Halloween Poll?

Did or do you plan to wear your gi as your costume?

I did not...but based on the Facebook pictures I am seeing, a lot of you did.  =)  I love dressing up, so I always jump at the chance to do it.

I dressed up in neon vomit... Err, I mean in 80s attire.  And earlier this year we took the kids to Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, and I was a fairy.  Zaile wanted to be a fairy, and she asked me to be one too.... And then we got Allie in on it as well.

If you didn't wear your gi, what did you wear or plan to wear?  ... and don't say you didn't dress up.  It will make me sad on the inside.

Costumes are fun.

Fantastic Gis

Even though I am not grappling right now, I can still blog about gis.  =)

http://www.fenomkimonos.com

They just put out their lotus series, and I love the Fenom Classic so much, I plan on getting a Fenom Lotus gi as soon as I get back to the mat.

Just wanted to pass along the news.

My new gi!

I've got it nice and broken in with Fabio's patch on the back....  NAGA here I come!  =)


I grappled in it and washed it every day this week. I hate new gi stiffness, and I didn't want to take it to NAGA bright and stiff.  =)


Here it is:

I love it.  Love it, love it, love it!

I 5'9 and 140 pounds so, I ordered an A2 (A2 5'5" - 5'8" 130-160 lbs) even though I am a bit out of the height range, but it fits well, and didn't shrink much at all , if any air drying.  I think an A3 would have been way too big.

It feels really sturdy, well made and functional on top of managing to look feminine and cute.  Looking cute is pretty low on the priority list as far as grappling goes, but it is nice to not feel like I am grappling in a blue potato sack for once. =)  I am a girl, after all.


I read they might be coming out with a white version, and I will definitely get another one if they do.  I don't think you could beat the quality of this gi for the price anywhere else.  


http://www.fenomkimonos.com/

White gi?

I am about to get a new gi.

I keep going back and fourth on which gi I want... and I keep leaning toward a white one, but then I look at the guys white gis in class, and they look so nasty.

Blood, dirt, yellowy sweat stains... Ew.

It is that the guys don't care what their gi looks like, or is white just that hard to keep looking clean?

Warning! Random Blog Incoming

I need to buy another gi. I go to class 4-6 times a week, and since I can't put my gi in the dryer, I almost always have a semi-damp gi... and I refuse to go to class stinky. Not that it would be dry if I didn't wash it, and I am pretty sure everyone would prefer semi-damp clean gi to semi-damp with sweat gi. I'm going to get another one for Christmas. Why can't CatFightGear.com have a black gi?!

NAGA is this weekend! *insert panicked face here* When I was two weeks into Jiu-jitsu, I decided I was going to compete, and now it is time. I can't believe I've only been doing this for 3.5 months! It feels like so much longer... and what the heck did I do with my time before I had Jiu-jitsu. I am so excited for this! I had a great time at De la Riva in spite of the fact that I didn't have the best luck with my refs, and had a gigantic woman who was a terrible sport I had to fight twice. Not to mention the fact that I am getting out of the house for an entire weekend. Don't get me wrong, my kids are my life, and I would be nothing without them... but I have never been away from them over night since Micah was born.... and he is 5.

On your way to your first competition with Fabio, they tie you to someone else who is going for the first time, and you have to make the entire trip tied to someone else. Bathroom breaks and all... and let me tell you how glad I am to have another female teammate coming.

UFC 105 is also this weekend! I hope there is a sports bar somewhere near the university where NAGA is being held.

I have been trying to gain 5 pounds for this competition. It's weird, and it's giving me a complex. For the past year I've been trying to get into better shape... and for the past 2 weeks I had been dieting hard core to drop for De la Riva. I knew my body wouldn't let me drop 5 more in two weeks for NAGA, so I decided to gain back some of the weight I lost for De la Riva. I don't actually want to be at 140. I don't think I can maintain it and stay healthy, so I do want to get back up to 145-150 ish... but it just feels weird. I've got weight loss so ingrained into my brain that weight gain feels just.... wrong.

I'm so excited about NAGA I am already starting to pack, and my boots do not fit into my suitcase.

I think I am going to cut my hair. Last night it got in my way twice... and so help me, if I get submitted because my pony tail gets suck under my back, or someone's elbow I might just shave my head on the spot... and that would not be pretty.

Three days until we leave for NAGA!

Here is my gi.

Next time I will try to make a scary face. lol

My gi is here!

I ordered it three weeks ago... and in that time, my Jiu-jitsu partner who ordered hers after me got two. Way to fail me Canadian post. If you have read any of my previous ramblings you may have seen my rant about my incorrectly sized body for gis. I am tall, and long… and I lack bulk. So, if the gis that will fitmy length were off by about 20 pounds… and in light of the weight I have lost, it is now about 30 pounds off. It is also very, very stiff.. and since it is slightly too big, the collar stabs me in the neck….it feels like a choke. That’s right… I am so not amazing at Jiu-jitsu my gi can tap me.

It is in the wash as I type.

This is what happens when girls like me, do Jiu-jitsu...

My teachers name is Mario.

I got a Super Mario patch to put on my gi.

Weird girl + Nerd + Jiu-jitsu + Awesome teacher's named Mario =

Other girly Jiu-jitsu things: Two people noticed I have lost weight. Win. Body by Jiu-jitsu.

Curse you retardedly shaped body!

Curse you retardedly shaped body!

I am trying to buy a gi for jiu jitsu. I am having several problems with this.

1. I am not a man.
2. My arms are disproportionally long for my body.
3. I have no upper body muscle, and I have boobs.
4. I am 10 feet tall.

So, what this means is the gis that will fit my blasted monkey arms are like 20+ pounds outside my weight range. And since I have really long arms, I am really self conscious about sleeves being too short… so I need to find out if I should just swim in my gi, or have short sleeves.
The other option is get a female gi… and I can find no girl gi’s on ebay… So, I have to buy one new, and they aren’t cheap… Female gis are more expensive then the male ones, but they would fit me properly weight/height wise.. So… do I spend the extra money on one that will fit me properly?... or will it not make that big of a difference… and I also need to find out if I do go with the male gi, should I go for the right weight, or height and just feel like an idiot in my too-short sleeves.

I also want to know if I can wear black even though I am a jiu jitsu newb. And does the black fade quickly… Because if I am going to drop extra money on a black female gi, I don’t want it to be grey in a few months…