PR Power Physique

[Bloodhy]

Road to black #17
Monday
Chinups 10x5
Bike 1h15

Tuesday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Wednesday
Pushups 10x10
Bike 1h15

Thursday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Friday
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

Saturday
Complete Open Mat 1hr

Roman came to our open mat on Friday and we had some good rounds. Then I went to Complete on Saturday with Travis.
Ramping up the training for my next local comp Oct 4th. Still heavily focused on leglocks as that's my A-game, but I'm also starting on the feet to work on my wrestling.

 

[Bloodhy]

Road to black #18
Tuesday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Thursday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Friday
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

Saturday
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

The intensity has ramped up at the gym—a lot more live drilling and live rounds. We have 3 fighters with MMA fights on Oct 3rd, and several grapplers competing on Oct 4th.

 

[Bloodhy]

Road to black #19
Tuesday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Thursday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Friday
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

Saturday
Bike 30 min

On Friday, I drilled competition rounds with my Greco-Roman wrestler friend. We went 5x rounds of 5mins, taking a round off in between. It was the perfect prep for a competition.

I coached the class on Thursday. We covered defensive concepts from Saddle/Cross-Ashi.

 

[Bloodhy]

Road to black #20
Thursday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Saturday
Sub Ace Tournament

Sunday
Lat Pulldowns 7x145, 6x160, 8x175
Chest Press Machine 7x145, 6x160, 15x175
DB Lunges 3x10eax30s
Abs Wheel 3x6,5,5

I won the Sub Ace BELT!!
Got two outside heelhooks to win my two matches in the Brown Belt Absolute.

This is great motivation going into my next, much bigger comp, on Oct 25: ADCC Open Vancouver.

I coached the class on Thursday. We covered defensive concepts from 50/50.

 

[Bloodhy]

Road to black #21
Tuesday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Thursday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Friday
Rowing 30min lvl6 7,000m

Saturday
RDC Nogi 1hr

Sunday
RDC Open Mat 1hr

Visited Kelowna for the long weekend and found this awesome gym focused on No-gi.
One of their older black belt caught me in a straight armbar. I don't tap very often, but that was so slick. He kept the head trapped and reached over to my lat so I couldn't limp arm out.
The next day, I kept a strong posture to prevent it.

 

[Bloodhy]

Road to black #22
Monday
Complete open mat 1hr

Wednesday
Bike 1hr

Thursday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Friday
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

Sunday
Limitless Open Mat 1.5hr

Last hard week of training before the ADCC Vancouver. Feeling super sharp during my rolls.

 

[Bloodhy]

Road to black #23
Tuesday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Thursday
Fresh Factory leglock Class 1.5hr

Saturday
ADCC Open Vancouver

Not the result I wanted. Lost the two matches in my bracket. I was winning the first half of both matches, but there were no points until the second half. I need to go back and work harder to start beating these black belts. I'm almost there; I don't lose these high-level matches by much. It's both frustrating and motivating me to work harder.

At least I won my first match in the absolute with a sick calf slicer. I had the perfect calf slicer from the front, and the guy wouldn't tap. I started cranking at an angle to add pressure to the knee, and he tapped instantly. Back to the gym soon. My next comp is local in 2 weeks, but it's bigger than the last local one I did. There's a bunch of black and brown belts in this one.

 

[Devil's_Advocate]

Road to black #23
Tuesday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Thursday
Fresh Factory leglock Class 1.5hr

Saturday
ADCC Open Vancouver

Not the result I wanted. Lost the two matches in my bracket. I was winning the first half of both matches, but there were no points until the second half. I need to go back and work harder to start beating these black belts. I'm almost there; I don't lose these high-level matches by much. It's both frustrating and motivating me to work harder.

At least I won my first match in the absolute with a sick calf slicer. I had the perfect calf slicer from the front, and the guy wouldn't tap. I started cranking at an angle to add pressure to the knee, and he tapped instantly. Back to the gym soon. My next comp is local in 2 weeks, but it's bigger than the last local one I did. There's a bunch of black and brown belts in this one.

Great job! I know it's a bit disappointing losing on points but it's pretty damn nice to be able to say you could have beat black belts!

