2 days later I was off teaching 3 days a week and slowly getting my strength back to start training as well. I have had close to 80 students in total come through those doors to train with me in these short 10 months of training. About 30 of them stayed and now I have a solid foundation of awesome students that I look forward to training EVERYDAY!

I came back to CLOCKWORK BJJ to train with my coach Josh Griffiths and have trained with a bunch of other black belts along the way. It has been an amazing journey. But this journey has a new path that it is taking.  We are starting construction on our new location for On My Grind MMA. We will have a full 6-7 days of classes and our program will include No Gi Grappling, Gi Brazilian jiu jitsu, Strength and Conditioning, Striking, Womens bootcamp and eventually kids classes!

Our new location will be almost 3000 square feet and will have close to 2000 square feet of mat space. It will be a dream come true… FOR ME AT LEAST and hopefully for you too! We will be the BROOKLYN BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU I always wanted!

CANT WAIT TO OPEN UP! the projected date is the First week of JULY!

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu not only give you the skills to diffuse a confrontation physically but it gives you the confidence and swagger to let the person know that your not one to be messing with.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has saved many people on the streets and in combat situations. I read a story about a kid who saved his sister from a rabid dog by using a Rear Naked Choke to make the dog pass out and leave his sister alone.

Recently there was also a story about a police officer being saved by a BJJ instructor from a criminal that was completely overwhelming the offer with punches and kicks on the ground.

Those are just some of the recent occurrences that made the news, but think about all of the situations that people prevent in their usual lives that aren’t reported to the authorities. Kids preventing their own bullying, women stopping rape, men protecting their women, and the possibilities are endless.
So guys don’t be shy come check out a beginner class at your local Brazilian jiu jitsu gym, or mixed martial arts studio.

If you are in the Brooklyn area come check out http://www.omgmma.com

I always wanted to train BJJ in Brooklyn and I figured a lot of other people would too… This program was a dream come true for me, because I know it will change peoples lives and make them better! I knew something was missing though,  So I also made Muay Thai in Brooklyn !

One of those was completely cut out of my life for the time being because I wasn’t able to grapple. So I went to my acupuncturist and good friend Paul and He recommended a chinese herb to use on the injury to help expedite the process the better.

Usually when someone get an injury the magnitude of mine, it requires surgery, but 1 month after it happened my shoulder is about 85% back to normal and the range of motion is fully there. How did I do it?  It was actually very simple after you figure out what you have to do. Its a program just like any workout program but it had some key factors that could not be ignored, they had nothing to do with exercise.

All I am saying here is that its totally possible to heal up a almost fully torn ligament without surgery, using exercises and homeopathic medicines. Stay tuned, I will release a How-To-Guide for rehabbing these pesky and time consuming injuries.

I have been training a lot but I haven’t figured out what I really want to accomplish from this training and competing.

With BJJ I want to get my Black Belt and have a school with 300+ students.
I want my gym to have 100+ students in the first 2 years.

With Nursing I want to get my BSN, then work for a year and get my NP license. Then I want to work in a private office or manage a private office.

These are my end goals.

My supplements include:

Zinc for immune function

Cayenne pepper for blood flow

Glucosamine for my joints

Fish oil for my healthy fats

Alive Multivitamin for a balanced intake of vitamins and minerals

Whey Protein for recovery

L Glutamine for anti catabolic affects

and that basically my list of supplements that I take so far.

I decided to take a step back and start rehabbing and prehabing areas that need it. I started doing special rehab circuits for my shoulders, and the pain started dimishing almost instantaneously. For my hands was a little bit harder because at first I couldn’t figure out what hurt. Eventually I figured out it was my metacarpals and they hurt because my grips were strong making my flexor digitorum very strong. Yet even though my grips were strong I was totally neglecting the other side of the my hand/forearm called the extensor digitorum. I have been strengthening it for 1 day so far and the hands are already feel better.

I kept pre-habbing my neck and foot and started this new workout routine that I will share later when I start seeing progress… Cant wait to get back into training!

So I sign up to a different class that is on Mondays-Thursdays, and I missed 16 class hours already, and to add to the excitement I have an exam on tuesday for lab practical and a classroom exam on wednesday. I just finished the second exam as I am writing this and I think I did great. I sacrificed the weekend but came in pretty prepared for this stuff.

Yesterday were promotions, congratulations to all the new blue and purple belts in the school, and Mr Vin for getting his brown. On the training aspect of life, I am training 5 days a week and 2 days of strength and conditioning. Right now I am feeling great about this, so this will keep up. With the help of my good friend and strength and conditioning Advisor Hollywood Dalid, I formed a program to last me for the next 4-6 weeks. Then I will assess my gains, and we will create a new one. I would like to compete at least twice a month after summer school is over.

Talk to you soon guys!

I realized yesterday that I am not competing or even training at my capacity, if their even is such a thing and I need to pull myself together and just make my dreams come true instead of waiting for it to happen. I want many things in my future, but the dreams that are pertaining to BJJ are simple. I want to win a lot of titles, I want to have my black belt, I want to win at a black belt level. I want to own a school, with 500 students in more than 1 location. For me to reach these goals, I will need to put in a lot of effort and I am totally willing to do it.

Last few days training have been eye opening and mind blowing. I will continue to learn at this pace for as long as I can. I am very “on fire” for learning and making things happen right now. =]