Trumpet Dan!

After I ran the marathon I was back in brads garage after about a week getting back into things. We trained there for another 8 months or so. I was going 4 times a week some weeks and once a week others. It was fun rolling with all the random people that came through the garage. About October of 07 brad told me that the gym was going to move the super tinny gym into a bigger place and that I should go train there because I needed a wider viriety of sparring partners. Brad knows whats best for m… Continue

I went back to the Gracie Academy every other month or so to spar, but it was difficult because I could only really last one match or so because I had terrible cardio. I decided to check out some gyms in my area and see how much I could train just on free passes to various jiu jitsu gyms. I had really no intention of joining… I just wanted to get a little training in. One of the gyms I went to was Ralph Gracie in Placentia. It was a stark contrast to the huge Gracie Academy that had the whole au… Continue

Well...I figured this is as good of time as any to start a blog. Im usually not the blogging type, but none of my friends want to hear about all my jiu jitsu happenings. Most of my friends tolerate my passion but don’t understand it. It’s like that with most niche activities you are passionate about I think. Let’s hope that the bjpenn.com crowd is more willing to lead an ear! I suppose I'll start by giving all the hordes of readers (/sarcasm) some background on myself. I started Jiu-Jitsu in wh… Continue