up to an event. Monday Strength Work. The only time I would get to the gym all week so I knew I needed to do something a bit more challenging. Someone … Continue reading
On the headphones today: L.A. Woman- The Doors Monday Flat out doing nothing today. Still carrying a finger injury. No amount of tape was going to make it usable. In any case, most of my heavyweight training partners were off on Monday anyway so I didn’t miss much. In a rare scenario, I did nothing … Continue reading
Now then. There are times I feel like an old fart, telling people to wash behind their ears. But I keep telling people the same things for NoGi: You see anything you disagree with? No? Well a lot of people do, as they spend an disproportionate amount of time on moves that occur a fraction … Continue reading
On the stereo this morning: Houses of the Holy- Led Zeppelin. It was raining yesterday really heavily so I put on Rain Song for my daughter. Music for me is like a time travel device. When I listen to that song, I’m 16 again, and I just bought my new stereo with my first pay … Continue reading
Today on the stereo- Primal Scream- Give Out But Don’t Give Up: The Original Memphis Recordings. My mate tuned me in to this, it’s the mix of the album recorded in Muscle Shoals in Alabama. It’s great. Okay, but what did I do last week aside from listen to obscure mixes of seminal 90s albums? … Continue reading
On the stereo- Kavinsky. On my mind after the Olympics closing ceremony. A tough but instructive week as I upped my conditioning. It’ll be another week before I adapt, so I think it’s going to be more of the same this week. Monday Sparring, first score, 45 minutes. Awful, 1 out of 5 session. For … Continue reading
Yeah so I’ve been a little slack on the blogging. I have still been hitting the gym and rolling, but it’s been interspersed with a couple of holidays and some family stuff. A small update on the goals- I’ll be definitely travelling to the UK Nationals in September, and to the Lisbon Open in October. … Continue reading
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