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Oh where have I been ??? So guys I been gone a long time So I messed my backup pretty bad I slipped a disc that basally went and pushed into my nervous system what ment I spent four days out of a week in hospital while I was unable to sit up all walk i'm home now and making good progress i'm going to do a full blog on this now six weeks recovery is Been and Fill all you guys in on the highs and lows of this it will be a very long time before I'm back on the mats #mma #bjj #jiujitsu #grappling #wrestler #recovery #injury # progress

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Oh where have I been ??? So guys I been gone a long time So I messed my backup pretty bad I slipped a disc that basally went and pushed into my nervous system what ment I spent four days out of a week in hospital while I was unable to sit up all walk i'm home now and making good progress i'm going to do a full blog on this now six weeks recovery is Been and Fill all you guys in on the highs and lows of this it will be a very long time before I'm back on the mats #mma #bjj #jiujitsu #grappling #wrestler #recovery #injury # progress

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6 months past a review and a look forward !!!! Well it's been about 6 months since I began this road , this is a look back on the stuff that has gone down in that time a culmination if you will. so where oh where to start from I feel there is sooooo much , that has gone on from winning and losing , macclesfield to Blackpool , a messed up elbow , and a belt in a fridge !! I feel like I have won so much this year , not just the material things like medals and a stripe (don't get me wrong on top of the world) , but won personal battles within me ,over came my fears , made some new friends and mended some old friendships as well. I thought I would never get this back , after taking a year out due to medical advice , thinking I couldn't do this again , I had a great bunch of people around me to coach me , to advise me , to keep me strong and on the occasion fight my corner , to you guys I thank you , you know who you are, I have mentioned you in these blogs. So yeah it's been a fun road for 6 months getting back in there on 10days notice and rolling In front of my gym again was a great feeling , the end of that first fight getting my elbow dislocated wasn't a high light but still made me wanna work hard , I moved on to grapplers games where I won that first bronze (with one arm I may add ) dam I remember my arm killing me for weeks after , and got awarded my first stripe for that (the belt ended up in the fridge). we then went to sub north in manchester (got a bit of stick for this signing up at the 12 hour and all think Aggie was going to kill me) ,great ran event I can not talk highly enough of this comp , the guys who put this together just ran it superb and you can tell they love jitz again I'm always looking at the upsides , did I win here NO , getting choked out and sticking my head In a gi choke wasn't fun , but there was more that came out of it , I gotta watch my homie Matt "Spider-Man/muffin man/therat" turner comp , got to see my coach Aggie kick ass and made a new friend in a guy called jay (The dude who gi choked me ) who is a super nice dude , who trains out of strategy bjj just up the road from me in hazel grove (http://strategybjj.com check them out) , so was it a wasted day NO , no day in bjj is wasted. (Look for sub north on FB) Blackpool was up next I know I haven't wrote about this to be fair it was a blur , this was like my wrestlemania the thing I have worked towards , and man I underestimated it , I got my a$$ handed to me , I didn't show up again , no excuses here the guys where awesomely good , but the bright lights were on and I was overwhelmed , had 2 hard rolls , first guy was way to heavy for me and just sat on me the 2rd dude judo through me that hard I thought I was goin through the floor , so lost but again I got to see 2 of my voodoo brothers pick up silvers in there catg , and again ran into jay , I must of spent a good half a hour with him just shooting the breeze about the place the people (we both agreed we need to cut weight) , and I got invited down to his gym for a training sesh , super cool folks !. So we move on to just last week voodoo inter comp "mad Macc" I fought 2 people that night one was my little cuz ,will "the ace" Bayley a 10yr old kid who has this idol in me thing goin on ,( I'm unsure why) so he got to fight (kickboxing) his big cuz in front of his mum and dad and dam he put on a show , the 2rd fight was a bjj match between me a dude called James , it was one 5 min round winner by tap gets 5 points and continue I WON 17-7 got two taps and controlled the ground , so am mega pleased with this and yeah getting my hand raised (a point to the sky for Paul walker) ,has given me a fresh new hope going into 2014. So this year has been good I have fallen back in love with a sport I once thought lost to me (or maybe it was me who was just lost at times) , I have some of the greatest people and coaches in my life , Dave , Aggie , Sam , minor , Carl , anil , Charlie , Matt , Adam from factory , team DS (Dom and ste)and Jen you guys have helped me so much these past 6 months with coaching , friendly words , the confidence you bring to me to make me believe in me ,I thank you I thank you all so much I couldn't of done any of this without you !!! FACT 2014 is going to be fun sure it will have its ups and downs , wouldn't be me if I didn't have a bit of nerve racking s**t going on , I have my personal goals , i know how I need to get there , I know with the people I have around me I will achieve these , here's to what's gone in 2013, and here's to a "Rollin" 2014 Also amazing news my homie Carl Burton is opening up a 12 gauge macclesfield just to do the cheap plug there Much love guys and happy holidays WB cakeface Check some of these websites for more info on places http://www.voodoogym.co.uk http://factorybjj.com http://www.dslifestyleandfitness.co.uk Www.12gaugemartialartsmacclesfield.co.uk You can find sub north , voodoo , factory bjj , grapplers games , grab and pull , DS lifestyles , 12gauge all on FACEBOOK

