Yesterday "I love BJJ" posted one of my favorite quotes, that I also hear another coach say as well. He was the first one that heard say it, and it is "a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a white belt that never gave up." That is a great philosophy in martial arts about persevering, and it is a philosophy that could be applied in all areas of life. Learning to persevere in life is what separates people that succeed from people that fail. People fail in life, because they gave up when life made it hard for them to try to succeed. People that succeed in life are like the person in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu that is on the bottom with someone on top of them, who is willing to struggle to get better. Even when people do succeed, they should always want to learn to be a better person in what they do.
Success, and failures do come and go. Perseverance in people is what keeps them moving forward, and there will be struggles along the way that causes people to keep spinning their tires until they overcome their struggles.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
"My Opinion Of Nick Diaz's Situation"
It's a big bummer that the rematch with Diaz vs Condit for the interim welterweight title may not happen, because Diaz failed his drug test with his use of marijuana. The reason why I think the rematch of Diaz vs Condit may not happen instead of it could not happen is what I learned more about marijuana in the last few days. One thing that I learned about marijuana when it comes to analyzing it in urine test is that it can still be detected, even long after your body has processed it out of its system. That is one of the reasons why I think the rematch of Diaz vs Condit may not happen, instead of it could not happen. If Diaz's camp could convince Nevada State Athletic Commission that Diaz smoked marijuana for medical purposes, than maybe they can at least reduce his suspension to 6 months instead of a year. If that happens, than UFC can still do the rematch of Condit vs Diaz in August.
Diaz reason for failing his drug test could be argue that it was not for performance enhancing, because he may not have smoked it during camp. He could of smoked it after camp for possible recovery purpose, and he does have a medical prescription for it. There are other MMA fighters that get prescription for TRT (testatesterone replacement therapy), and they get cleared. Some do it for medical purposes, and some do it for performance enhancement like Nate Marquart did with TRT. If MMA fighters get clear for taking TRT for medical purposes, than why couldn't Diaz be clear from using marijuana for medical purposes? If Diaz was smoking marijuana during camp, than you can make the case of it being used for performance enhancement. But Diaz having prescription for smoking marijuana could make it hard for others to argue that he used it for performance enhancement.
I do not think that Diaz should be suspended for using marijuana for medical reasons, but I am not sure if the Nevada Athletic State Commission see's it that way. They maybe suspending him more for failing a urine sample, and we already discussed the fallacy of urine sample for marijuana. If Diaz's camp has a good lawyer that could make an argument of Diaz using it for medical purpose rather than performance enhancement in front of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, than maybe they could at least reduce his suspension for 6 months that will allow the rematch of Condit vs Diaz to take place.
Diaz reason for failing his drug test could be argue that it was not for performance enhancing, because he may not have smoked it during camp. He could of smoked it after camp for possible recovery purpose, and he does have a medical prescription for it. There are other MMA fighters that get prescription for TRT (testatesterone replacement therapy), and they get cleared. Some do it for medical purposes, and some do it for performance enhancement like Nate Marquart did with TRT. If MMA fighters get clear for taking TRT for medical purposes, than why couldn't Diaz be clear from using marijuana for medical purposes? If Diaz was smoking marijuana during camp, than you can make the case of it being used for performance enhancement. But Diaz having prescription for smoking marijuana could make it hard for others to argue that he used it for performance enhancement.
I do not think that Diaz should be suspended for using marijuana for medical reasons, but I am not sure if the Nevada Athletic State Commission see's it that way. They maybe suspending him more for failing a urine sample, and we already discussed the fallacy of urine sample for marijuana. If Diaz's camp has a good lawyer that could make an argument of Diaz using it for medical purpose rather than performance enhancement in front of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, than maybe they could at least reduce his suspension for 6 months that will allow the rematch of Condit vs Diaz to take place.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
"My Thoughts From UFC 143: Condit vs Diaz"
UFC 143 lived up to my expectations, and than some. I anticipated that the Diaz versus Condit fight for the UFC interim welterweight title was pretty much going to be a stand up fight, but I was not sure how many bomb combos Diaz would take from Condit. Nor was I sure if Condit keep up the pace with Diaz, who is a cardio machine. Those were the questions that made last night's fight have anticipation of excitement, and it live more up to than what I expected.
Both fighters answer the questions of last night's fight. Condit kept pace with Diaz, but he fought more intelligently than Diaz did. That is why he won, because he used a lot of solid combos that connected later on in the fight to where it helped him to not let Diaz get him up against the Cage to throw some bombs. That is what made Condit fight an intelligent fight to be the winner in last night's UFC interim welterweight title fight, but him not being able to finish Diaz with his hard hitting combos shows how tough Diaz. With Diaz constantly pressing the fight, he answer the question of if he can still keep going when Condit does through nasty combos, and again people saw how tough Nick Diaz. Even though he lost, he is still an exciting fighter to watch. People are already wanting to know who will Diaz fight next, even though after the fight Diaz sort of announce he was retiring from MMA. Like Dana White I think he speaking more from emotion, and I think he will come back. I mean I like to see him comeback to fight Koshcheck, because I think both of them are in the list of top five welterweights. And they could get the winner of Condit vs GSP if that happnens. The only way GSP vs Condit may not happen is if Condit's camp decides to fight, instead wait for GSP to return. If that is the case, than it will be interesting to see who will fight Condit next. I mean I would not mine to see a rematch with Diaz.
With Diaz and Condit answering questions of their anticipated fight of excitement last night at UFC 143 is what made it live up to its expectations. I hope Condit's camp decides to take a fight before GSP, and I would not mind if he fought Diaz again.
Both fighters answer the questions of last night's fight. Condit kept pace with Diaz, but he fought more intelligently than Diaz did. That is why he won, because he used a lot of solid combos that connected later on in the fight to where it helped him to not let Diaz get him up against the Cage to throw some bombs. That is what made Condit fight an intelligent fight to be the winner in last night's UFC interim welterweight title fight, but him not being able to finish Diaz with his hard hitting combos shows how tough Diaz. With Diaz constantly pressing the fight, he answer the question of if he can still keep going when Condit does through nasty combos, and again people saw how tough Nick Diaz. Even though he lost, he is still an exciting fighter to watch. People are already wanting to know who will Diaz fight next, even though after the fight Diaz sort of announce he was retiring from MMA. Like Dana White I think he speaking more from emotion, and I think he will come back. I mean I like to see him comeback to fight Koshcheck, because I think both of them are in the list of top five welterweights. And they could get the winner of Condit vs GSP if that happnens. The only way GSP vs Condit may not happen is if Condit's camp decides to fight, instead wait for GSP to return. If that is the case, than it will be interesting to see who will fight Condit next. I mean I would not mine to see a rematch with Diaz.
With Diaz and Condit answering questions of their anticipated fight of excitement last night at UFC 143 is what made it live up to its expectations. I hope Condit's camp decides to take a fight before GSP, and I would not mind if he fought Diaz again.
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