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    Lex DeVille's: One Thread For All My Genius, Unhinged, Mostly Really Bad Ideas

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    Last-Minute Tournament Changes The -185lbs nogi division had several last-minute sign ups. From their profiles, they look like sandbaggers. One has 3 years of competitions as a white belt spanning multiple states. He wins almost all of his matches by submission (and he's won a lot). I weighed...
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    Tap Outs Yesterday, I rolled nogi with an amateur cage fighter. We started from standing. He shot in for a single leg. I used a kimura grip to control him, take him down, rolled him over my body, and choked him out with my legs. We reset and started again. He moved for a takedown, but I pushed...
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    Grabbing brands by their balls

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    So discuss... The other poster asked questions that any entrepreneur with half a brain would ask before considering this. - How does it make money? - What are the criteria? - How do you keep it unbiased? - How will you avoid defamation and lawsuits?
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    Lex DeVille's: One Thread For All My Genius, Unhinged, Mostly Really Bad Ideas

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    Division Adjustment We're a week away from the tournament. Nobody signed up for my NoGi division. Instead of risking a higher weight class, I adjusted the division down into the adult group of the same weight class. It had three opponents signed up, so I'll make the fourth. My opponents are 24...
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    Lex DeVille's: One Thread For All My Genius, Unhinged, Mostly Really Bad Ideas

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    Back to BJJ I let my knee rest since last Tuesday. The pain was bad the first couple of days, then quickly subsided. By today, I had full range of motion. Only certain weird angles cause any discomfort. So I went to class with a knee compression. It was the last class of the month. Sitting on...
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    Lex DeVille's: One Thread For All My Genius, Unhinged, Mostly Really Bad Ideas

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    My doctor recommended NSAIDS for pain, and continued RICE protocol. They suggested I should come in to have someone check it out further. I picked up Ibuprofen yesterday. An hour or two after the first dose, the pain decreased, and mobility returned. I took a second dose later in the day, and...
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    Lex DeVille's: One Thread For All My Genius, Unhinged, Mostly Really Bad Ideas

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    Pain was always in my destiny.
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    Lex DeVille's: One Thread For All My Genius, Unhinged, Mostly Really Bad Ideas

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    More than I would prefer. What I'm learning is most injuries come from trying new things. When I first hurt my ribs, I was trying a triangle on an opponent much larger than me, but I'd never done one and didn't understand why it would turn out poorly. The knee injury happened because I did...
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    Lex DeVille's: One Thread For All My Genius, Unhinged, Mostly Really Bad Ideas

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    Well shit. I caught my latest injury yesterday. Started a roll standing in BJJ class. My opponent shot for the single leg and grabbed it. I noticed his leg was within reach, so I took a single leg of my own. About 3 seconds later, my knee popped and I fell to the ground. It felt like a rolled...
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    Lex DeVille's: One Thread For All My Genius, Unhinged, Mostly Really Bad Ideas

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    I'm 37, so was toying with 30 to 35+, but not with the aim of going UFC. I figure there are lots of people who've considered training at my age, but haven't found the courage. They don't need to fight to get into great shape. I thought if I create content about that, then it might gain an...
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    Lex DeVille's: One Thread For All My Genius, Unhinged, Mostly Really Bad Ideas

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    I'm not sure. There's plenty of people at the gym who own businesses, but most of them aren't fighters. The fighters tend to be younger and I have no idea how they earn a living. Those who actively focus on brand building already seem to have a good grasp of it and do it well on their own...
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    Lex DeVille's: One Thread For All My Genius, Unhinged, Mostly Really Bad Ideas

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    Addicted to Fighting The more I train, the more it's all I can think about, but I have to be mindful of what my body and mind can handle. Also, if I'm going to keep working toward this, I should try to turn it into a business. Question is... How do I turn this into a business? I'm so early in...
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    Lex DeVille's: One Thread For All My Genius, Unhinged, Mostly Really Bad Ideas

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    Weekend BJJ Breakthroughs Went to no-gi class today and experienced a major improvement in my game. The first improvement was from continued application of survival postures. I survived a long time against a purple belt who used to tap me fast. He still caught 3 submissions, but it was much...
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    Lex DeVille's: One Thread For All My Genius, Unhinged, Mostly Really Bad Ideas

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    Do you have another link to this video? This one isn't allowed for me to watch in the U.S. for some reason.
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    Lex DeVille's: One Thread For All My Genius, Unhinged, Mostly Really Bad Ideas

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    I was soooooo gassed after the first match. I considered forfeiting the second one... Don't know how I survived the full round. Now, I'm working on slowing things down, breathing, paying attention to when to use energy and when to conserve it. Hopefully the first tournament will help ground me...
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    Next Tournament Signed up for another tournament. Got 3 weeks to prepare. My daughter signed up too. We'll both do Gi and No-Gi divisions. I was only gonna do No-Gi, but they offered free entry into Gi, and my daughter went all-in, so I did too. I'll probably get cross-collar choked into...
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    Lex DeVille's: One Thread For All My Genius, Unhinged, Mostly Really Bad Ideas

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    The Tournament It was the most exhausting thing I've done in my life. I don't have the video yet to review my performance. What I can say is most of it was a huge F*cking blur. My takedowns need work. I got caught in multiple guillotines during takedowns, and ended up spending a lot of time...
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