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Heroes , icons , and a dreamer who may just of set the bar to high !!!! What is a hero ?? Who is your icon?? Who do you inspire to be ??? Tonight I'm going to look at this from my life , the trend of heroes , the people who i hold in a iconic status , in training and life.. Sure when I was a kid (8 to be exact ) I wanted to be Shawn micheals , HBK , I wanted to come of the top of the Anaheim pond on a zip wire and look that cool ,to wrestle at the show of shows to wear them glam outfits to dance like a jerk ,practicing those or inspiring moves on friends !!! , is Shawn my hero to this day yep , sure is. Now I know what your thinking , what is this got to with anything let alone bjj , grappling or mma , but it does , HBK was a symbol to me , he wasn't the biggest guy , the hardest man , but he had guts , and made me believe , believe in me , I was always told by my father I couldn't do that and wouldn't achieve , as a kid ,in life and in my work he wasn't being mean he just thought him telling me I couldn't do something made me want to prove him wrong ,it was just his way I guess and I love him all the same ,, all I had to do was look at HBK and I knew I could do it , and as time went on sure I didn't dance round the front room and act out moves on friends I grew up !!! Like we all do , but still taking that never quit underdog fight with me ...and now my heroes are .....my friends , REALLY , strange !! You may think but no you don't have to be on a big screen or sellout arenas to be my idol , nope the folks I know are my idols and my inspiration. Here's a quick story , I have never been a dude who wanted too walk on the moon , or be a cop , my first page of my national record of achievement reads , Wayne Bayley what do you want to be when you grow up , it's says CHEF (achieved that youngest kitchen manager in the history of a company at 18) or A PRO WRESTLER (not to get confused with sports entertainer ) and I feel I have some of that , being a grappler and all. So hero , idol ,whatever you wanna call these people , I know some great people in my life but I'm going to talk about 2 real quick ....one of my heroes is my brother (not by blood but by a bond that has never wavered over time ) his name is Andrew Morris , who for the last 5 years has been all over the globe training bjj , a guy who this summer just past , quit his job (after saving like a mad man) and packed his shit and moved to Brazil , yes Brazil , to better himself at this sport , left everything behind all for this shot to become great , in a few short months he became Brazils national NOGI champion , (my homie a champion) , and won some more accolades along the way , if that isn't inspirational I'm not sure what is . Another guy I idolise is Carl "honey badger " Burton a mma fighter who is undefeated , this is a guy who is like family to me , in and out of the gym , a guy who had is leg stitched back together when we were younger and fought his a$$ off to make himself the best person he could be , not only does he push himself when others would just quit but has had adversity thrown at him and still kept focused having title match after title match ripped from his palm ,just to smile , get back in the gym train harder and be stronger , for when that opportunity finally comes he will take his destiny in his hands, and be crowd champion . These guys above aren't movie stars or mega stars , just some dudes from my home town , who made it , a story to be jealous of , but not the jealousy that tears you up , but the professional jealousy that keep you strong , makes you wanna do that extra sit up or the extra min in the gym ,to clang and bang to you have nothing left , to just be a bit more like your hero , like them , These are the guys who , make me what I am , who I looks up too ,another quick story before Andrew went to Brazil , I got to roll with him and Carl on a number of occasions , (and I didn't tell them this but it was like Xmas for me , it was like I was sat with HBK and cm punk them selfs) , they were telling stories and talking about bjj and mma and I just sat and listened trying to make the odd witty remark , so we began rolling , I got to roll with two dudes I hold so high in my re guard , I was giddy , then I sat back and watched them roll , I felt like I was 12 again watching HBK v hitman at wrestle mania 12 , only it wasn't on VHS it was in the gym in front of my eyes , and then after when I get told "your jitz is coming along " was a grand feeling not just said by friends but heroes of mine . This may sound strange or odd and you maybe think wtf is this dude on ( I do have flu at the moment so could be rambling) but I think my point is , your heroes can be anyone , they don't have to be big stars that everyone has heard of or have the latest hair do and skin tight pants !! And you never know some dude in your gym may look at you as his personal hero !!!! I thank you Andrew and Carl you too are my heroes , my friends and my family , my life is richer in just knowing you guys Believe in what get you through the day ! WB cakeface

