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Post Training Meal for BJJ: Chicken with Brown Rice Pasta

By Ruben Avila  · August 26, 2013  · @RubenEAvila

This is a Great Post Training Meal for BJJ

Not sure if this is useful or interesting to everyone, but this is how I generally cook for myself.  I’m a single guy who lives alone.  Cooking for myself every day is… depressing.  But, eating out constantly is not affordable advisable either.  So, I cook in bulk instead.  This recipe here is what I’d consider to be a good post training meal after bjj training or post weight resistance training (do you even lift, bro?).

Click here for the recipe

The Jiu-Jitsu Weekend Roundup

By Ruben Avila  · August 26, 2013  · @RubenEAvila

Hello, this weekend’s roundup was a bit late.  Forgive me, I was busy not finishing this post.  =|  If you are new to the roundups, click here to see what this is and why I’m doing it.

Past Roundups:

Jiu-Jitsu Roundup 1

Jiu-Jitsu Roundup 2

Without further adieu, this week’s Jiu-Jitsu worthy content:

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The Jiu-Jitsu Weekend Roundup

By Ruben Avila  · August 18, 2013  · @RubenEAvila

If you are new to this blog, here is an explanation of what this post is meant to be.  This week there was much more video content than the last.  Either way, it’s still grappling so we all win.  Enjoy the best of jiu-jitsu online this week.

For last week’s roundup, click here.

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How to Wash Your Black BJJ Gis to Keep Them Dark & Sexy

By Ruben Avila  · August 16, 2013  · @RubenEAvila

Wash BJJ Gis That Are Black Without Turning Them Gray:

Last week, I showed you guys how I prefer to wash my white jiu-jitsu gis when they are extra funky or getting dingy. In all honesty, I try to use at least some of those methods even if I don’t have the time to soak my gis, because the lawd knows how the bjj gear can stink to high heaven after years of sweat hard work.

Great!  We have a good starting point for washing our bjj gis.  But, what about our black bjj gis or other dark bjj gis (I know tatami has come out with an array of colors for bjj gis)?  Well, as I told you guys, I suffer from a lot of obsessive compulsive behaviors, so I can’t have my black gis turning gray on me.  No sir!  That will just not do.

What to Use to Wash Your Black BJJ Gis:

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The Jiu-Jitsu Weekend Roundup

By Ruben Avila  · August 11, 2013  · @RubenEAvila

I hate looking at my jiu-jitsu news feeds and seeing the exaaaaaaaaact saaaaaaaaame connnnnnntent shared by the people I follow/like/etc.  I ask myself, “Are they really that oblivious that their readers/fans/followers/etc., more than likely, also follow the person whose content they are sharing?”

As a result, I have the honor of being spammed blessed with the same technique from Caio Terra from 5-10 different fan pages/twitter users/etc.  Don’t get me wrong, I love me some Caio Terra jiu-jitsu techniques.  The point is that Caio has a pretty extensive following, and if I want to see his techniques, I’ll get them straight from his own fan page/twitter/etc.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I have had it up to here with the over sharing.  People, it’s honestly okay to not have something new to “share” every hour of the day.  Do you remember what #outside looks like?  For the love of Helio, GIVE THE SHARING A BREAK!

K, I’m done with my /r/rant.  I will say, though, if you have a decent sized following you should try to share content of value from people who have smaller voices.  Share techniques from people who aren’t being listened to, share incredible matches from, dare I say, non-world-champions, share insights and perspectives that otherwise wouldn’t be come across just browsing the web.  Help out the #littleguys, isn’t that more aligned with the spirit of #jiujitsu anyway?

Had enough of the social media #wordplay?  As have I.  I will now step off my soap box and practice what I preach.  I postulate that if I provide good resources of value in an easily consumable way, good things will happen for us all.  Check out these posts I found useful/entertaining from the past week:

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