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Off the Face of the Planet

Wow. Where’d the week go? I was so busy this past week, I didn’t even realize I hadn’t been writing here until Thursday night. I made it to class on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Let’s see what I can still recall. I’m just going to throw my bits of memory out there, I have no idea what happened on what day.

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“Wear It In Silence, or I’ll Honor You Again!”

I’m a busy guy. I can’t always get the posts done before I go to sleep, much less before 12AM the next day. So here’s another post that’s technically a day late, if you want to be like that. This is for Wednesday, June 1st:

One of my usual partners is a big guy. He’s told me before (only half-joking, I think) that no one else wants to roll with him. It’s not that he’s mean or rude or anything. On the contrary, I think he’s a great guy. He’s just… well, big. And quite strong. So when you take a big guy and put him into a BJJ class with limited knowledge, it’s somewhat expected that he’s going to throw his weight (and probably his partner) around. And so begins tonight’s tale.

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