Brandon’s definitely getting better at Brazilian Jiujitsu and it’s fun to watch him train with the other kids.
He was able to reverse the other boy’s position and even get the back, he doesn’t know how to do submissions yet (a bit too early for him to do that anyway) just working on the fundamentals.
So today at boxing class Brandon was helping one of the younger kids with his punching and I thought it was rather cute. No gi BJJ was also fun, Brandon wasn’t paying attention during the lesson but during the free rolling he did rather well.
Both boys are more advanced than B so I was surprised he was able to get some decent dominant positions and he fared very well. He’s starting to add technique to his natural wrestling ability and maybe he has some talent here. LOL Brandon hasn’t been that great at sports but he definitely holds his own with kids his size even if they’re like 10 levels higher than him, I’m glad he enjoys it because it’s costing me like $1200 a year for a membership haha.
Before I get to Brandon’s activities, I took this photo while I was walking to my car and thought it looked nice.
Fall is coming and everyday more leaves are changing colours.
Today was a no gi class at Action & Reaction MMA, Brandon didn’t have such a great time last week but this week wasn’t so bad.
Brandon is getting better, you can see him using more technique though he still relies too much on strength and his natural wrestling ability.
So last night I took Brandon to do a kids boxing before his BJJ class and snapped these two pictures that I thought turned out well.
Hehe Brandon looks like the fighter and the other kid the trainer. 🙂
So Monday/Tuesdays Brandon go to Action & Reaction MMA to train Brazilian Jiujitsu and well yesterday the boy got beat up lol. For some reason he took on much bigger kids and well it didn’t turn out too well for him but he learnt a lot and frankly at the beginning you lose a lot more than you win anyway. I didn’t snap any photos last night but I did Monday and he fared much better there lol.
In the first few photos, Brandon is rolling with Sebastian, an 8 year old we know from scouting and Brandon does well because he has like 40 lbs on the other boy lol. On Monday he was practicing with kids more his size so I guess he wanted a bigger challenge. I’m going to move Kumon around so we can attend the boxing and no gi BJJ classes on Thursdays, he absolutely loves it. 😀
So today was Brandon’s second BJJ class and when I picked him up from school, he was so excited to go so when we got to the club I signed him up. 😀 Let’s try 3 months and go from there, I have a feeling I’ll sign a year contract soon to get a discount lol.
Brandon’s still borrowing a gi from the gym and today he was a lot more aggressive. Yesterday, he was afraid he’d get hurt but today he came out of the shell a bit more and was pretty feisty! We wrestle a lot at while neither of us know what we’re doing he seemed to hold his own pretty well there. Anyway I’m glad he enjoys it, unfortunately I can’t take him to boxing class this Saturday so I can’t report on how that is, I’ll have to say next week.
So last night I brought Brandon to the Action & Reaction gym to learn BJJ, while he was nervous going he had a smile the whole time there which was great. 🙂
When he put the gi on for the first time, he said he felt cool and lol it was really funny to see. I’m glad that he’s enjoying BJJ, we have another class tonight then we do boxing on Saturday. I kind of want to do it too but sigh there’s no time in the schedule but it’s not about me, I’m glad the boy likes it!
I quite enjoy watching Formula 1 racing, I think it’s the pinnacle of motor sports and all the best drivers race there but one team I can’t stand is Redbull racing. With the best car available they won four consecutive world championships (both drivers and constructors between 2010-2013) but since F1’s moved to the new hybrid 1.6L V6 engines, they haven’t been able to compete because their engine partner Renault is behind both Ferrari & Mercedes and they’ve complained about it ever since.
When you look at all the great teams like Maclaren, Williams & Ferrari to name a few, they sometimes went through many years of frustration between championships where they struggled but Redbull has been a bunch of crybabies complaining about everything because they haven’t been able to complete the last two years. Now they’ve extended the 2016 deadline for getting an engine, with the way they’ve publicly dressed Renault down why would anyone else want to supply them…
Red Bull’s future beyond this current season remains uncertain, with no power unit for 2016 after terminating its Renault deal a year early and with Mercedes and Ferrari refusing to supply the Milton Keynes team. Red Bull originally said an engine decision had to be made by the end of October before it decided whether or not to follow through with its numerous threats to quit, but Mateshitz has extended this now the original deadline has passed.
Source: ESPN F1
F1 will be just fine if Redbull pulls out and it shows that this team is just a bunch of sore losers. Get over yourself, you can’t always win and it’s how one deals with adversity that shows how tough they are.
I’m not a huge fan of North American football but I usually do watch the Super Bowl and all I could think of last night was…
I usually don’t feel sympathy for the millionaire players but yeah last night I did.
Brandon’s cough did not get any better during the week so Maggie and I brought him to the walk in clinic next door this morning. While we were waiting for the doctor, this other baby girl who was ~14 months old kept walking over to Brandon and tried to kiss him and this happened at least 3 to 4 times. One of the funniest/cutest things I have ever seen, it’s too bad he was sick so we kept her away from him so he doesn’t infect her.
The doctor prescribed some antibiotics but said it may not work if he has a viral infection. Brandon just has to tough it out and get through it himself and man I tell you he’s very sad right now. In the afternoon with Maggie out, we both took a nap on the living room sofa and I have to say I rather enjoyed that. 🙂
Back in December I accepted CBC’s invitation to go see a Leafs game in their private box to see last night’s game and man I have to say it was rather cool! It’s the first time I’ve been in a private box and lol, I don’t know if I can watch a game live in regular seats anymore. Unfortunately as I was passing through security the guards informed me that my camera lens was too long (they do not allow lenses longer than 75mm for some stupid reason) and I had to give my camera to client services which really sucked because I wanted to take a lot of pictures. Ended up using my Blackberry and well I made the best out of a bad situation.
Pretty cool eh? 😀 Too bad the Leafs sucked but yeah Colin is in the big leagues now…
