Hey are you still around?
How do you go about donating in the UK? I was on the anthony Nolan register before but I'm aging out of the donation age group
I now look like you and Mitchell hahahaha
Unrelated but my first child was born yesterday morning. I instantly love them
I wouldn't think too hard on the guy who didn't want to train with that girl - good training partners can be strange. There are certain people...
Like most the young people that joined MAP, I had some weird notions about the world. I joined MAP at 18, I'm about to turn 32. Slip and Hannibal...
I have a new training list: Stay safe Have fun Learn Get as many reps as possible
I 100% agree It gets into a more political conversation and a conversation about how amateurist pursuits are only really available to the middle...
Singling out the USA because OP is from the USA and has been pushing his kids on this site for years to "be the best" and they all end up quitting...
Congrats on the brownbelt by the way. To prove my point: why do you still do jiu jitsu? I imagine its because you enjoy developing your own...
There are 2 types of clubs: filters and forges. - A filter club filters out those who aren't able to handle their training methodology. - A forge...
Oh boy. I didn't go to the tsuppari class. My first and only opponent gave a good open palm uppercut to my nose at the tachi ai which immediately...
So I did my first sumo class. I like how technical sumo is and how the simpler ruleset really allows focus on specific gripping, head and foot...
Definitely get some rounds in! Also mature students tend to do better (more focused, determined and better at reaching out for help) than younger...
@hewho - are you doing a masters? Which uni will you be attending? I live in Glasgow so Glasgow. Pros: - I live here, IRL MAP meet! Occasionally...
I love rope sumo too! Its the most exciting part. Snatching a victory from the jaws of defeat.
Hokutoryu Ju-jutsu is a gendai and not Japanese jiu jitsu - its Finnish jiu jitsu. A big part of pressure testing is testing against people not...
You would be willing to relocate within Europe or the UK to do a hawaiian martial art? I understand the feeling of wanting to give it your all...
Oh, to speak of training. My wrestling coach has been working Greco-Roman a lot with lots of chest to chest contact, so I was practicing them...
Those underhook pull down throws are really beautiful wrestling. It doesn't seem like there is any phenoms at the moment in sumo :(
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