New Adventure

Howdy folks! So I am a mere three hours away from fulfilling a 10-year dream. When I was 15 or 16 I saw my first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fight between one of the Gracie family masters and some other guy (who cares). The match was almost 15 minutes long and there was hardly any movement. The Gracie guy wrapped himself around this other dude and held on like a freaking python. I couldn't take my eyes off it! In that moment I promised myself that I would try this some day. And that day has finally come! I finally feel good enough, am in good enough shape, and have enough time and money (although it's not all that expensive) to indulge this fantasy.

I have joined KCBJJ  (Kansas City Brazilian Jiu Jitsu)and will be training with black belt instructor Jason Bircher. I'm starting with the Foundations class and am anxiously awaiting being black and blue tomorrow when I wake up. I'm totally thrilled and am just going to be keeping this blog as a record of how it goes.

Takin' it to the Line!

My new duds. And Mister, wondering why the heck I'm posing like a complete dork and not feeding him.