This is the first post of my new Brazilian Ju Jitsu blog, I've tried writing other BJJ blogs before but never really kept them going. But there is no harm in starting again.
The reason I've called this blog Blue Belt Tales is because I am a blue belt and this blog will be about my training and BJJ in general. I also think it'll be a long time before I get my purple belt, so the title Blue Belt Tales should be suitable for a while.
Not only am I a blue belt, but I'm also forty and training with people who are usually at least 10 years younger than me has it's problems. So I'll probably be writing about that as well.
I've been training in BJJ for about 3+ years now, I'm not sure of the exact date as the club I train at is/was originally a Jeet Kune Do club that brought in aspects of BJJ into the training. This slowly grew and as my instructor went up through the belts we, as a club did more and more BJJ.
Eventually I received my black belt in Jeet Kune Do and then I decided that I was enjoying the BJJ so much and wanted to get better at it that I decided to concentrate on the BJJ. My club also started to have just BJJ lessons (both Gi and No-Gi).
Now I train in BJJ about 6 hours a week, two sessions at my club and one session at a training partners house, he's just converted his garage to a small matted training area (something I think all people who train in BJJ think about doing).
I'm not a massive competitor, I was recently training for a competition and broke my foot (by a crazy white belt). This did make me think if I had broken something else, like my hand then I couldn't work and as I work for myself there is that risk that a training injury could cost me more than just a couple of days training.
So hopefully I keep writing this blog, probably posts about techniques for me to remember them and make sure I understand them.
