FRIDAY, 31 JULY 2026

Today was a training day for me, Jason, Sam, Chad, and Justin.  I headbutted Chad in the mouth...yes, on accident...and still have a forehead knot on Monday, 3 August.  

SAM'S RECAP:

Recap- my journalistic integrity was challenged today and i was put on notice by “the management” prof. So I will try to shoot you straight in the recap today as always. Takeaways, Howard is a menace and is yet another “pressure” guy we have added to the fold. One look at him rolling today made me abandon my butterfly guard approach and I hung on for my life for the five minutes we spent together during our roll. Jason did mean things to both my arms and legs and gave me his blessing on dropping all of my weight on his coworker Charlie the next time we roll.  I won’t comment on my rolls with prof due to the disclaimer at the beginning of the post. We will just say that we have a difference of opinion on wording. I do want to comment on what is not debatable and that is me witnessing first hand prof striking his second uke on the mat. This time the victim was Chad and if Chad had been standing upright at the time, he would have undoubtedly started doing the chicken dance due to the force he was struck by. Two makes it a trend… all and all another good day of BJJ.

I forgot to mention prof also violently slammed my head into a heavy bag.

KRIS' REPLY:

Do unto Sam as he was going to do unto me, but I did it first .

SAM'S REJOINDER:

A minor detail I might have omitted.

 

Tony (purple) = 18

Josh M. (blue-3) = 26

Duy (white-4) = 3

Sam (white-3) = 31

Eddie (white-2) = 25

Chad (white-2) = 16

Brady (white-1) = 33

Abner (white) = 26

Justin (white) = 25

Caleb (white) = 17

Ryan (white) = 7

Evan (white) = 2

TUESDAY, 28 JULY 2026

Today was a training/coaching session with me and Justin.  We had six, five-minute rounds where I would coach him through any issues he encountered.

Tony (purple) = 18

Josh M. (blue-3) = 26

Duy (white-4) = 3

Sam (white-3) = 30

Eddie (white-2) = 25

Chad (white-2) = 15

Brady (white-1) = 33

Abner (white) = 26

Justin (white) = 24

Caleb (white) = 17

Ryan (white) = 7

Evan (white) = 2

FRIDAY, 24 JULY 2026

Today was a training session with me,Jason, Sam, and Chad.  

Sam's Recap:

Recap- Chad has no AC currently. Chad and Jason sat and talked like two old ladies while Prof and I rolled. Then Jason (old lady #2) put his tea cup down as if bothered that he had to quit talking to Chad and embarrassed me with a wrist lock and then went back to talking to Chad about a split zone and other AC related things. Chad dropped weight on me and had his way for most of the roll time we had. I forgot my socks. Prof performed dark arts on Jason’s leg and I also suffered under his onslaught. We had no music which tells me Jason’s “Wham” playlist wasn’t available. I apparently have forgotten how to drop weight or “gotten lighter” which is code for sucking at dropping weight. Did I miss anything? 

Tony (purple) = 18

Josh M. (blue-3) = 26

Duy (white-4) = 3

Sam (white-3) = 30

Eddie (white-2) = 25

Chad (white-2) = 15

Brady (white-1) = 33

Abner (white) = 26

Justin (white) = 23

Caleb (white) = 17

Ryan (white) = 7

Evan (white) = 2

TUESDAY, 21 JULY 2026

In today's small class of me, Eddie, and Justin, we covered some techniques from half-guard.  Eddie and Justin also had two, five-minute rounds.

Tony (purple) = 18

Josh M. (blue-3) = 26

Duy (white-4) = 3

Sam (white-3) = 29

Eddie (white-2) = 25

Chad (white-2) = 14

Brady (white-1) = 33

Abner (white) = 26

Justin (white) = 23

Caleb (white) = 17

Ryan (white) = 7

Evan (white) = 2

SUNDAY, 19 JULY 2026

Today was a training session with Jason,me, and Justin.

Tony (purple) = 18

Josh M. (blue-3) = 26

Duy (white-4) = 3

Sam (white-3) = 29

Eddie (white-2) = 24

Chad (white-2) = 14

Brady (white-1) = 33

Abner (white) = 26

Justin (white) = 22

Caleb (white) = 17

Ryan (white) = 7

Evan (white) = 2

FRIDAY, 17 JULY 2026

Today was a training session with me, Jason, Josh M., Sam, and Chad.  Sam had at least five rounds in, and Chad stayed after I left to abuse Jason for one more round.

Tony (purple) = 18

Josh M. (blue-3) = 26

Duy (white-4) = 3

Sam (white-3) = 29

Eddie (white-2) = 24

Chad (white-2) = 14

Brady (white-1) = 33

Abner (white) = 26

Justin (white) = 21

Caleb (white) = 17

Ryan (white) = 7

Evan (white) = 2

TUESDAY, 14 JULY 2026

Today was a class with me, Chad, Brady, and Justin.  We covered ankle-pick and single leg from the Russian tie-up (opponent used wrist defense) and angle diversion for guard maintenance.

Tony (purple) = 18

Josh M. (blue-3) = 25

Duy (white-4) = 3

Sam (white-3) = 28

Eddie (white-2) = 24

Chad (white-2) = 13

Brady (white-1) = 33

Abner (white) = 26

Justin (white) = 21

Caleb (white) = 17

Ryan (white) = 7

Evan (white) = 2

SUNDAY, 12 JULY 2026

 Today was a training session with me, Tony, and Jason.

