For many reasons the 2012 Ontario Open will stand out in my memory as an important tournament for Toronto. The 2 day event had record numbers of competitors, huge sponsorship and endorsements, trips to the Mundials up for grabs for 'Absolute' winners and all the trimmings to put it on the map as one of the 'must attend' BJJ events on the Canadian Calendar.

Training has definitely stepped up over the last week as our team gets ready for such tournaments as The New York Open, Worlds, The Ontario Open and beyond.

There has been a renewed focus on drills, cardio and endurance. That moment when you want to collapse doing burpees - it happens.

When I was a kid, I used to get scared that dinosaurs would sneak into my room at night and eat me. It was terrible. The only thing that calmed me down was my Dad sticking a NO DINOSAURS ALLOWED plaque on my door. Of course that would work. Dinosaurs would not trespass. I knew that much. So I got over my fears.

I've been at work most of the day watching my Twitter and Facebook feeds from IBJJF's Pan Jiu Jitsu purple belt divisions.

There has already been drama in the form of referee's making some questionable calls.

Been a while since I have updated the blog with what has been happening with training so let's take a quick look back.

February was a tough month - As I mentioned previously, I was sick for quite alot of the month and ended up taking time off in order to not spread the fun with my team mates and to give myself some rest.