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I chance to walk in the footsteps of the past So here we are Blackpool open , the ball room ,a place where my nan and grandpa danced many years ago , a place my mum and dad danced , now a place I get to stamp my own mark in the world of bjj. Again I have weighed in the the heaviest catg something I need to address as of next year (well now) the guys are massive , nerves are here like a cloud following me around , warm up starts in 20 mins fight in 30. How do I feel ?? Mixed bag really happy in lightened ,nervous , Hope to make my folks proud today as I step foot on Hollow ground , Nan grandpa if your watching this somewhere up there is for you I will update later Bjj4life WB cakeface

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So I kept this quite Today I enter sub north bjj comp , I'm going to be honest about this I think I have been VERY stupid. I have been resting the elbow now for 2 whole weeks done nothing , and I mean nothing , then at the last min I decided I want to push my body to the limit , unsure why , I'm going through some stuff in my personal life and must feel like I wanna hurt myself , I don't know ! Anyway I'm going to do this see what happens I guess Here goes absolutely nothing WB cakeface

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So i’ve just got hold of this underground hip hop album by Ant Morris aka Old Owl, a guy i’ve known for more then 20 years from growing up on the mean streets of Macclesfield, it features several other underground acts, a few of these also from Macclesfield, i don’t usually listen to underground hip hop so this could be difficult but i’ll give it a try,

The album is 29 minutes long with 10 songs.

The 1st song is a 30 second intro, nothing much to say about this, loads of albums have intros

Track 2 - In The Dark Woods feat 777, i must say the beat to this is sick,  and both rappers take full of advantage of having a good backing track, i was kind of hoping for a third verse here because i didn’t want the song to end so soon.

Track 3 is Across the Pond feat. American rapper Casto The Savage, another good song here, again it’s too short in my opinion.

Track 4 - From Parts Unknown feat. Sinister Stricken & R.O.B. , didn’t think much of this song to be honest.

Track 5 is a posse cut called The Misty Cave, it’s got a really nice beat for these guys to spit over and that helps, O.N.E. opens the song with a slow rhyme before Ben B takes over and speeds it up a bit, then comes 777 with the 3rd verse who steals the show here, after him it’s Owl & Jut who are equally as impressive, finally the 5th verse is from Beit Nun but i didn’t think much of his verse to be honest.

Distant Lights feat Sullen MC and Ben B is the next song, again another really nice beat here and all 3 rappers destroy it, really good song here, all 3 have very different styles and it makes the song all the better for it.

Document 14 is next feat. Bloodstain and Jut, we have a chorus on this song with 3 verses this time, another good song here.

Track 8 The Dragons feat. Mr. Phormula is next, it’s only 2 minutes long, it ends far too quickly, just a verse each by both rappers and that’s it, nothing special here im affraid.

