Bummed knees, Some Good/Bad News, and Hello Weekend

Stretching is a good thing to do!!! Stretching is an even better thing to do, when you really care to do it.  Stretching for five minutes doesn't cut it.  Stretching for ten minutes, hopefully cuts it.  I'm saying this, because that may be the reason part of my left knee is purple from my Thursday night sparring at Jiu Jitsu.  Gotta have a way to blow off steam after standing for almost seven hours straight -- with ten minute breaks every hour, but that doesn't always help.

Tonight, I then went to my usual place for some sparring with one of the guys that is a blue belt.  Well, I did much better with him on Monday night than I did tonight.  I think I tapped out about ten times, at least.  Finally, towards the end though, I got him in side control, and managed to try out a new choke on him and it really worked well.

Yeah, I lost plenty of times to my boy, but at least I got one good one in.  I'm in some great shape these days, and I'd really love to get a blue belt, but I need a different job to do that.  What I mean is, I need a job that will let me train every day for a few hours. Training two or three times a week for a grand total of five hours doesn't quite cut it, though I've made some good improvements.

Be back in the morning for more!!