Turkey Space

It's remarkable how I could go from complaining about working and running around with work too much, to now complaining about sitting on my ass. I can't believe how stressful this is. Without getting into any details, if you're out of the loop, I was let go by Sleepy's in what I believe to be a wrongful termination of employment. I'm following it up, and doing my best, but it's making me crazy. I put a lot into that job and the way it's come to an end really bothers me.

What's worse, is that I'… Continue

So I've got my training schedule together for Sleepy's (sorta). I'm going to be in Maryland and away from Balance (with the exception of Sundays, probably) for 3-5 weeks. It's going to be an interesting transition. While I'm there, it'll be fun - I should get quite a few opportunities to train with the Baltimore guys and the Loyd Irvin crew, so I'm actually pretty excited. It'll be good to train with Lee after he gets his much deserved brown belt and hopefully get some new guard and leglock tips… Continue

I just read a post questioning the ability for one to develop mental toughness on NHBGEAR's forum and it got me thinking.

Mental toughness is something that I value in competition as much as technique. BJJ, submission grappling, wrestling, MMA, judo etc are all sports that can be won in the last seconds with a submission, knockout, pin, throw, etc. The willingness to stay game and maintain the necessary mentality despite hardship throughout a match is what makes victory a possibility at any poi… Continue

My life up to this point has been so largely dictated by school and staying afloat that I'd hardly given thought to what it is that I really want to do with my life after I'd realized that academia was no place for me. Now having cleared that burden (with the exception of some procedural nonsense I plan on tending to as soon as I can settle a little bit), it's becoming more and more evident what I really want. I really want to make a career out of grappling/BJJ/MMA/etc. It's remarkable what the… Continue

Wow. It's 3:24 AM and I'm nowhere near sleeping. I tend to only work well at night and man, do I ever have a ton to do. Oddly enough, it seems like that's just the beginning of what's on my mind...

I've seen some crazy transitions in my life. I had a bit of a crazy home life growing up. I had a crazy situation at home for the first several years of college when my mom decided that she needed to change some things and needed to see the inside of a classroom again, as well. It was hard. Sometimes… Continue