It has been exactly 1 week since I have trained, I feel as if it has affected my moods, which in turn affected my relationships. I feel with my lack of spice in my usual conversations it has led to the people around me to be in worse moods. Not only have I not been [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Missing Training
Posted: 30th April 2010 by RomeZa in UncategorizedTags: BJJ, Program, Rome Za, Strength and Conditioning
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Julius Caesars First Night/Bite
Posted: 28th April 2010 by RomeZa in Life of Rome Za, UncategorizedTags: bite, Crate training, first night, Julius Caesar, Rome Za
Julius slept in my undone apartment on his first night. With him in that apartment slept my parents. I told them that he will be loud in the crate but ever since we brought him home, my father thought he had no energy to play and he’s going to be a lazy dog.
When they went [...]
Sleepless Week
Posted: 26th April 2010 by RomeZa in UncategorizedTags: car accident, cranberry concoction, Immunity, sick, Sleepless
Starting from last Friday, I have been sleeping 5-6 hours a week. This has been caused by circumstances that were out of my control. This lack of sleep, plus the addition of a strength and conditioning program really did me in. I woke up on Sunday morning feeling really shitty… Now its time to start [...]
Back on the Grind
Posted: 23rd April 2010 by RomeZa in UncategorizedTags: BJJ, competition, Rome Za, Training
Last few months I have been neglecting the competition aspect of my training. I was focused on my game but I wasn’t focused on issues that I needed to resolve to become an amazing competitor.
1. Working takedowns
2. I have been working on all my bad positions, and now even more so
3.Strength and conditioning
4.Rolling with a [...]
What I learned this weekend at this course for living was a few main points. The most important one that stuck out to me is about being a great listener.
“To be interested is more important than being interesting”.
My whole life I’ve heard about people talking about being interesting, but what I never heard was that [...]
Celebration
Posted: 13th April 2010 by RomeZa in Life Altering Events, Life of Rome ZaTags: BJJ, Celebration, competition, Naga, Rome Za
I have never really celebrated after winning a tournament because none of the wins felt like they were enough for me. The first tournament I ever did was exactly 2 years ago on Saturday when I competed in the Naga worlds. This Saturday marked 2 years as an active competitor in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and [...]
Sore Body
Posted: 12th April 2010 by RomeZa in Competition Footage, How To Train BJJ, Life of Rome Za, Methods of LivingTags: competition, Rest, Rome Za
After this weekends tournament I felt really good. That same evening, I did some more working out and then went to sleep. When I woke up, the real soreness kicked in. My whole back was sore, but that was normal, what wasn’t normal for me was how sore my hips were. It hurts to walk, [...]
Naga Worlds Videos
Posted: 12th April 2010 by RomeZa in Competition Footage, How To Train BJJTags: competition, Expert, Naga, Rome Za, under 130
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This is the finals against Steve Lin (Black Belt)
Naga Worlds
Posted: 11th April 2010 by RomeZa in Competition Footage, Life of Rome ZaTags: competition, Naga, Rome Za
So on Saturday I competed at the Naga Worlds, I fought in the expert under 130 mens no-Gi division along with the lightweight Gi Purple belt division.
I took home the title for the expert division, fighting a very game black belt in the finals and took 2nd in the purple belt Light weight division. Overall [...]
EGO and an Athletes Progress
Posted: 8th April 2010 by RomeZa in How To Train BJJ, Life Altering Events, Life Changing Experiences, Life of Rome ZaTags: inspiration, Rome Za, Training
Even though people, including myself, say to keep your ego off the mat, it’s not always going to happen ideally. On Monday I came in to training and rolled with a bunch of purple belts. I didn’t dominate like I’m used to and my EGO just turned on and I couldn’t get out of my [...]