Goal

To stay around 125 lbs for next tournament :)

Breakfast

Cottage Cheese, with: Mango, Strawberries and blue-berries .

One Hard-Boiled egg

and Coffee.

Training is going well. I'm ready to rock!

Next tournament June 22nd! Lets do this.

The Path of The Humble.

"I learned Jiu-Jitsu by being tapped left and right, up and down. I use to come to class knowing that I was going to get tapped 20, 30, 40 times a night by Helio Gracie's sons.

The only thing I could do was put a smile on my face and come back the next day for another 40 times. I was an expert at getting submitted." -8th Degree Master Pedro Sauer

Reorienting Our Motives and Mind

Like everything in life, you want to do things for the right reasons. Tonight after talking with my coach, it came to be known to me that my purpose in doing Jujitsu had be become twisted up. Instead of doing it for the love of it, I became so focused on proving myself and making rank.

Jujitsu can be very tough on a person if your mind and heart are not in the right place. It has brought me to pits of discouragement and wanting to throw in the towel.

But I'll keep going at it, no matter how sloppy I look at times.

I'm gonna do this! 

After The Eddie Bravo Seminar

The Eddie Bravo seminar was pretty cool, this being my third one. I continual learn new things to improve my grappling skills. Eddie is a very down to earth guy. A few other of my team mates got their blue belts today, I was proud to witness it, they've earned it.

As for me, I will do the best I can with what i've got.

-Brandon

PS, here is a picture of Eddie and myself. He is holding a copy of my book "The Emotional Struggle".

An Awesome Feeling

Master Eddie Bravo, founder of 10th Planet Jujitsu, told me that I looked great on the mats tonight. That truly gave me a boost.

Seminar tomorrow!