Feelin' Groovy

Been a long time since I've posted so I guess I should bring you up to date on things...

My latest passion is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and I am having a blast with it! The club, kimonogirl, is great, the instructor is wonderful and the fact that it's the only all-women's club in Toronto is even better! Not having to deal with sweaty, testosterone laden guys who believe the UFC is everything and who have a point to prove. (And yes, I know that not all guys are like that and could probably train with women respectfully and with less aggression... however, it's nice not to have to worry about the ones who can't!)

A strength training site I found provides some really awesome exercises, including these kneeling jumps, which I still cannot do, but aspire to achieving one of these days. Of course our intructor, Elliott, does conditioning and strength training with a group called Cross Fit here in Toronto. He often incorporates some of their drills into our training sessions. We all have a love/hate relationship with them... I mean "Do as many sets of 15 burpees, 15 pushups and 15 squats as you can in 5 minutes" is not something you love to hear!! But it works... ;-)

For now I am loving the sport and the training and am working on getting my blue belt. Like other martial arts, a white belt is what you start with and go from there. The blue belt is after white in BJJ, and how long it takes to get it depends entirely on how much effort one puts into training. I train as much as I can!!

If you're in Toronto and want to come see what kimogirl is all about, come on by and check out the classes anytime, or a workshop if there's one scheduled.