He had to go to the hospital to get cancer treatment and when he was at the hospital he shaved his face, and when he shaved his face he ended up getting a staph infection on gos face. He’s also been shot four times, he was in the army, and he was also a marine. And now he’s in the RCMP.  And he did jujutsu in California back in the day.

Just over a year ago when I first met the RCMP guy, he says to me “Am I being too loud. Do we have a problem?” I was walking to my car and he asked me that out of the blue as I walked by him. It turns out a neighbour who used to live in the unit beside me (I think he was a drug addict always looked strung out and on the end of losing his mind) was banging on his ceiling (which was the RCMP dude’s floor because he lived above) and the RCMP guy thought it was me so he called me out. I said “I don’t know what you’re talking about” (I did but didn’t want to get involved) and “It’s not me” that was the first time we met.

I hope I don’t get staph infection from the jujutsu gym or even the fitness gym, I hear it’s pretty common in grappling but so far I’ve been lucky and I also make sure I shower before and after class although I’m not really sure how staph infection is spread. I’ve heard even the cleanest gyms can still get it.

By the way, today is what I’ve been calling Open Mat Eve. The night before open mat I get excited because Saturdays are the days Ive chosen to train jujutsu, one hour of all levels class followed by an hour of open mat mayhem. It seems to be the day of the week that’s fit into my schedule since getting the new job. I’m still working on trying to get another two hours somewhere during the week. I love grappling. I’ve never faded to the point where I don’t want to do it anymore so I figured if I make time to go more often that definitely won’t happen. Just gotta keep rolling.