Track 9 is another posse cut called The Deviant Side, coming in at 5 minutes and starts off excellent with a verse by Mr. CRF followed by a littlle Deviant Side hook, Thomba Artz is up next and continues the good work with the hook coming up again, it’s Beit Nun who’s up next, i just cant get into his voice, luckly he’s only on for 20 seconds before Old Owl takes over from him and, another Deviant Side hook follows and then we have a verse by Pez, i’m not really feeling him either, Ben B does the last verse followed by the hook at ther end,  good song

Owl-tro is the final song, a 3 minute solo freestyle over yet another nice beat, really impressed with the production of this album,

OK so now for the rating 3 out of 5 here, Stand out tracks been In The Dark Woods, Distant Lights and The Deviant Side.

I may have some of the artists wrong i dunno, i’m just going off they appear on back cover.

Fuck i’m tired now, need to listen to some Heavy Metal now, this is The Punisher signing out

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Check the review by my cuz funny upfront and he checks out a lot of music and gigs but can't spell emenem (eminem) to save his soul

The Marshall Mathers LP 2

Where shall i start, well 1st of all i used to be a massive Emenem fan and i still listen to his older stuff, i listen to the lyrics and they make me laugh, his new stuff doesn’t make me laugh anymore.

This is a track by track review of Marshall’s newest album.

The album starts of with the 7 minute cut Bad Guy, it is far too slow and just doesn’t get going at all, it’s also way too long, not a bad song but it’s just not very exciting at all,  it’s pretty much Stan pt 2. towards the end.

Track 2 is a skit, already? yeah it’s quite funny but it’s well too soon for something like this.

Rhyme or Reason is track 3, it samples’s who’s your daddy?, yep it’s just a song attacking his dad, is this Cleaning out my closet pt 2? it’s rather crap to be honest.

So Much Better is the 4th track but really it’s so much worse,  yep this one is Kill you pt 2.  yep i see why this called the Marshall Mathers LP 2 now,  awful song.

Survival is track 5, it’s got a rock feel to it and features vocals on the chorus from Liz Rodrigues of The New Royales,  best song on the album so far.

Legacy up next featuring another female singer, yeah she’s got a great voice but this is a very boring pop song, i’m sure the kids will love it tho, i think it’s rather crap tho.

Skylar Grey features on the next song Arsehole, yeah another song i’m not interested in, the verses are way too short aswell, album filler song here.

Berzerk is up next with loads of samples from The Beastie Boys here, Em is taking it old skool here,  pretty good song but it could of been so much better.

Rap God is next, this song showcases Eminem’s lyrical talent here, Eminem spits very fast in this song, seems to me like he’s been listening to Big Punisher’s 1st album, his verses get faster as the song goes on, in the 3rd verse he raps at a similar speed to Twista, pretty good song but i’m still waiting for that killer joint that i know Emenem is capable of.

Brainless is the next song, not really much to say about this song other than it’s crap.

Stronger Than I Was is next,  Eminem just sings  pretty much through all of of this 5 and a half minute song with one rapped verse,  very very boring song, at least he doesn’t use auto tune, he get’s my respect for that.

The next song Monster featuring Rihanna is a monster of a song, i knew i would like this because Rihanna always seems to make a hit record when she does songs with a rapper. best song on the album so far.

So Far…. is the next song, what can i say about this song apart from it is brilliant, the highlight of the album for me, it’s starts off like a song you would hear  from Bruno Mars on the radio before turning into a country song with scratches and rapped vocals,  yep Eminem’s been listening to Kid Rock, there’s even a little sample from The Real Slim Shady which made me laugh for the 1st time in the album, i hope he releases this as a single, it’s fantastic.

Kendrick Lemar features on the next song called Love Game, i’ve never listened to Kendrick before but he’s very talented if this song is anything to go by, the song has a very 60s rock n roll feel to it  and both rappers bounce of each other very well in this song, wow that’s 3 songs in a row i like, this album is finally getting good.

Headlights is up next featuring vocals from Nate Ruess, the song has only been on a minute and Emenem hasn’t said anything yet but i love it, Nate Ruess has a wonderful voice, the song is about his mum but it’s a nice song this time, he forgives her and admits he went to far in his early years especially with the song Cleaning Out My Closet which he regrets doing now, a beautiful song here, i didn’t think Emenem had it in him to do a record like this.

