Pics from NAGA. Submission Grappling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Fun.

I might have mentioned that I was planning to compete in NAGA, which is one of the largest submission grappling tournaments in the States. Well, I ended up taking second in my division (flyweight beginner), which wasn’t so bad for my first tournament. To tell the truth, I was so nervous about it that I [...]

Have I Been Using a WBV "Machine" All Along???

Being that August is drawing to a close, naturally Sairalyn and I start thinking about snowboarding – what else? That we received our ’06-’07 season passes in the mail last week may have played no small role in that. Although she bought a new board last season (the K2 Luna 146), my lovely wife is [...]

Fat is Not To Be Feared – a Dual Perspective.

“To a scientist, there is nothing so tragic on Earth as the sight of a fat man eating a potato.”-Vance Thompson, Eat and Grow Thin, 1914. Let’s preface the vitriol with some valuable information on the link between saturated fats and heart disease. Simply put, there isn’t any. Well, no, that’s a lie. The whole [...]

Does Your Personal Trainer Look the Part?

I have had my share of clients express reservations about working with me for many different reasons over the years: I’m too strict/not strict enough I put too much/too little emphasis on proper nutrition and diet I’m too mean/not mean enough I’m Asian I look like I’m 16 I’m too “Zen” for a real, hardcore [...]