Toronto BJJ and The Summit Church have teamed up once again with the Evergreen Centre for Street Youth to do a 'towel drive'. The aim is to raise 'towels', no matter what condition, to be donated to the Evergreen facility to help youth get clean while they are there. The collection hamper in the lobby of Toronto BJJ is a great place to get rid of old towels that you would like to pass along - as well as soap of shampoo to contribute to the kids who would truly appreciate them.

Summer is truly over and Fall is bringing cooler nights which are much easier to train in. Some of my team mates are preparing for NOGI worlds so everyone is rallied around them to help them train hard and prepare. I am blessed to have such great training partners. You can't help but improve when you have training partners that really help you sharpen your game.

Over the last few months Toronto BJJ has been represented at ADCC's, PAN AM's, Rio Masters and with some local and international tournaments set to take place before the end of this year the training is always pretty intense.

I've got to admit. Saulo Ribeiro kinda intimidates me. That might be because he is a high level black belt prodigy or because he is a Judge and Lawyer. Maybe it's a combo. Discipline - it's in his DNA.

I was wondering what I could write about as I haven't made an entry for a while so I thought I would share with you what happened today..

I was rolling earlier and I spun to get out a armbar transition and I got a knee in my nose. Immediately it exploded...no wonder why..my nostril is actually split open.