Evil Twin is the final song, this has got to be a Slim Shady song right, i’m expecting Eminem to let rip on all the garbage pop acts like One Direction here but he doesn’t, the song ain’t a bad one but it’s certainly nothing special, very average song here, seems to be the pattern of this album here, a few great songs towards the end of the album but far too many average songs here.

Overall i give this album 3 out of 5 stars,  it’s not a patch on his earlier material but it’s miles better then all the other crap that’s been coming out lately.

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Check out my cuz blog rating films ,music and prob life in the general ,so as we know going to the cinema can be expensive read a good review before spending them hard slaved £££ or $$

Ok so where shall i start? We have Sylvester Stallone so that should be enough to have a hit movie right? wrong.

We have Sung Kang who plays a Korean cop, Jason Momoa who plays some tall guy with a pony tail who kills alot of people and loads of people who no one else cares about.

The film...

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What an awesome day off work So today i decided to take the day off and just do some "me" stuff , so I went training , hung out with some people , saw me old man , had a chat with my mam and spent sometime playing video games with my little cuz will followed by a evening with my wife ....can't say better than that !! To touch on the training , I decided to roll down to factory bjj in reddish/Stockport area , owned by Adam adshead , I know I have said this before but he is one coooooool cat (as seen by pix above) , and just a great human being if the world could have a few more Adams we would all be better off ! (Fact) , anyway so I got there cold and wet outside but a grand warm welcome inside , I was a little nervous at first 1, for my arm and 2, just cause they have some out of this world jitz guys on them mats , but was made to feel right at home by Adam and my new friend Leroy holcroft , who I believe (and sorry if I get this wrong) is a dam good purple belt (who I had a dam good roll with) and kind of a second in command at factory and again just a really nice friendly guy who just loves bjj , and will share and teach his knowledge to anyone that wants to learn (just nice to see and refreshing). So there is about 10guys on the mats today , and like I said I WAS nervous , but they where going just from chatting with everyone about random s**t and just putting myself at easy (felt like nemo swimming with sharks lol) , so we started off drilling , now what is different here is the round time gets set for 5 min rounds so you grab a body and drill whatever it is you want for "your 5mins" then you switch and the other dude gets his 5mins , then you change partners , what is awesome as everyone you work with has maybe a little trick or tweak to something your working , my thing today was escaping side control then working my "lazy side" or as Adam put it "broken scarf hold" , I even got sweeeeet knee ride escape/defence what I can't wait to try. So we do are drilling (about a hour I think) I have worked with 3/4 guys all are feeding me info and tweaks (I think I may even told them something too) , then we had 5mins rolls ,I only rolled Couple of time due to my arm by this time was starting to seize up , one of the rolls was with Leroy as I mentioned earlier , and dam I felt like a fish outta water , he was controlling me with like one leg and a hand , was crazy , but through all this was coaching me , not taking me to school , doing the "well your from another gym shit" just teaching me like I said he loves this sport and just shares his knowledge and wisdom , a big big thank you to him for this !. I managed to sit down with Adam at the end and asked him his thoughts on how bjj has grown since the rise of mma (because you need both skills in mma ground and stand up) , and dam I wished I had recorded it cause it would of been a awesome interview lol, but there was something's he said what stuck in my head 1.was the competition is always getting better due to the amount of comps that are getting run either main stream or in house , people are learning quicker , something that worked in a comp last week might not work in this one , due to people have seen it and can drill it , where 3/4years ago there was like 2comps a year and you had to go hunt that s**t ,out this is because of this rise people wanting to maybe just do a grappling/jitz side ,and 2 was , he used the word "your Eco system", (let me explain ) the Eco system is your gym or your haven, and if like a animal , you stay in your Eco system , you will never adapt and evolve , but if you branch out you "have" too adapt and progress and evolve , like in comps you enter you get beat , do you go away and never do it again or do you work not to get court in whatever it was ,it really made me think on my car ride home , am I doing all I can to evolve , am I hiding in my Eco system (am I comfy) , do I fear change etc ,I may ask Adam can I film this next Time. voodoo gym is my home my family , my church , but like a holiday you need to go away even for a day and come back with a new out look ,new s**t to try , this is what today has done for me , 1.gave me new stuff to work and try , and 2, made me love this ever growing sport even more. I also court up with my coach briefly had a chat to her about some stuff always funny , like I said saw me mum , saw my dad (who I think through not by fault of his own as set a fire under me) , and then my 10year cuz will (Man U football star to be) came round to play FIFA , I tell you what , I don't have any kids , but the happiness that kid brings to both me and my wife is unreal , days when I feel down and s**t , I can just see him and dam he has This infectious smile you can't help but smile back , man ,cheers me right up every time , cheers cuz ! Yeah so anyway this has been my day hope it all made sense Much love and mad respect to all them cats up at factory and thanks for having me homies WB cakeface Check out factory bjj on the web http://factorybjj.com On Facebook factorybjj Give Adam a holla if your in the area Checkout voodoogym on the web http://www.voodoogym.co.uk And on Facebook voodoogym Give the voodoo family a holla if your in Macc

