{"id":5909,"date":"2015-11-01T09:17:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T15:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/?p=5909"},"modified":"2015-11-01T09:17:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T15:17:53","slug":"halloween-zombie-concert-costume-sparring-haunted-harvest-w-friendskids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/2015\/11\/01\/halloween-zombie-concert-costume-sparring-haunted-harvest-w-friendskids\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween! Zombie concert, costume sparring, Haunted Harvest w\/ friends&kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven\u2019t really felt like writing a blog lately. A bunch of little minor pains and pulls and injuries in 5 different parts have prevented me from going all out in MMA practice. :\/ So I\u2019ve been doing Vinny\u2019s Brazilian Jiu-jitsu technique every morning from 10 to 11, and then participating in whatever I can do in the MMA class from 11:30 to whenever. I usually don\u2019t do the BJJ class in the morning because it drains me before MMA class. However, I really miss gi training and I\u2019m so rusty. I want to feel like I\u2019m a real purple belt. Lol I\u2019m way better at no-gi grappling, of course.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m starting to feel more and more comfortable. I basically have to relearn all my grips and balance points and everything relating to holding onto clothing rather than points on the body like elbow or neck. There\u2019s a new teacher at Syndicate: Marcelo Nunes.
\n\"marcelo<\/a><\/p>\n

Since we became affiliated with Zenith BJJ, which is Robert Drysdale\u2019s club, he started teaching the evening beginner classes, and now Saturday morning! I really love it! The style reminds me of my club back in Boston. It\u2019s funny how Vinny\u2019s style doesn\u2019t remind me of that but Marcelo does, and it\u2019s all jiu-jitsu. I\u2019m not quite sure why yet\u2026.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I\u2019ve also been teaching kids a lot! I wrote about this before, but it\u2019s something I do every day now and I\u2019m enjoying it.
\n\"kids<\/a> <\/p>\n

This past week I\u2019ve healed up pretty well and I went hard in my last few MMA classes! Then the other day I jammed my toe and it hasn\u2019t stopped hurting. I think it\u2019s actually swelling and hurts to push off. X_x dang it!<\/p>\n

Halloween was cool! I went to my first Rob Zombie concert on Friday!
\n\"roxy<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always wanted to go! I wish these things weren\u2019t so late at night. I literally can not take it. I fell asleep from 9:30-10:30 on and off, through Danzig, no less! I was not bored, just SO tired. I hate it. I was sitting there cursing my brain as I drifted off into darkness. I call it \u201cRoxalepsy.\u201d I fall asleep at 10 PM sharp, no matter where I am or what I\u2019m doing, if I\u2019m sitting down, standing up, talking to somebody, etc. How do I fight, you might ask? Lots of caffeine. Then I can\u2019t sleep all night, though. But for a fight, I don\u2019t care because it\u2019s a life event. But missing sleep wrecks me for a few days. It\u2019s Sunday and I\u2019m still tired from missing sleep Friday. Lol Anyway when Rob Zombie finally came on it was awesome!!! The stage had classic monster pics! I thought Rob would be bigger but he was skinny! I couldn\u2019t see him that well because I had balcony nose-bleed seats. But that was okay with me. I actually really lucked out. I bought General Admission standing room tickets because they were the cheapest at $45, but forgot that I literally can not stand for more than 15 minutes without having back pain. I can do MMA alright, but just standing hurts me. I had to stand in line for an hour and kept squatting down because my back hurt so badly, and the security guards yelled at me! \u201cI\u2019m going to have to have you stand up, please.\u201d \u201cStand up please!\u201d \u201cSTAND UP!\u201d<\/p>\n

WTF MAN, I\u2019m in real pain! He walked away before I could explain! What is the big deal?!! It\u2019s not like I\u2019m looking under any girls\u2019 skirts. Everybody had pants and I was far enough away from them anyway. I wanted to RNC that security guy until he started gurgling. <\/p>\n

So when I got to the balcony, sat down in somebody\u2019s seat and hoped that whoever actually bought that seat took their time getting there. NOBODY KICKED ME OUT! It was not a sold-out show. YESSsssssss I really lucked out. I had a few other teammates who went to the show, but I didn\u2019t tell them I was going. That\u2019s why. I couldn\u2019t stand, I was cranky since it was past my bedtime, and I don\u2019t dance. Lol So I just chilled out, thought about life, listened to awesome music, took a nap, and watched the crazies run around in circles and slam into each other on the dance floor below, and felt glad I wasn’t down there. X_x why?? It looked really dangerous. I\u2019m a new fan of Danzig now! I didn\u2019t really know his music that much but I\u2019m going to look it up now.<\/p>\n

On Halloween, oh man! First was \u201cCostume Sparring\u201d at Syndicate. I didn\u2019t actually think many people other than me would take it seriously, but lots of people came in costumes!
\n\"syndicate<\/a><\/p>\n

Natan Levy as Goku looked especially bad-ass, and I loved Abe Lincoln!
\n\"roxy<\/a>
\n And I don\u2019t know who John was supposed to be, but he wore this fat-guy body suit with hair hanging everywhere and nipples that stuck out like two inches. I couldn’t stop staring. X_x And I didn\u2019t want to. LOL oh it was awful but hilarious.
\n\"roxy<\/a>
\n I really enjoyed that. I think I had the most entertaining sparring session of my LIFE with Tony, dressed up as Batman.
\n\"bat<\/a>
\n He used his cape to disguise his kicks and I could NOT see his strikes coming at all! Even when he got tangled in the cape, I tried to charge him, he somehow managed to deck me!!
\n\"tony<\/a>
\nTom Lawlor, infamous in the UFC for his dressing up and entrances, dressed up like\u2026. ME! I was so touched and amused! Hah! Look, the pig tails, glasses, unusual socks, Star Wars shirt! XD I showed my mom and she was like, \u201cBearded Roxy?!\u201d lol<\/p>\n

\"roxy<\/a>
\nAfter sparring, I met my fighter friends Jessica, Clayton and their three kids! We went to the Springs Preserve Haunted Harvest!
\n\"hoy<\/a><\/p>\n

It was great! Games, trick or treating, hay mazes, a goulish Alice who followed us around \u2026. Lol\u2026
\nI love that family.
\n\"laiyla<\/a>
\n They fight ammy and pro, and their kids take my jiu-jitsu class.<\/p>\n

Then I went to pick up Serena! Yay my buddy from Philly!\"serena<\/a>
\n She\u2019ll be here training for most of November! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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