Tony (purple) = 18

Josh M. (blue-3) = 25

Duy (white-4) = 3

Sam (white-3) = 28

Eddie (white-2) = 24

Chad (white-2) = 12

Brady (white-1) = 32

Abner (white) = 26

Caleb (white) = 17

Justin (white) = 20

Ryan (white) = 7

Evan (white) = 2

SUNDAY, 5 JULY 2026

Today was a training session with me, Jason, Sam, and Chad.

Tony (purple) = 17

Josh M. (blue-3) = 25

Duy (white-4) = 3

Sam (white-3) = 28

Eddie (white-2) = 24

Chad (white-2) = 12

Brady (white-1) = 32

Abner (white) = 26

Caleb (white) = 17

Justin (white) = 20

Ryan (white) = 7

Evan (white) = 2

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

SATURDAY, 21 MARCH 2026

Duy, Eddie, Chad, and Justin joined in.  We covered the foot drag, Pedro Sauer mount escape, smash pass, and side control escape.

We had three roll sessions.

Tony (purple) = 15

Josh M. (blue-3) = 19

Duy (white-4) = 2

Sam (white-3) = 24

Eddie (white-2) = 22

Chad (white-2) = 6

Brady (white-1) = 27

Abner (white) = 24

Caleb (white) = 16

Justin (white) = 12

Ryan (white) = 6

Evan (white) = 2

FRIDAY, 13 MARCH 2026

Today would have been my paternal grandmother's 94th birthday 🎂.

So, we had a regular class, with cross collar chokes from guard and mount being covered.  We then had four, five-minute rounds.

Tony (purple) = 15

Josh M. (blue-3) = 19

Duy (white-4) = 1

Sam (white-3) = 24

Eddie (white-2) = 21

Chad (white-2) = 5

Brady (white-1) = 27

Abner (white) = 24

Caleb (white) = 16

Justin (white) = 11

Ryan (white) = 6

Evan (white) = 2

SATURDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2026

Today was a scheduled class that everyone except for Duy and Eddie skipped!  Well, those who overslept or decided to "work overtime" missed out on butterfly guard sweeps and live drills to practice those.

https://youtu.be/fWnv7mpl0bM?si=-UjYv6T23EadlAuD

https://youtu.be/yjxsFbGumGU?si=Avh0JdqVTUG6-G75

Tony (purple) = 15

Josh M. (blue-3) = 19

Duy (white-4) = 1

Sam (white-3) = 24

Eddie (white-2) = 21

Chad (white-2) = 5

Brady (white-1) = 26

Abner (white) = 24

Caleb (white) = 16

Justin (white) = 10

Ryan (white) = 5

Evan (white) = 2

THURSDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2026

We covered butterfly guard retention and two sweeps.  Eddie, Chad, and Justin were in attendance.  

Tony (purple) = 15

Josh M. (blue-3) = 19

Duy (white-4) = 0

Sam (white-3) = 24

Eddie (white-2) = 20

Chad (white-2) = 5

Brady (white-1) = 26

Abner (white) = 24

Caleb (white) = 16

Justin (white) = 10

Ryan (white) = 5

Evan (white) = 2

SATURDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 2026

Today was a training session with me, Jason, and Josh. Josh got a really nasty calf cramp during his sixth roll and had to retire for the day.

MONDAY, 19 JANUARY 2026

Guard retention, three sweeps, and roll time with Eddie, Brady, Caleb, and Justin.

Tony (purple) = 15

Josh M. (blue-3) = 18

Duy (white-4) = 0

Sam (white-3) = 24

Eddie (white-2) = 19

Chad (white-2) = 4

Brady (white-1) = 26

Abner (white) = 24

Caleb (white) = 16

Justin (white) = 9

Ryan (white) = 5

Evan (white) = 2

THURSDAY, 8 JANUARY 2026

Today's session was a training session with me, Eddie, Ryan, and Justin.

Tony (purple) = 15

Josh M. (blue-3) = 18

Duy (white-4) = 0

Sam (white-3) = 24

Eddie (white-2) = 18

Chad (white-2) = 4

Brady (white-1) = 25

Abner (white) = 24

Caleb (white) = 15

Justin (white) = 8

Ryan (white) = 5

Evan (white) = 2

SUNDAY, 4 JANUARY 2026

Today was another training session for me, Josh, and Jason.

Tony (purple) = 15

Josh M. (blue-3) = 18

Duy (white-4) = 0

Sam (white-3) = 24

Eddie (white-2) = 17

Chad (white-2) = 4

Brady (white-1) = 25

Abner (white) = 24

Caleb (white) = 15

Justin (white) = 7

Ryan (white) = 4

Evan (white) = 2

SATURDAY, 3 JANUARY 2026

Jason, Josh, and I trained today.

Tony (purple) = 15

Josh M. (blue-3) = 17

Duy (white-4) = 0

Sam (white-3) = 24

Eddie (white-2) = 17

Chad (white-2) = 4

Brady (white-1) = 25

Abner (white) = 24

Caleb (white) = 15

Justin (white) = 7

Ryan (white) = 4

Evan (white) = 2