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What does training mean to you ?????

A question that is hard to answer , how do you sum it up ? , how do you do it justice?, to make others fully understand how it makes you feel , the dedication , the hours of blood , sweat and tears you put in to it , will there understand the pain the injures the sacrifices you make , what does training mean to me ?, it’s my life son !!!!!

I have been asked on many occasion (probably like any other mma , grappler or bjj person) why do you do this to your self , it can’t be worth the pain , to that I say it is worth the pain , it’s worth everything to me , to know I’m doing something meaningful with my time on this planet , some people join a club , ride bikes with patches on there backs to show the world there apart of something , some where a football shirt to show there support or to play , me I wear a patch on my back (well it’s on my leg) it’s says combat base! , I wear t shirt a t shirt that say voodoogym , I show the world I’m dam proud of what I do, that I belong to a family , isn’t that what everyone walking this earth wants ,just to belong? , I feel I have found that place I enjoy grappling , I’m good at it , it gives me balance a work ethic , I know that I’m a better man , and like the gladiators of old Rome , I get to stand on them sands (mats) across from another guy , not because we hate each other or because of some conflict , just to see who on that day is better ,sure we ain’t using sword and shield , now we use are brains , are technic and in mma are fists (something don’t change) and when it’s done there’s no hard feeling no anger ,you just know if you were the better man, that’s my rush , that’s my crowning goal.

To know you stepped in there , only knowing a few have the balls to do that , your not some pisser in the crowd , 5pints deep , pie in one hand smoke in another saying “yeah I can do that” or “I’d knock him out” , really ,????! , money where mouth is son ! , put that beer and pie down step in see if you last.

I train to define myself , to know my hard work pays off , I’m not a violent dude far from it ,I just like to push myself to levels I got told I couldn’t go , I train to prove people wrong , that’s my fire my fuel as it were , people will always try to take credit for your achievements , let them!!! You know why you do what you do , if they need to jump on your band waggon to feel important and relevant so be it , shows they have nothing better todo than spectate on your world , sad really .

On all this and advice from my friend and brother Carl Burton , I have decided to enter another comp IN 14 DAYS !!! I know I shouldn’t train , I shouldn’t comp , don’t care , I need this , I need to do this , I need to let the fire inside burn to feel it , just to feel alive , win or lose hell il take a draw this will be my first proper gi comp , just to get on them mats will be a rush , let’s see what happens.

Why do I train ?? God son , Why do you breath !?

WB cakeface

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Recovery The video above says it all , baby steps pretty much. I went ,I drilled (I kinda rolled with trusted friend) , but the major thing I came away without any fresh injury to this. We drilled movement tonight from side control to scarf , Key points . Don't be lazy pick that arm of the ground . Feet at 12 and 9 . Weight in right place . There are probable more keys to victory but there just a few. Aggie was head honcho due to Dave being on his jollies , again good to mix it up with the coaches ,you always get different tips from different coaches ! , tonight I just tightened up my scarf game got about 6/7 good taps for this position and I feel really good in it. So yeah had a roll with my boy anil , and again this dude is progressing all the time , and again always so nice always asking questions and shit proper "student of the game" type, anyway we rolled think I court him in my "anaconda vice" sub (stole cm punk yes I stole a"wrestling" move) , was working my anaconda PACMAN shit as well , it's working folks !!! Beware lol. So this elbow is pretty sore now as I'm writing this , the pins and needles seem to get worse at night maybe due to working all day and stuff , I just keep leaning on it what is very very annoying to say the least , only 3 weeks to I go back , then they start test and probable a operation to reattach the nerves and or something ( I really don't listen much lol) Anyway the road starts here , the steps are tiny , you have to walk before running , and I have some big decisions in front as Blackpool open is 4 weeks away , !!!! Will keep posted WB cakeface out