 

[Bloodhy]

Road to black #24
Tuesday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Thursday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Friday
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

Saturday
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

Felt super sharp all week. I've been working on Sumi Gaeshis, as that is what I had the most success with at ADCC. I've been easily flipping super-heavies on demand. I'm confident going into this local comp next week, I can't wait.

 

[Bloodhy]

Road to black #25
Tuesday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Thursday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Friday
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

Saturday
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

I didn't end up competing. They had my match scheduled at 9:45pm, AGAIN. The absolute was even later than that. 1-1/2hrs away from town, too. They did the same thing in March. Back then, I complained and they gave me a voucher which I used on this competition. They had the same problem again this time. I'm not a fan of training super late at night; I like to train as early in the day as possible. Also, how is that good for the sport? Which hobbyist is going to compete at 10:00/11:00 pm, 1-1/2hrs away from town? They should split this event into two days: either gi/nogi or kids/adults.

Anyways, I'm not mad, I'm on holidays now finally. I'm teaching two leglock classes next week, super excited. I'll go over calf slicers the first day. They're underrated, I have a lot of success with them. I'll go over toe holds the second day as those are a great counter to leglocks.

Broke up with this girl I had been dating for a year. I'm at peace with that. It was a ton of fun, but that's as far as it was meant to go.

 

[Bloodhy]

Road to black #26
Wednesday
Trap Bar DL 12x315
Lat Pulldowns 14x180
Dips 20xbw+30lbs
Abs Wheel 1x15

Thursday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Friday
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

Saturday
Black Sails Open Mat 1hr

Tuesday was a holiday, so all the BJJ gyms were closed. I checked out this new gym Black Sails. Nice little spot. Exactly what I would try to replicate if/when I get around to opening my own.

 

[Bloodhy]

Road to black #27
Tuesday
Pushups 7x15 (105)
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Wednesday
Bouldering 1.5hr

Thursday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Friday
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

Saturday
Stretching 30 min
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

Sunday
Walk 30 min

Taught two leglock classes this week, first on Calf Slicers and second on Toe Holds. One of the white belts hit a calf slicer at open mat and he was so proud to come and tell me. A lot of guys have been threatening the toe holds to counter leg lock as well, it's great to see it.

 

[Bloodhy]

Road to black #28
Monday
Chest Press 10x205
Lat Pulldowns 10x180
Seated Leg Press 20x290
Abs Wheel 15xbw

Tuesday
10P Flows 30 min
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Wednesday
Lateral Raises 3x20x20
DB Hammer Curls 3x30x20
DB Skulls 3x30x20

Thursday
Stretching 30 min
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Friday
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

Saturday
Stretching 30 min
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

Felt super sharp at the open mat. I started going 30 minutes early to stretch and work on some light drills with whoever else shows up early.

 

[Bloodhy]

Road to black #29
Monday
Pushups 3x30
Goblet Squats 3x30x35
DB Rows 3x30x35s

Tuesday
DB Hammer Curls 1x30x35s
Lateral Raises 1x25x35s
DB Skulls 1x20x35s

Wednesday
Light Jog 4.23km 28:16

Thursday
Stretching 30 min
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Saturday
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

I had to miss a couple of sessions this week due to the office Christmas party and attending a hockey game with a major client.

I'm feeling much better now that I don't have any comps planned. I never realize how much it stresses me out until I'm on break.

 

[Bloodhy]

Road to black #30
Tuesday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Thursday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Friday
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

Saturday
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

Another great week of training. Starting to think about my competition plans for 2026, which areas of my game I should focus on, and how to do so.

 

[Bloodhy]

Road to black #31
Monday
Pushups 3x20
Chinups 4x10
Goblet Squars 3x30x35
Toes to Bar 3x10
Walk 30 min

Tuesday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Wednesday
DB Hammer Curls 1x25eax35s
DB Side Delts 1x40x20s
Abs Wheel 1x20
Belt Rows 3x20
DB SLDL 2x20x55s

Thursday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Friday
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

Road to black #32
Friday
10P Montreal Open Mat

Saturday
3-Riv BJJ Open Mat

Road to black #33 - OFF

Had some really fun open mat during the holidays. Then I got a virus towards the end and couldn't train. Week #34 might also be a week off the way it's going right now. It's all good, my body needs the rest anyway.