gypsy girl in gi | life updates and musings about brazilian jiu jitsu
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Hi I’m Carlie. I started this blog when I first left Australia, expecting to fill it with posts about travel and training BJJ around Europe. I Take my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu gi everywhere I travel.
gypsy girl in gi | life updates and musings about brazilian jiu jitsu
1y ago
It was completely out of the ‘blue’ and almost three months later, I still can’t believe it really. Around this time last year I hurt my back on a trip to London and wasn’t training – or very sporadically – for most of the season. I finally made a comeback about three weeks before the ..read more
gypsy girl in gi | life updates and musings about brazilian jiu jitsu
1y ago
I have had two dentist-made sports mouthguards in the six years I have been training jiu jitsu (on and off), and I rated them pretty highly. Just knowing they were a custom fit, and by someone who knew teeth gave me such peace of mind and confidence when I used them. Alas, they were a ..read more
gypsy girl in gi | life updates and musings about brazilian jiu jitsu
1y ago
“You could just come to training with me tonight you know.” I know I could. My back hasn’t hurt now for a good month, and other than paying my BJJ club fees which are due, there is technically nothing stopping me from training again. I’m well and truly in a slump. It’s funny how the ..read more
gypsy girl in gi | life updates and musings about brazilian jiu jitsu
1y ago
When Marie casts her eye over my choice of sports bra in the ladies change room after class, I know I’m in trouble. Or I’m about to get some great advice, like where to buy sports bras with actual underwires in them in France. (She works for a lingerie company, huzzah!) Marie has published a ..read more
gypsy girl in gi | life updates and musings about brazilian jiu jitsu
1y ago
My blogging and BJJ training remained as inconsistent as ever this year. But as I watch the beautiful final sunset of the year from my kitchen window, and listen to the random pops, cracks and whistles of fireworks going off (a tad early) all over Neudorf, I figure I’ll post the obligatory 2017-in-review. The year ..read more
gypsy girl in gi | life updates and musings about brazilian jiu jitsu
1y ago
“Where are you from? Australia! Wow you’ve come a long way to camp!” “Yeah but no actually, I live in France, not quite as far..” I had this conversation on repeat during day 1 of BJJ Globetrotters Summer Camp in Leuven, but I didn’t mind much. The speed dating part of the welcome session was ..read more
gypsy girl in gi | life updates and musings about brazilian jiu jitsu
1y ago
Selfie from the start of the journey… I'm on my way to Nancy to meet up with a fellow BJJ Globetrotter, to hitch a ride with him to Summer Camp in Leuven, Belgium. We've never met before but, minor detail. I've done a thorough Facebook-stalk, and am 99% sure he's not an axe murderer. I'm ..read more
gypsy girl in gi | life updates and musings about brazilian jiu jitsu
1y ago
I hadn’t thought ahead too much to my birthday this year. It’s funny how after the angst of turning 30 passed, my birthday just became a bit uneventful again. Also being in Strasbourg, I didn’t have my gym crew or other friends close by to arrange a pub session like I would have if I was ..read more
gypsy girl in gi | life updates and musings about brazilian jiu jitsu
1y ago
I know right? And the stupid thing is, if I’d stopped to consider all my options, I’d have found a much cheaper solution. But when you’re in panic-mode because the car has a flat battery and you need to be on your way to Basel airport which is an hour+ drive away from Strasbourg… I ..read more
gypsy girl in gi | life updates and musings about brazilian jiu jitsu
1y ago
We all have one – the gi that, despite a few hot washes, hasn’t shrunk to be a perfect fit. The sleeves are still a bit long, the pants baggy, the jacket shrugs too easily off your shoulders during warmups and rolls. It’s the gi that usually languishes at the mid-to-bottom-end of your weekly rotation ..read more