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A none related training story about “family”

"31 years ago the gods saw fit to bless me with a brother , not from my own parents but from another family ,and for the past 31 years has never left my side though think and thin highs and lows , a friend that became my brother a true showing that blood and name don’t make you family , he is my family ,he is my "little" brother and HAPPY BIRTHDAY ‘Chris Cowan from all us here at this extended family , you have sure come a long way in a year kid ! Many happy returns"

The above is from FB , I’m proud of my quote un quote little brother he is my best friend for the last 31 years, a guy who for all purposes shouldn’t even be my friend considering we have been to hell and back on many occasions but always seemed to find are bond stronger than ever, a lot of people have said it “you two are closer than a lot of brothers” and we are I think that’s why nothing has ever come between us , and this time last year we sat on a train going to football ,Chris having to figure out what life will bring is he where he needs to be etc etc„„ a year later I will sit again on that train going to football with a much more forward thinking Chris as in a year he and his girl have ironed out there kinks and are über strong and awesome ,have a lovely new home and a baby on the way, AWESOME I will be a uncle !!!….

The picture at the top is a evolution of a friendship, a friendship that I can say is family , he has stood and fought with me and against me at a time , we have travelled across the land to see gigs or just to turn up on a street to see a “aunt”, we have shared laughs and tears , seen each other through some dark dark days of family grief and also has stood by me as bestman on my happiest day!….

This is just a reminder that people we have in life don’t have to share a name or blood to be family they can be someone you known for a year or in my case 31 of them , someone once said “you can pick your friends but not your family” , then I’m truly blessed by the gods cause my friends are my family some may put the fun in dysfunctional but god dammit we are a family.

So today give your “brother or sister” a call or a text just to say hey or whatever it is you do

Much love and see not all in life is training

WB cakeface

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AND HOW IM TRYING

So the message above is a positive message , don’t be down and just smile and keep going , il explain. So my friend Adam adshead (head coach,owner of factory bjj and all around awesome cat) put this message on Facebook the other day ……

"A dude cut me up and gave me the middle finger at the lights. I just gave him a big thumbs up. His middle finger was the sign for ‘my life is terrible I’m going to blame you’, my thumbs up was the sign for ‘my life is awesome, nothing you can do will change that’. Stay positive, avoid the negative."

This has really stuck in my head and made me think , so the other day a idiot at work called me a prick , so instead of getting annoyed and angry ,I just smiled at him and laughed and walked off , he was having a shit day and wanted everyone else to feel his pain ,NOT me I’m happy.

What brings me to now , I went to the fracture clinic yesterday a good news bad news bag was handed. GOOD NEWS arm not in plaster BAD NEWS. Nerves and other stuff not healed (prob didn’t help doing that comp) soooo I’m meant to stay off it for 4WEEKS „,!!!! , really I don’t think I can take that long my mind will melt ! So I’m not going to roll for at least this week ! See how that feels like.

But the thing is here, do I be angry and annoyed and flip the proverbial bird?, or do I give this elbow stuff a good thumbs up ?

Thumbs up me thinks , stay positive can’t be annoyed can I ? Even tho I feel there will be dark skies in front of me , I have soooooooo many positive and thumbs up In my life , my family , my friends , the gym is family I can still go down and chill with them not having the pressure of a nob coach telling me if I’m not there to train f**k off , so why should I be angry ?.

