I haven’t posted up in over a month, too long but it’s all good – Enjoy the read. I have found that the hardest obstacle for me in getting back to doing this blog was my own expectation that I wanted it to be good. My own expectation made me procrastinate actually doing it, I am […]
Read more "Week 38: Re-Start."By Martin McClenaghan Perhaps one of the most feared thing in existence is a loss, losing is shite. Last week I competed and lost my second match at the Irish no gi open, two silly mistakes made during the fight cost me. It’s safe to say that taking it on the chin is easier said […]
Read more "Week 37: One step closer"No Blog post for the last couple of weeks – my apologies just Sundays have been v.busy. Announcement! I got a hoodie made up but I have sent it back to get some other things done to it along with a pair of sweat pants!! So yes hopefully I get a we pair made […]
Read more "Week 36: The cross face & the under hook"Check out the new website I revamped today! http://www.buajiujitsu.com This week in review: A great week is coming to an end with a half an hour left. Looking back I feel like I have accomplished a lot, all positives and life is great again. New students, existing students getting better and my own personal training is developing […]
Read more "Week 35: Time – A Limited Currency."Excuses; Competition two weeks ago and I was zoning out this Sunday, getting away from everything and relaxing this Sunday. These are excuses and I am ok with them, so yeah apologies and back to business. What I have learned recently: So since I have been doing Jiu Jitsu full time essentially I feel […]
Read more "Week 34: Fall forward – Learn from your mistakes"Thoughts this week: I didn’t write a post last week and I feel like it was necessary to not write one. Some weeks you are on top of the world and some weeks you’re not, that’s just the way life is. It is so important that when you are in the low periods that you […]
Read more "Week 33: Being prepared, Taking care and a work in progress."Today’s thoughts – Watch this: I saw this video today and thought that I feel like this about a lot of the friendships that I have, but not about the friendships I have made through Jiu Jitsu/ Martial arts. I connect with the people I train with daily, we go and have coffee and lunch, […]
Read more "Week 32: It’s a social sport."Bua update: Last week I didn’t post, I was extremely busy and didn’t have time to write a blog post. I could have written a post throughout the week but I just didn’t have any motivation to do it. I contemplated if I should continue writing this and trying to make this jiu Jitsu brand. Even […]
Read more "Week 31: Missed a week – New post"IT’S HOT – dAMN hOT! Anyway – Week 30 Week 2 of being unemployed – Status: Still feels weird: So last week I talked about going out on my own and teaching Jiu Jitsu full time. I think I can now say that I have things under control, but there is still a feeling […]
Read more "Week 30!!! – 210 Days"New job, new challenges; In my foresight of how my life would be when I left my job to teach Jiu Jitsu, I pictured my life would be made up of working for myself teaching kids jiu-jitsu, training full time and being able to study psychology in more depth. The first week is over and […]
Read more "Week 29: New job, New challenges"
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