I’m very excited to talk about a new project that I’ve been working on. It’s called Bjj Gear Junkie. Right now it is just a Youtube channel, but the actual web design phase has begun! So let me tell you a bit about the project.

Whenever I am looking to buy a gi or any brazilian jiu jitsu gear, I’m always hesitant because I’m forced to buy it online. I think there are only a handful of actual stores across the US that you can walk in and physically touch these products. I try and search around the web for reviews or videos, but hardly find any that really make me confident in my purchase. So I decided to make a website that will be the leading place for people to go to read and watch reviews on the products and gear before they buy them.

There will also be a user submitted video gallery featuring videos of jiu jitsu. This will help people browse by category to find the cool vids without having to sift through all the junk that is currently on youtube. I look forward to this part especially because I think it will be cool for people to see their video of a competition match featured on the homepage and in the gallery.

So thats the skinny on the new project. Please check out the youtube channel, like it on facebook and follow on twitter – @bjjgearjunkie

Once the website goes live you will be able to find it at www.bjjgearjunkies.com.

If you would like to see any bjj gear reviewed shoot me an email at info@bjjgearjunkie.com

There is a saying often used in life, “go with the flow”. Basically when you stop and think about it, it boils down to not getting hung up on the small things you can’t control. Just kick back and enjoy the journey no matter where it takes you.

This is what I have been trying to do for this past year really. Life on and off the mats has been crazy in 2010. When I say crazy I mean some good and some bad, but that is life and you have to go with the flow. Since this is a BJJ blog I’m not going to bore you with the off the mat stuff, but let me fill you in on the Jiu Jitsu happenings of 2010. First of all I have stepped into a teaching roll with my girlfriend Bri who I often post about. We continue to help carry the Foundry flag with all of our team mates. At first I thought maybe teaching would take away from my learning progress, but I think at this point I can say that it hasn’t. Having to prepare class and research moves 4 days a week forces you to constantly think about Jiu Jitsu. I think always thinking about Jiu Jitsu makes you think outside the box and develop your game in areas you normally wouldn’t.

We have coached our team so far at 3 local tournaments this year and The Foundry represented well at all of them. This is a great feeling, when you teach someone how to do something and then see them apply it, and then see how happy they are. That is such an amazing feeling. Here are the highlight videos from two of the 3 events. The Freestyle Grappling Open and the Maine Skirmish. Enjoy!

Oh yeah, and I got my purple belt last night