On June 19th, 2019, I received an email from an emergency room doctor who has just begun Jiu Jitsu. He found my blog about strokes in relation to Jiu Jitsu and had some great questions that I wanted to address …
Read more...
Dorothy Does Mongolia: Rolling Through The Wild, Wild East
Category: Blog, Dorothy Does, Gym Report, Lifestyle, Travel, Trip Report
Just a few weeks ago, Dave Clahan, owner of my home gym, Ralph Gracie Berkeley, posted on our team page that he was planning a BJJ team trip to Mongolia. After approximately 60 seconds of contemplation, I booked a flight …
Read more...
Post-Op Mac – The Road to Recovery
Bucket Handle Tear – Post-Op Recovery Not being able to do much due to injury is one thing, recovering after getting the issue resolved is another. I accepted that recovery was going to take a while and that the physical …
Read more...
Post-op Mac – BJJ & Meniscectomy
Bucket Handle Tear – Arthroscopic Surgery/ Meniscectomy Quite a common injury in the BJJ community and if you’re a mat rat like I am these things can go unchecked and cause major issues later on. It certainly did in my …
Read more...
Dorothy Does Shanghai: 听不懂
Category: Blog, Gym Report, Lifestyle, Training, Travel, Trip Report
Shanghai. The city that I decided would become my new home before I ever set foot in it. I arrived here late this past June, a bit travel-weary from the previous few months of blitzing around Southeast Asia. My first …
Read more...
Innaugral Carlson Gracie Cup in Thailand
Category: Blog, Interviews
Earlier this month the team at BJJ ASIA had the pleasure to sit down with Carlson Gracie Jr. and discuss the upcoming Carlson Gracie Cup 2018 in Thailand. The event will be part of the 3rd International Thai Martial Arts …
Read more...
Dorothy Does Hong Kong: Pearl (of the Orient) Before Swine
Category: Blog, Gym Report, Lifestyle, Training, Travel, Trip Report
Alright. So I’ve fallen a bit behind on my travel/training reports. Like 7 or 8 countries behind. Then that whole ordeal with the overzealous choke fetish Singapore guy happened (see: “Dorothy Does BDSM”). Those trip reports are forthcoming, but …
Read more...
Road to World Masters Gold
There have been and are many articles and books written about BJJ and perhaps one of the most consistent themes people like to describe BJJ is that it is a journey. They describe how BJJ is a journey where you …
Read more...
Dorothy does…BDSM?: 50 Shades of BJJ
50 Shades of BJJ Note: Some text is hidden in this article out of respect for the privacy of the individuals involved. Life has become considerably more interesting ever since I moved to Asia. It has been a period of great …
Read more...
Dorothy Does Cebu
Category: Blog, Lifestyle, Training, Travel, Trip Report
Destination #3: Cebu, Philippines I head to the airport to meet up again with the BJJASIA crew in Cebu, Philippines, an island about 850 kilometers south of Manila. I had spent most of my time in Manila with Nico and …
Read more...