My name is Jamel Kennedy. I am a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu purple belt under Matt Thornton and his SBGi association. I am 27 yrs old and am the co-owner/BJJ coach of Straight Blast Gym Seattle. I started training March 9, 2010 and immediately fell in love with the sport. I guess you can say I caught the bug! So far I have competed 11 times, including two national tournaments. I love training jiu-jitsu, I love my gym, and I love the people I train with. They are like family to me. This blog is a collection of my ideas, theories, opinions, methods, likes, dislikes, pictures, videos and goals. Basically an online journal meant to educate and hopefully inspire people to get in the gym closest to them and train (also to keep my mind on jiu-jitsu as much as possible). Well I will let you get back to your reading. Be sure to comment on the posts, you don't have to sign up. Enjoy.
