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 [...]
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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
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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 [...]
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
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. [...]
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 [...]
This morning, I woke up bright and early to go drill my competition game plan for this saturdays event. I called up my training partner and he told me he was coming down with a cold but he can still make it. I told him to stay home and I’ll figure out a different way [...]
Competition Day 3
Posted: 7th April 2010 by RomeZa in How To Train BJJ, Life of Rome Za, NutritionTags: competition, Naga, Rome Za
Another night of really good sleep! god bless… Breakfast: 2 egg omelette with cheese and 2 pieces of whole wheat french toast, washed it down with a freshly squeezed apple, carrot, and beet juice. For a Snack I ate an apple. Lunch: was stir fried cauliflowers, broccoli and some grilled chicken. Some green tea to [...]
Competition day 2
Posted: 6th April 2010 by RomeZa in How To Train BJJ, Life of Rome Za, NutritionTags: competition, Naga, Rome Za
Today I woke up from an amazing nights sleep and studied a little bit more for my nutrition exam. For breakfast I ate a multi grain bagel with olive cream cheese and a cup of tea with a fiber supplement. Coming into the exam feeling good, I finished pretty early and headed back home to [...]
Relationship Promises
Posted: 5th April 2010 by RomeZa in Life of Rome Za, Methods of Living, UncategorizedTags: ego, promises, Rome Za
My whole life I have been a reactant type of person. Every time I didn’t like something that was said or done, I reacted, usually winding up in the other person unhappiness which if they were dear to me in turn lead to me being unhappy. Even though I am reactant/explosive, I want everyone including [...]