Stockholm BJJ Open Prep

So here are a couple pics of where we train. It isn't anything special. It's not big. But it's perfectly adequate and really there isn't anything else that is necessary. I like it a lot. Basically there are 2 rooms. We do all of our training in the room in the 2nd pic because it's a bigger room. The first room is used to do kettlebell stuff and other kinds of training before class or used by those who are prepping for competition which would not benefit by the normal class, ie: free sparring or doing no-gi stuff.




So, the Stockholm BJJ Open(SBJJO) is in March. I've been asked by a couple people if I plan on taking part. I don't want to start competing too early. I want to know that when I step onto the mat, I can win. Whether or not I do win is another matter, but I don't want to go to a competition and look like I just started BJJ the week before. I also dont want to make my club look bad. So what I've decided to do is train as if I am going to compete in March. Having a goal that needs to be accomplished by a certain date is much better than having open ended goals. So I'm not saying that I will compete in the SBJJO, but I am going to train hard as if I was going to and then I'll evaluate my BJJ skills as the time draws near. The problem is that I'm going to be in the US anywhere from 6-12 weeks! That's a long time to be away from Kenta's training. However, I will be able to workout more and a friend of mine who owns a gym in Cincy has a BJJ black belt in a couple times a week who I can work with. So we'll see.