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Default 05-01-2014, 03:28 PM

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How do you fit that all in?

I take it you train all that under one roof at an MMA place, like Judo 6-7, Boxing 7-8?
I've been training since I was 13. I started with Judo and a bit of BJJ. After I got my BB in Judo when I was 17 I moved to a different area and took up Boxing at the local ABC. I boxed til I was 19 then had a few years of drink, drugs and the like. I got back into BJJ when I was 22 and have kept that up for the last 4.5 years. 3 years ago I started MMA and Thai. I no longer train formally in all those areas. The only formal classes I do are MMA, Boxing & BJJ. I train the rest of the arts at open mats. I have a set of keys to my gym and my housemate is my training partner so we go down a lot to just mess around and train whatever we feel, whether that be Wrestling, Judo, Thai or just to fuck around with some crazy moves we've seen in a Bruce Lee movie.

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I really struggle to find time to do my shit. I do Muay Thai Mon, Wen, Sat and JKD Tue, Thurs. That's if I can get to it on time. I also don't have time to go to the gym and go training, especially MT as that's at 6:30 and I finish work at 6:00.
I just make it my priority mate. When I finish work I go straight to training. I pack my bag up the night before put it in the car so it's all set. I'l send my instructor a quick txt explaining I might be late to class from work and I just go, even if I'm fucked and spend the class getting destroyed, It's what I love so I always make sure I do it. On the flip side I get 4 days off at a time so I use this time to smash 2 or 3 sessions a day. I'm quite lucky in that pretty much all my friends are into one form of MA or another so whoever's around we'l get together and train whatever we feel. So long as I'm getting to use my body and move around I'm happy.

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I wish I was rich as fuck and didn't have to work a job like a chump.
I hear ya bro. My goal this year is to generate enough passive income so I can either move abroad to Brazil or Thailand or reduce my hours at work so I have even more time for training. It's what I love to do so I want to spend as much time doing it as possible.

Coincidentally if anyone's in Leeds on March 15th I'l be fighting at Elland Road on a show called Caged Fighters. It's an awesome night out with some great fights on display.
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Default 06-01-2014, 10:57 PM

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Funnily enough (and I dunno if this is true), but I heard BJJ has a reputation in Brazil as a ponces sport as its only rich white westerners or the upper class Brazilians who train in it. As I assume it's expensive to train, plus most people in south america live in absolute poverty.
There is some truth to this man. Because to do BJJ you need a Gi there are a lot of people in Brazil who just cant't afford one. I wouldn't say it's classed as a ponces sport over there as it is a tough sport and with the Gracie's fucking everyone and anyone up on the streets of Rio from back in the day it is legit and respected but it does have the connotation of being associated with the middle class. A popular insult in Brazil is to call someone a Playboy. This is aimed at someone who has had things handed to them and never suffered like someone from the favelas might have, and it's associated a lot with native BJJ practitioners over there.

That being said there has been a lot of community project work over there where BJJ schools run scholarship programs for kids in poor areas. So BJJ is becoming more for everyone, although there is still some disparity and it does have a rep for being something for the middle class. I guess a bit like Rugby Union is over here.
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Default 08-01-2014, 03:01 PM

This video sums up perfectly how I feel about Jiujitsu and Martial Arts in general. How it makes me feel and my thoughts on how it can help yourself and others.

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