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My name is Romeo Barnes. I'm an author and a BJJ black belt with cerebral palsy. This blog is about my life balancing existence in two worlds. My latest book, My World is now available Amazon.com. Glad you're here, enjoy the journey.

Reflection

Earlier this week it was announced that I will be promoted to Blue Belt as of Saturday.The announcement made me reflect upon the realization of my current stage in life. When I first went to Maguilla BJJ my previous training had my head big I went from training with one of the top teams in the Mid-Alantic region to a much lesser-known team as far as names and publicity go. So didn't attempt to submit other white belts in sparring the way I should have. Instead, I chose to teach them what I know. This led to really bad sparring session in which I learned nothing. I have only had 1 full year of mat time. Due to having to find a new school I took two years and eight months off and pretty much lived on Youtube watching big tournaments and scences from instructionals to decide which ones I actually wanted to purchase. The point is you can prepare mentally as much as you want but nothing beats doing it, and more importantly, doing it whole-heartedly. That said, I have a new mindset that will last the rest of my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition career: "TAP EVERYONE". I have to prove that I deserve what I have been awarded.

On the other side of the fence, my book's been available since April 24th. Sales seem to be moving really slow if at all. I would've expected at least one review(good or bad) from my inner circle by now but it hasn't happened as they don't seem to be purchasing the book. I just received my press release today I hope to get it into The Washington Post along with a review of my book. With regional exposure things can only go up.

Thats all for now folks. GrapplersQuest is June 27th-28th I really need to focus. Morristown,NJ Come out support me, the event, and the sport.

http://www.grapplers.com/ for more info

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