Friday, 3 July 2026

Sam, Justin, Jason, and I trained today.  Nothing exciting for me to report.

Tony (purple) = 17

Josh M. (blue-3) = 25

Duy (white-4) = 3

Sam (white-3) = 27

Eddie (white-2) = 24

Chad (white-2) = 11

Brady (white-1) = 32

Abner (white) = 26

Caleb (white) = 17

Justin (white) = 20

Ryan (white) = 7

Evan (white) = 2

MONDAY, 25 MAY 2025: MEMORIAL DAY

Jason, Josh M., and Brady joined with me for just rolling sessions.  We had two round robins where each person stayed in three rounds before cycling out, so each person had six total rounds and two rolls against each other person.

Tony (purple) = 15

Josh M. (blue-3) = 22

Duy (white-4) = 3

Sam (white-3) = 25

Eddie (white-2) = 24

Chad (white-2) = 8

Brady (white-1) = 32

Abner (white) = 26

Caleb (white) = 17

Justin (white) = 16

Ryan (white) = 7

Evan (white) = 2

WEDNESDAY, 22 APRIL 2026

Today had me, Eddie, Brady, and Abner.

We focused on escapes and transitions from side control to kesa and back to side control.

Tony (purple) = 15

Josh M. (blue-3) = 21

Duy (white-4) = 3

Sam (white-3) = 25

Eddie (white-2) = 24

Chad (white-2) = 8

Brady (white-1) = 31

Abner (white) = 26

Caleb (white) = 17

Justin (white) = 16

Ryan (white) = 7

Evan (white) = 2

SATURDAY, 18 APRIL 2026

Today's session had just me, Eddie, and Mr. Howard.  We drilled arm bars from guard, side control escapes, and mount escapes.  Mr. Howard suffered a finger injury 🤕 during roll time vs. Eddie.

Tony (purple) = 15

Josh M. (blue-3) = 21

Duy (white-4) = 3

Sam (white-3) = 25

Eddie (white-2) = 23

Chad (white-2) = 8

Brady (white-1) = 30

Abner (white) = 25

Caleb (white) = 17

Justin (white) = 16

Ryan (white) = 7

Evan (white) = 2

WEDNESDAY, 15 APRIL 2026

Today was me, Chad, and Justin for an outdoor training session. We covered double leg takedowns, arm bar from guard, and a side control escape.

https://youtu.be/l0KjIbdjP3Y?si=57ZUVz9t9JcRIvq1

Tony (purple) = 15

Josh M. (blue-3) = 21

Duy (white-4) = 3

Sam (white-3) = 25

Eddie (white-2) = 22

Chad (white-2) = 8

Brady (white-1) = 30

Abner (white) = 25

Caleb (white) = 17

Justin (white) = 15

Ryan (white) = 7

Evan (white) = 2

SATURDAY, 11 APRIL 2026

We met at Weapon Muay Thai.  We had a great turnout, with 8 in attendance. With Jason, we had two BJJ black belts on the mat.

I went over three takedowns and a defense against the kimura from side control.  We ended class with four, five-minute rounds.

Tony (purple) = 15

Josh M. (blue-3) = 21

Duy (white-4) = 3

Sam (white-3) = 25

Eddie (white-2) = 22

Chad (white-2) = 7

Brady (white-1) = 30

Abner (white) = 25

Caleb (white) = 17

Justin (white) = 14

Ryan (white) = 7

Evan (white) = 2

SATURDAY, 28 MARCH 2026: Return of the Sam

After many months, indeed over a year, we were treated to Sam's return to BJJ as we made our first foray in Josh's Muay Thai gym.

I covered a double-leg from a Russian and a knee pick from a crossover. On the ground, I covered three kuzure kesa gatame escapes.

SAM'S RECAP:

As I lay here and contemplate how many Advils I should or shouldn’t take, I thought I would summarize the events of this morning. More commonly referred to as the recap.

It had only been about 17-18 months since the last one. I will leave the exact time to Prof who was an actuary in a former life.

Good group today, Josh hosted us at Weapon Muay Thai, a great place to get work in at.

Present were, Josh, Prof, Chad, Young Brady, Howard and Ryan. Missing were Duy, Edward, Tony and Jason. They undoubtedly had heard I was coming back and had to make a business decision about their participation. I mean, who cold blame them? 

Prof went over a couple of ways to get to a single leg and an escape from Kesa. 

Five minute rounds were the order of the day. I figured that my time off would mean I was fresh and rested and that Prof was worn down, so I asked him for the first dance on my card. Prof obliged and after about four minutes, I figured what he missed about me taking part. I thought it was my sparkling personality and encouragement but suddenly realized it was merely submitting me. He quickly made up for lost time in the first round. I can’t tell you what he did to me, but it wasn’t fun and I think he was probably smiling as he did it. I got a good look at the ceiling of Weapon Muay Thai while spending time on my  back throughout our rolls. 

I took a break and watched him and Josh roll, looking to see if he was going to perform a knee slide or not. Fortunately, he didn’t.

Chad and I rolled and then I watched Howard and Brady. Howard employed a Middleburg Headlock, followed by trying to shove Brady’s elbow into his nose while in mount. I suspected, and Howard confirmed later, that he had a wresting background. He goes hard. I left Ryan alone; his arms are large and frankly I wasn’t ready for that smoke on day one. I took a picture of the group and sent to Rory Barrett, who needs to join us.

All and all, another good day of BJJ.

Tony (purple) = 15

Josh M. (blue-3) = 20

Duy (white-4) = 2

Sam (white-3) = 25

Eddie (white-2) = 22

Chad (white-2) = 7

Brady (white-1) = 29

Abner (white) = 24

Caleb (white) = 16

Justin (white) = 13

Ryan (white) = 7

Evan (white) = 2