Recent Blog Posts
NEW SITE UP AND RUNNING
The new JimmyDean101 site is up and running at www.jimmydean101.com . I will no longer be posting anything here.
Category: BJJ Gear and Stuff Reviews, Book Reviews, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu / Muay Thai, C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Fitness, How to build a grappling dummy, Just the Random Stuff, MTB, Qt, Snowboarding, Technique, Technology
Site URL changing soon
I’m going to be changing this blog from jimmydean101.com/blog to jimmydean101.com . Yup, huge ass change. I’ll post when the change has occurred, and this site will remain as is but I will not be updating this one any longer.
Category: Just the Random Stuff
BJJ And Training For The Real World
Yesterday I came across the following YouTube video posted by Lloyd Irvin about sport BJJ vs BJJ self defense vs other martial arts vs real world situations: To summarize ( this is my take, you should watch the whole thing and make your own ) Mr. Irvin, he believes there is no single martial art [...]
Category: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu / Muay Thai, Technique
31.2% Body Fat…. WTF???
A couple days ago I went and had a body composition measurement done using a Bod Pod . It is supposedly the most accurate system out there. I’ve had it done twice before, with the last experience over 12 months ago. Back then I was surprised by 28% body fat even though I’d been doing [...]
Category: Fitness
Personal trainer making a world of difference in my BJJ
I had to take about 2 months off this year from for a neck injury I sustained while training BJJ. Once I came back, I was able to train for about 15 minutes total before I would have to stop completely, and at times lay prone to keep from throwing up. I began seeing a [...]
Category: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu / Muay Thai, Just the Random Stuff
Gorilla Fight Gear Hitman Gi Review Part 3
The gi got some shrinkage from the warm/cold wash cycle, but fortunately it wasn’t enough to compromise my movement. Both the pant legs and the arms in the top are now about an inch shorter in length. The width in the shoulders didn’t seem to change much fortunately, although the front does not fold over [...]
Category: BJJ Gear and Stuff Reviews
Gorilla Fight Gear Hitman Gi Review Part 2
The opportunity presented itself this morning for the first use of my Hitman gi. I hadn’t yet washed it, so it still was in it’s out-of-the-package new-gi smelling state. For looks, it was definitely commented on the moment I walked on the mat. This gi isn’t very ‘blingy’, but construction wise it is well put [...]
Category: BJJ Gear and Stuff Reviews
Why study Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu if you never get in a fight?
I got asked recently, ‘What if after all this time you’ve spent learning Brazilian Jiu Jitsu you never get into another fight? Won’t it all be a waste?’. This is exactly what I hope happens, because I’ve studied Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Category: Just the Random Stuff
Gorilla Fight Gear Hitman Gi Review Part 1
As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, I wear volleyball knee pads for BJJ training. I had briefly quit using them while I was conditioning through CrossFit. I had made significant improvement in the strength of my knees, but in the end I decided it was better to be safe than sorry. These bulky knee [...]
Category: BJJ Gear and Stuff Reviews
Having a daughter in BJJ
My daughter is still young and has a track record of quitting activities early on. After dropping gymnastics and ballet,I’ve hesitated dumping more money on her interests until she is older. I’d taken her to a BJJ class to try it out a couple years ago. I think she got choked once, and that was the end [...]
Category: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu / Muay Thai
