It’s 2017 another year is gone and done. Now we all look forward to a new year and new possibilities. If your like me use this time to set goals and projects. My word for…
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Child Athletics: 20 years later do you think anyone will remember the score?
Let me tell you a story… Over 15 years ago when I was a teenager I have a distinct memory of brother playing competitive soccer. Not only do I remember how hard my brother worked…
Your Liver Doesn’t Know it’s Chest Day: Why you can’t go 100%, 100% of the time.
When I lay down barely able to get out of bed, all I feel is guilt. I found in my experience that martial artists as a whole are a pretty goal oriented group and generally…
Cutting Weight: the good, the bad, and the ugly Part 1
Part 1: the ugly Most times when you have to give a talk about something, it’s usually better to start with the good to ease everyone in. But I’m not going to do that. I…
One Last Round by Matt DeBruycker
For those of you who don’t know already my brother works in video and photography. He also happens to be one of my best training partners. So when he asked me to work with him…
Fighters Drinking Coffee (includes all the Kristenism…)
I had the pleasure of being on the Podcast Fighters Drinking Coffee earlier this year. I had a lot of fun hanging out with Scott and Mike. They really know what they are talking about. You…
Looks like we made it…to Jiu Jitsu Magazine
Over the Pedro Sauer World Conference weekend I received a text message from one of my training partners, Tony. He said, “I was flipping through a magazine and look what I found.” And there…
Inspiring the next generation of women: my experience teaching self defense for the girl scouts.
This weekend I had the pleasure of teaching a group of 10-year-old girls and their moms an intro to self-defense. This is actually the second I’ve gotten a chance to spread my love of martial…
Looking back on 2015: resolutions that I always don’t make and I finally might know why.
Looking back on 2015 I realized that I always have super big aspirations at the beginning of the year and by the end of it I never accomplished any of them and just disappointing myself….