In conclusion take a touch of advice from Adam here ,next time your having a great day , and someone try’s to bring that shit down just smile give them a different finger, GIVE THEM THE THUMB

Much love

WB cakeface

[cakefacewayne]

Tonight @ voodoo was "keep calm , jump guard"!!! So tonight at voodoo was a interesting night , always seems to be when Sam archer is king pin (coach) , we always see abit of outta the box thinking , for instance , Dave (head honcho) doesn't do jumping guard and would pretty much slap the spit outta anyone caught doing it (ref from Aggie), Sam on the other hand always likes to jump guard. This is a good thing as I don't think we drill near as much from standing as we should , so after another near 30mins warm up (I know 30mins it sucks peeps) we got into a bit of takedowns , so Sam hit us with jumping guard I like it , it's easy and works , only thing I was drilling with a dude nicked named "tin,tin" not cause of the animation no no no (Danny Bryan style) , he's a 6'4 90+ kilo polish monster , nice dude tho , so you got two 90+ kilo guys trying to jump on another was some funny shit. Then we put this into play 'pressure drill' fight for the takedown was a good work out , and the bonus throughout this you have Sam giving advice and help , always a bonus Then a little roll to finish of with. My arm held up ok got a bit of pain in it now but think the muscles are swelling up , (oh this lad tin tin is the dude that popped my arm in the first place lol) , hope the fracture clinic give me some good news tomo , well just be happy with them doing something instead of the "let's see" BS they keep giving Anyway keep calm jump guard , just another thing to think about Chill time now WB cakeface out

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Breakfast and a good sleep or the other way round

So hard day at work yesterday cold , wet and busy in the timber shed , I'm trying to be calm at work and focus all this anger I seem to have in me in the right channels not letting it shoot off in all directions , yesterday was a good start I thought, people thought I was quite but hey ho. so I went to bed at like 9pm last night (I know what am I 8) but I thought well I'm not just sitting in front of the box all night watching nothing , so for a guy that sleeps only between 3/4 hours a night , this could be a mistake , WAY NO, I slept for a 8 hour stint OMG, I feel my brain is at 100% my body is at 100% , I feel gooooood and focused. Breakfast consumed in the form of instant oats (drinkable) and a 3egg omelette , need to pick some fruit up when shop opens in case the snack monster , comes into play !! All ready for bjj later (think bear and sleep) WB cakeface

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A week :bronze medal , new gi , cake and a belt in a fridge !!! So it's been a week since grapplers games , and what have I done ? NOTHING , zero , zilch ,! I tried to rest my arm to be fair and chilled out , had a beer Saturday night with my close friends ,my coach and just enjoyed a belated birthday and stuff and just tried to rest. My new gi came its a sexy looking thing ,what made resting even harder as god dam it I just wanna roll !! I went to P.A.D.S on Thursday , p.a.d.s is a hard hitting 1hour cardio sesh ran by a good friend of mine , dom Nichols of DS lifestyles and fitness (http://www.dslifestyleandfitness.co.uk) now I know what you may be thinking "boxercise" NO NO NO (Danny Bryan style) my friends , this is some hardcore cardio s**t what is awesome ,my legs were done after this really I more go get choked by some dude than repeat that again (till nxt week anyway), I will try get a video stuck together to show you cause trying to explain it won't do it justice , check out there website or Facebook !!!!. So I have not done a lot this week so not much to report only went back bjj training tonight and my arm didn't hold up to good ,I have a really bad feeling that when I go back to the hospital on Thursday there going to stick it in a cast , (may not be a bad idea) , but I can't take anymore time out , it has been sooooo hard after a 7month lay off just to get back into the swing of things , don't think I can take another set back , Blackpool open is about 7 weeks away need to cardio up and weight cut NOW.?!, Did have some great rolls tonight with some of the guys at voodoo , that anil I was talking about is coming on so SO well the guy is a machine real is , been trying to get him to comp soon cause he will take folks apart like !. So I can tell some are reading this and thinking why is there a belt in the fridge !? Well it's something I thought was funny and kinda a tribute to cm punk who after he won the wwe title went home got some water sat on the floor and had put the title in the fridge by mistake !, so I always said soon as I get a stripe on my belt (cause that's my world title) I would do the same , something silly I know but I'm a silly dude, so soon as Dave wrapped that stripe around it (what was one of the best moments ) it was going in the fridge at some point ... So that's my week will have a lot to report as of next week probably good and bad things but that's life and the cheat day may have to become a cheat meal !,,,:( Train hard win easy WB cakeface bronze medalist , 1stripe gangster awayyyyyyyy