After listening to The Fossil Record by The Amoeba People (which i highly recommend), i wanted to read more about Barnum Brown, does anyone have any recommendations?
So I got my black belt this past Saturday after 17 years of training.
I’ll keep my story brief.
I started judo in 2003 at Chabot Junior College in Hayward, CA.
I started JJ in Oakland, CA, 2004, with Sergio Silva who at that time was with Team Delariva.
https://i.imgur.com/aHWa2hN.jpg DLR and I, 2005
https://i.imgur.com/coGaiWO.jpg Sergio, Me, Monteirao, DLR
I got my blue belt from Sergio in 2006. I moved to Guam for 6 months and trained with my brothers at Carlson Gracie. Later that year I joined the military.
From 2007 to 2010 I trained at New Breed JiuJitsu in Chicago, IL, Rodrigo Medeiros in San Diego, CA, O2 Relson Gracie in Hawaii, and finally GB Hawaii.
I got my Purple Belt in 2010 from Rex Barnum, Hawaii, who was with Gracie Barra at the time.
In 2011 i moved back to San Diego; I suffered a back injury that I never recovered from and straight ruined my JiuJitsu guard playing.
I got my judo brown belt in 2011.
On my JJ purple belt, I got all my stripes from Rodrigo before I moved back to Hawaii.
Fun fact: I can’t bridge with weight on me so if you have a decent mount that’s your best chance at catching me.
https://i.imgur.com/zbAEmS9.jpg Me and my brothers at Carlson Gracie Guam.
I got my judo shodan from Jin Iizumi in 2012.
In 2014 I got my brown belt from Rex who is now with Alliance. In 2015 I tore my meniscus and had to take a break after a knee scope surgery.
In 2016 I returned to Rodrigo’s in San Diego.
I suffered a few more injuries along the way including a nasty wrist injury called dequervains, which took me out of training most of 2020.
In 2020 I moved to Japan.
In 2021 I re-earned my black belt in judo through matches and belt tests. I had to fight for my brown, and then fight for my black.
To add to this epic year, I flew back to San Diego, met up with my brothers, and had a week long JiuJitsu vacation ending with
https://i.imgur.com/9QBGQPa.jpg
Me and my brothers
https://i.imgur.com/cKUkm8q.jpg With Rodrigo
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
They’re on standbi
Buenosdillas
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
You take away their little brooms
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
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It’s pronounced “Noel.”
