http://www.bjjgirl.com Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:48:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been MIA for quite some time now, as I was extremely busy planning my wedding, getting married, and then going on my Honeymoon, but I am happy to say that Vlad and I finally tied the knot!!! We have decided to start trying to have a baby right away, ... http://www.bjjgirl.com/training/taking-a-hiatus-from-bjj It has been quite some time since I updated this page.  I have been so busy with wedding stuff, that I have not even had time to think about this blog.  I am still training.  I have been training for about 4.5 months. Not a lot has changed.  I have lost ... http://www.bjjgirl.com/training/wow-its-been-a-whileand-i-still-suck Yesterday Helio Gracie passed away at the age of 95. Helio Gracie was the inventor of the modern martial art of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.  My thoughts and prayers go out to his family. http://www.bjjgirl.com/training/jiu-jitsu-legend-helio-gracie-dies-at-age-95 ...keeping this blog updated.  Anytime I think about updating the "Things I know" page, I cringe.   I have learned so much in the past 2 months, that I don't even know where to begin to update it.  I don't even think I remember everything.    I will get to it one ... http://www.bjjgirl.com/training/having-a-hard-time No post in a while.  I had a good class yesterday.  I really needed that.  The two classes before were really bad, and I was feeling really down about my ability to do this.  I just could not get anything right. Yesterday was the first time that the warm up did ... http://www.bjjgirl.com/training/one-step-forwardtwo-steps-backand-then-another-one-forward I have been training for a month and a half now.  I feel like I have learned so much, but still don't know anything.  Does that make sense? My cardio is getting better.  My instructor even noticed today.  I feel like it is slowly getting better.  I am no longer ... http://www.bjjgirl.com/gear/15-months Happy New Year! I went to an open mat class on Monday, and it ended up being a pretty bad class.  We had the choice of gi or no gi, so I chose gi.  It started out OK.  Vlad showed me 4 submissions; Rear-Naked choke, Cross-Collar choke, Americana and Kimora.  Then ... http://www.bjjgirl.com/gear/happy-new-year I know this is a couple days late, but I hope everyone had a great Christmas! Not much to report on the training front.  Last class was a stand up class, so more kick boxing.  I feel so out of my element doing it.  But it is great cardio, which is ... http://www.bjjgirl.com/training/happy-holidays Today marked 4 weeks training for me.  It was also the first day that I was allowed to roll!  When the class first started, I was not asked to go with the new students this time.   I was allowed to participate in the actual class! Vlad and I worked ... http://www.bjjgirl.com/training/4-weeks-today Today was the first day since I started, that I felt that I actually made an improvement in my cardio.  The warm up still kicked my ass, but I was able to go longer than I had before.  I really needed this.  It is encouraging.  I was beginning to think ... http://www.bjjgirl.com/training/progress