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I got asked to teach the beginner and kids class at another jiu jitsu school. I have to say "no" for a couple of reasons. One, it would be highly frowned upon where I train currently. Two, I have no idea what is happening to me health wise. Could I really commit to it not knowing what is going to happen to me?

I'm super flattered by the offer and seriously considered it, how often does one get the chance to earn money from jiu jitsu? Not often!!

One of my mountain biking buddies bought himself a trials bike from the UK. He came over and I built it for him yesterday. A bike with no seat! I could have used that last weekend when mine fell off after landing from a big jump. HA!

It was a simple, but interesting bike build. I of course rode it around as well and did a few little tricks for him. I hope he likes riding it and learns some good bike skills. I'm seriously thinking about getting a dirt jump or slope style bike to work on some new riding skills as well.


And circling back to brazilian jiu jitsu, my instructor Andre Galvao just won his weight and the open division at the most prestigious no-gi/submission wrestling tournament in the world, the ADCC. This year it was held in the UK, which had me worried as he told me a funny story about being deported from the UK before, hahaha.

So we all threw him a surprise celebration and birthday party last night. It just goes to show the truth of the axiom, "It pays to be a winner" when he told us he won $50,000 over the weekend.

Training with him and the rest of the Atos team, when I'm able, is just amazing. How often does one get to be with people who are the best in the world at what they do? When I'm healthy I'm able to train at an academy with guys who are multiple world champs at gi and no gi, from blue to black belt. Simply an amazing opportunity.





My experiences over the weekend downhilling at another level and hanging with my jiu jitsu gang has got me pondering what to do.... I haven't been able to train for a year and some with jiu jitsu and I don't know when I'll be able to again. My biking has gone up another level and I'm actually getting close to being "good".

I see my potential at either athletic endeavor, but I really want to focus on just one thing. I want to be really really really good at something. But which one do I choose?