life, kids, and brazilian jiu jitsu » BJJ http://johnrossmckay.com/wordpress Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Parenting Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:02:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Went to Jits last night http://johnrossmckay.com/wordpress/bjj/went-to-jits-last-night/ http://johnrossmckay.com/wordpress/bjj/went-to-jits-last-night/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:02:38 +0000 admin http://johnrossmckay.com/wordpress/?p=1627 …….with my son.  A lesson on escaping quarter bottom.  Then he rolled in open mat and I sat on the sidelines.  No use making a bad shoulder worse.

It is good to be in the gym.

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Rode my bike to work again today.  Almost 3hrs in the saddle.

Will pass on BJJ tonight.  I am tired and my shoulder doesn’t need to be tweaked.  We ARE going tomorrow.

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Tyler was teaching tonight.  Armbars from guard.  Some easy, some pretty tricky.  Aidan took it easy on me.  He’s grown again.

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It actually might have, sort have, could have felt a bit better today.  Ellen used ultrasound, stretched it out and then did some acupuncture.  My first time ever.  Four needles.  One at the wrist, one at the fore arm and two in the shoulder.

I’d tell you if it felt better but Ellen taped it up again so it’s hard to tell.

Onward…

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Daily musings, such as they are will be moved here.

Last night at Martial Arts Planet I watched Aidan work on side control in the No-Gi class.  A transition to harvesting the near side arm.  I spent most of the class on the side lines stretching and gently manipulating my shoulder.

Tonight, hopefully some in-line skating.  I go back to physio on Thursday.  No appreciable improvement so far.

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]]> http://johnrossmckay.com/wordpress/bjj/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/feed/ 0 Shoulder physio started today – I am John McKay’s pissed off demeanor http://johnrossmckay.com/wordpress/bjj/shoulder-physio-started-today-i-am-john-mckays-pissed-off-demeanor/ http://johnrossmckay.com/wordpress/bjj/shoulder-physio-started-today-i-am-john-mckays-pissed-off-demeanor/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 23:38:23 +0000 admin http://johnrossmckay.com/wordpress/?p=1340 The head of the humerus on my right side is rubbing on the socket.  The physiotherapist at the Kingston Downtown Physiotherapy clinic gave me some exercises to do with my arm supported, some stretches, and they taped the shoulder to try and get the re-alignment started.  I go back Tuesday to get re-evaluated.   Chris Wellstood had some success with his shoulder at this clinic so I’m keeping my fingers (that still have some functionality) crossed.  Kidding.  Everything has healed on my hand albeit a bit crooked.   Battle scars.

I want to be back on the BJJ mats as soon as possible but everyone is counselling patience.  Yeah…When have I ever been patient?

Stopped by and picked up Annette from work for Starbucks before heading home.  She had yoga so we had a quick latte.

Home now with a massive pile of laundry to fold.  Then Aidan and I are going to play a little guitar then some “Reach Invasion” with Liam.

Want to run but I’m afraid all that sweat will peel off the shoulder tape so will take another rest (shite!) day.

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Was at work ’til after midnight last night. Hmmmmm

Grabbed groceries on the way home. I can’t believe I buy groceries at Walmart now. Aidan lost his mouthpiece so we were late getting on the road to class

Tonight we went over hip bumps, guillotine chokes and kimuras at Martial Arts Planet. Tyler was teaching. It is “bring a friend to class week” so Annette came to see what it is Aidan and I do three nights a week. Cool. Laura was there watching us practice the very same move that broke her big toe this week.

Aidan rolled with Tyler and I rolled with a very focused Sheldon. He showed me a double leg pin to get past butterfly guard. I let him drill some things because I learn just watching him work the bugs out of techniques. Then we rolled. He’s smooth and I tapped lots. Did I mention he just got his blue belt? Oh yeah he showed me a cool way to get to an arm bar from side control that I’ll try with Aidan tomorrow.

THEN, we got stuck in the construction on the causeway. Got home had dinner. Now in bed with an icepack and a crick in my neck from typing.

Tomorrow is FRIDAY.

Hasta la vista week from hell.

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It took a lot of will power, that I didn’t know I had, to get ready for the tournament.  I didn’t expect to be quite so nervous either.

So now what?  I enjoy the classes, the rolling, the challenge.  I admire the people who go hard and work at it.  So now what?

I am older than most BJJ students.  I’ll be 47 in July.   Some days I feel like I am invincible.  Strong, lean.   Other times, broken and sore.

Thing is…I’m going to stay with it.   Against all good sense.   It takes a long time to get a blue belt.  And there is no Master’s class after white.  I’ll need to work twice as hard and 5 times as smart to compete with the younger guys.  It takes even longer to get purple.  I don’t know whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing that I latch onto things and then go after them like I do.

Discipline and curiosity.  It’s what I do.

……….Time for a workout.  All things being equal, and at my age they are not, one needs to have a really meaningful strength to weight ratio.

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