As I'm still pretty busy with studying to expand my knowledge base in web design, as well as spending time with my family and enjoying my influx of new stuff from the above mentioned festive period, I am content to update this page as a knowledge base for the time being. I am happy with this style at the moment although I can't imagine it's amazingly interesting to others. In the future I have plans to change the blog to a different style but for the here and now this suits my purpose.
I'll also apologise to people who do follow it (I know there are a couple of you ) for not updating recently but I'm going to do a job lot run down of my last month pretty soon.
While I've got a bit of wind in my sails though I thought I'd tell you about my recent Bjj related gift haul. This year I didn't request any clear cut technique books as, quite frankly, I have them coming out of my ass. I literally have more technique books than I can possibly learn from properly in a year of Jiu Jitsu. So instead this year I went for books on Bjj with a more literary bent. Firstly was the highly recommended Bjj Globetrotter. This has quickly become the book the most Jiu Jitsu enthusiasts should of read. A guys 140 day trip around the world to train Bjj in as many places as possible. This could well be a dream come true. A lot of us Jiu Jiteiros would love this opportunity to train across the world with loads of different clubs and characters in this art we love. But with life, money worries, a lack of courage, most of us don't have the balls to take that trip. If I won the lottery tomorrow I would convince my wife and kids to travel the world like this guys has done, visiting a different club at every destination. That'd be sooo cool. But alas, that will never happen so I'll just read the book about someone who did it.
Next up was a copy of "Don't Wear Your Gi to The Bar and Other Jiu Jitsu Life Lessons" and I have already read and finished this one. It's quite an amusing little book with some funny stuff put in with some important Jiu Jitsu Does and Don'ts. Lot's of stuff in there from Personal Hygiene to Rolling with the Class Spaz, all written in an anecdotal style for a few giggles. A decent book to read on the bog or in the bath if ever I read one.
The last book I received was a copy of Zen Jiu Jitsu, Beyond Rolling. The 30 Day Program to Improve Your Game 1000%. This one also wins the award for the longest book title in my collection. The general premise of this one is that the author, Oliver Staark (a self confessed pseudonym as the author wanted to remain anonymous), challenges you to follow his program for 30 days and is completely convinced your Bjj game will improve. I'm only one chapter in on this so I'll do a bit more of a type up on this when I know more about it and have maybe even tried it out.
My only other gift for the day that does not get mentioned in January was another gum shield, to replace my nearly worn away, old Shock Doctor Max. My new one, a Shock Doctor Gel Max in Orange. Perfect :0). Thanks Mum. If I had to recommend a gum shield to anyone this would definitely be it. easy and straight forward to fit, looks cool and comes with a sleek little case for hygienic transportation. Awesome.
But that's not all!! I also took the liberty of pre-ordering myself a brand new Gi. The most recent offering from Strike Fighterwear is the Crowd Control 2.0. This gi, like the last version, has had every major decision of it's manufacture chosen by the companies fans on social media. I personally tried to by involved in this process pretty much every step of the way and was pleasantly surprised when most of my choices matched those that were chosen. This encouraged me to plump for the extremely reasonable pre-order price of £55. I was really tempted to go for the £100 for both variants offer as Strike Fightwear also offer for pre-order as limited edition, the second best option, which was a sweet Blue and Orange variant. I elected to go with the black and blue that I feel I helped pick though. I can't wait for this to land on my door step (hopefully toward the end of January).
So that was it guys. My year end gift haul and I feel pretty damn chuffed with that little lot. I've still got a lot of books to read without drowning in technical knowledge. My gum shields (along with my belt) are probably my most consistently used piece of Bjj paraphernalia and I'll always want new Gi's!!
Happy New Year Guys. I'll start typing up all these technique write ups now ¬m/
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