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Category: Off The Mat

New Identity Pieces 1: Multiple Sclerosis

March 17, 2024May 19, 2024 sohventures1 Comment
The narrator in two different pictures, side-to-side. On the left, S is seventeen, dressed in a dress a wearing the white cap Finnish students wear when they finish generalist secondary school. On the right, S is thirty-four and in the gym,wearing a gi.

There are times when bad news is good news, and I'm doing pretty fine.

Posted in Disability, Mental Health, Off The Mat, Small Adventures

Me and Crap Ankle Hit the Mat Again

January 3, 2022 sohventuresLeave a comment

Between getting rid of my cast and another lockdown, I lived through my first period of training regularly without sparring since my beginner's course. Went to classes, saw some guys called Josh and Priit, and did a bit of actual drilling.

Posted in BJJ, Off The Mat, Seminars

The Biggest Break

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 sohventuresLeave a comment
Leg in purple cast, resting on the back of a sofa.

I didn't have time to write for a while: I was too busy training and was commended on my progress. Even better: I had noticed it myself that I had become slightly less horrible at some of my weak points. My guard had become slightly more difficult to pass, for one. Now I finally have time, as I'm not allowed to move my right leg until November.

Posted in Disability, Off The Mat

Snapshots on Returning to BJJ

July 27, 2021July 29, 2021 sohventuresLeave a comment
People lining the edges of a tatami.

A non-binary fat disabled hapless BJJ white belt has returned to the mat after being vaccinated. What could possibly go wrong?

Posted in BJJ, Off The Mat, Small AdventuresTagged BJJ, Brazilian jiujitsu, covid-19

Move Like There’s No Tomorrow

May 5, 2021May 6, 2021 sohventuresLeave a comment
A cat moving like no-one is watching

A semi-wistful reflection on doing stuff more than thinking about stuff you would like to do. Also I’m still alive.

Posted in Mental Health, Off The Mat, Small AdventuresTagged exercise

Training on the Down-Low & An Itinerary

July 30, 2020 sohventuresLeave a comment

I still train, and try to improve very specific techniques for a change.

Posted in BJJ, Off The Mat, Small AdventuresTagged BJJ

Decisions and Some Movement

May 31, 2020June 1, 2020 sohventuresLeave a comment

Gym reopens, local non-binary is forced to decide on stuff.

Posted in Off The Mat, Small AdventuresTagged BJJ

Outside at Different Speeds and Inside Huffing

April 30, 2020May 1, 2020 sohventuresLeave a comment
Forest

My "exercise" "regime" for pandemic times is going better than I suspected.

Posted in Mental Health, Off The Mat, Small AdventuresTagged BJJ

The Art of Strategic Waiting in Life, Death, and During Tube Times

March 31, 2020April 2, 2020 sohventuresLeave a comment

Oh hello, devastating pandemic. We would be happy to see the back of you.

Posted in Off The Mat, Seminars, Small AdventuresTagged BJJ

Let’s Roll: One Year of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

November 17, 2019November 17, 2019 sohventuresLeave a comment
S Tries Their BesT Unicorn

I have done a year of BJJ and a bit more. Here's how it's been and what happens next.

Posted in BJJ, Off The Mat, Small AdventuresTagged BJJ

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