I had to drop out halfway through Jiu-Jitsu class on Tuesday, and I can't go today, because I tweaked my chronically injured knee again. It's starting to feel as though I spend half of my Jiu-Jitsu time sitting on the sidelines, either because of injury, or because I'm still usually too chickenshit to ask anyone to roll. People are asking me now, so it has gotten better. It really annoys me that Tate asked me to roll on Tuesday, but I couldn't because of my stupid knee. I really, really wanted to roll with Tate! I almost did anyway, but I'm trying to be smarter about my injuries. Not taking time off to let my knee heal when I first injured it is probably part of the reason it's still a problem. But seriously, would you not regret missing a chance to roll with this guy (he's grappling with his identical twin brother Travis in this video, Tate is the one in headgear, the one who wins ;).
I'm supposed to be grappling right now! I don't want to be centerfield, but I'm getting tired of sitting on the bench. I should change my name to Fragile (of course that's pronounced "Fra-gee-lay", cause it's Italian), but then no one would ever want to roll with me! Wah!
"What is she doing?" "She's crying, Sir." "Crying? There's no crying in Jiu-Jitsu!"