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Jay

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About Me

Futures Trader by day, Jiujitsu teacher by night. I run Valko Jiujitsu, www.valkobjj.com, a Jiujitsu, Wrestling, Boxing, Muay Thai and MMA gym locted in the River North area of Chicago. We're offering two weeks of free training to anyone interested.
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My Interests

Brazilian jiujitsu, MMA, comic books, weights, yoga, travel, reading, writing, drumming, eating.

I'd like to meet:

People who like my profile theme songs

Music:

Movie composers - John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Ennio Marricone. 80's stuff - Genesis, Depche Mode, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel. Weird stuff like Sigur Ros, Cliff Martin.

Movies:

Epic stuff, Braveheart, Last of the Mohicans. Kurt Russell movies. Good sci fi.

Television:

Total Trekkie. Lost, Rome, Battlestar Galactica, House, Daily Show and Colbert.

Books:

Richard Matheson books, especially I Am Legend. James Clavell's Asian Saga, especially Shogun and Tai Pan. Enjoying Harry Potter. Comic books.

Heroes:

Your results:
You are Iron Man Iron Man 80% The Flash 75% Superman 65% Green Lantern 60% Spider-Man 55% Robin 55% Hulk 55% Wonder Woman 51% Catwoman 50% Supergirl 46% Batman 30% Inventor. Businessman. Genius.
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My Blog

Watch These Films and THINK

Here are some interesting documentaries... The Medicated Child Money Masters     Zeitgeist America: Freedom to Fascism     Psychiatr...
Posted by Jay on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:12:00 PST

Why I support Ron Paul

Due to that fact that the Neocons and appearantly the media hate him, it is doubtful that Ron Paul will get too far in his bid for the White House.  Personally, he's pretty much th...
Posted by Jay on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:25:00 PST

Videos From Valko Jiu-jitsu

Me vs Henry Matamoros in NAGA Superfight Me sparring at Gracie Barra Tampa Stephan Bonnar vs Mike Nickels(Duke Roufus & I working Stephan's corner) BonarNicholsUploaded by a...
Posted by Jay on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:31:00 PST

Pictures from Valko Jiu-jitsu

ACADEMY   COMPETITION: Mike Wins 1st Place Tom Wins 1st Place Brush Fighting MMA Jason Fighting MMA MISCELLANEOUS: Warming up with Stephan Bonnar at UFC 73 With Stephan and ...
Posted by Jay on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:16:00 PST

Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dumb

Mike & Brush deserve their own blog in recognition of their constant efforts and help as team captains of our academy.  Smooches. ...
Posted by Jay on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:15:00 PST

Katie-Poo

I just want to thank my wonderful girlfriend, Kate, for being her.  While I was training for a recent tournament I had to lose about 10 lbs in order to compete.  Kate managed to find time to...
Posted by Jay on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:05:00 PST

Pics from two introduction seminars I hosted

When I first open up the new Jiu-jitsu school I held four introduction seminars to get people interested and let them check the place out.  Here's some pictures from the first two seminars.  ...
Posted by Jay on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:05:00 PST

Spiderman, Captain America & Mark Twain

A conversatin between Spidey and Cap, taken from Amazing Spiderman #537...   SPIDERMAN:  "I've seen the look before... you've got a story, don't you?" CAPTAIN AMERICA:  "Peter--" SPIDEY...
Posted by Jay on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:05:00 PST

Over Six Years of Hard Work

Yesterday I got my brown belt in Brazilian Jiujitsu.  Black is next.  This has pretty much been the focus of my life since Feb. 2000.  Years of training, injuries, tournaments, wins and...
Posted by Jay on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:44:00 PST

A Matter of Integrity

About five months ago I realized what it took for me to be happy.  It's pretty simple.  It basically boils down to integrity.  I realized that if I feel good about every decis...
Posted by Jay on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:03:00 PST