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Friends Fight Together… La La La La: The Main Line United In-House Tournament
Friends Fight Together…La La La La: The Main Line United In-House Tournament
By: Val WorthingtonI love Flight of the Conchords. They sing a song called Friends, in which they talk about all the things friends do together. When you train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, one of the things you do is fight together, sometimes in the academy and […]
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You Will Find a Community
You will find a community
By: Joe Hannan
Like our ancient ancestors, the Jiu Jitsu player has a community behind them, united by a common fear, a common struggle. Psychology supports this notion that a sense of community is the cure to many of the mental disorders we encounter in our lives. As mentioned earlier in this […]
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Remembering David Jacobs
“Words fail, and the mind reels.” That’s what my mother said the last time my family lost a member. That sentence says it all, and it says not nearly enough. That’s what I’m thinking and feeling now, about David Jacobs.
The world lost David Jacobs last week. He was a professor, friend, colleague, brother, confidante, attorney, […]
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The Best of Us – For Casey Van Brookhoven
The Best of Us – For Casey Van Brookhoven
‘How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard’ – A. A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh)
The shocking and untimely passing of a friend over the holidays has caused me to reflect very deeply on what presence this individual had in my life. It […]
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Women as Instructors
Women as Instructors
By: Val WorthingtonIn recent years, I have started to think about what I call Women’s Jiu-Jitsu 2.0. The 1.0 version was just getting women on the mat. Just getting them to believe they deserved to take up space and learn and avail themselves of all that jiu-jitsu has to offer. The community still […]
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Grapplers Are People Too
Grapplers Are People Too
Grapplers are people too. In the past, I have thought and said this many times, with the emphasis on the last word. For a long time, I felt the need to defend this passion of mine to people who found it violent or distasteful or otherwise something they did not want themselves […]
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Princeton BJJ is Hosting Marcos Tinoco on Sunday October 15th!
To register for this event call us or e-mail us to reserve your spot!
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Mercer County Police Academy 2013
A another good day training the police recruits. I think I need a hair cut.
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The new patches are in!
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Good times at PBJJ.