So after months of planning and saying I should sign up, I finally had my first Jiu Jitsu class on tuesday (torkel signed up also).  Being that frank is a Federal Agent and semi-retired ninja, when he said the class was top notch I was all for it.  He mentioned the classes were “a little intense” and to expect a lot of cardio before the real ground work.

Well 45 minutes or so into the session, we’ve been running laps. Stopping only to do 50 Jumping Jacks (3x), 30 Squat jumps (3x), this wierd back crawl thing (5x across the mat), bear walks (5x), under and overs, (where you crawl under someones leg then leap frog their back 10x in a row for 3 sets), then sit ups.  It was the first time in a workout were I thought “thank god I’m just running now, I can catch my breath”.  By far the most intense work out, probobly ever. Teacher/coach/Kurt was impressed i was able to keep up, seeing i was the new guy and the only guy that didnt look like he was in great shape.

After that was another hour of learning techniques and sparring, and by the end of that I was exhausted but loving every minute.  And here just 48 hours later I can walk without a limp again.