Blog 22: Senior Project Reflection

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your Block Presentation and/or your senior project? Why?
-So what i am most proud of in my Senior presentation is that i was able to make an activity from my thirty minute...that only pertained to my first answer, and develop it i not an activity that had connection into every one of my answers. In the end i believe that my main point for reflex and impulse in a fight was proven correct through my activity and it showed the audience my reasoning.


(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Block Presentation (self-assessment)?

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b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?

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(3) What worked for you in your senior project?
-For me what worked was making connections. In research, I had to find the core values of Gracie Jiu JHiutsu and use what i found as a model for my GJJ research. I had the trouble of finding sources and so when I lost specific Gracie sources that pertained to my topic, i had to use their core beliefs and find even more research and use only the ones that reflected GJJ.

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would have you done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?
-So for me what probably didn't work would be the action of my activity. I assumed that it would take more time due to the struggle people had in West house in my 30 minute but surprisingly most people got it fairly easy. Other than that, my lecture went well and my slides worked too. Nothing other than that.

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.
 -So as I mentioned in my lecture i have two products that i am most proud of and make me take action into the community. In my own Senior Project and Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, i am currently filming evaluations to receive my blue belt. From that accolade, i can officially teach in class and am a quarter of the way done to becoming a a black belt. My second product goes back to my roots, Kajukenbo. When i left my studio to learn Kajukenbo i was a junior black belt and my professor called me a junior black belt. I hope to return and teach the students what i learned in jiu-jitsu and become a jiu-jitsu specific instructor and assistant in that school. I have a tournament for Kajukenbo in July in which i will participate in Jiu-Jitsu qualifying. My overall universal product would be respect and brotherhood. Through my project i learned that a fight can be instantaneous. that a fight should not be to show dominance but to survive and it is with that that i valued the fighters right next to me. Sure we can beat each other up and have rivalries on the mat but out there, in the real world is weher it counts. Its in the real world where a fight doesn't have to stop and its why i learned to respect and protect those that need it.

Blog 21: Mentorship

Content:

LIA Response to blog:

    Literal

·     Log of specific hours with a total and a description of your duties updated on the right hand side of your blog

-I will not be able to complete my fully amount of mentorship until Thursday. The completed log will be posted then.

·     Contact Name and Mentorship Place

-Jorge Balares of La Puente Gracie Combatives

    Interpretive

     What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

-So what I value most of mentorship is applying all that I have learned through my research. Philosophy that I learned in my beginning stages of mentorship was able to be applied in my beginning stages and thus it helped me become a better fighter. Throughout this senior project with mentorship I have been able to spar with a more focused mind and apply all that I've learned through books and interpret that in my actions.

   Applied

     How has what you’ve done helped you to answer your EQ?  Please explain.

- Books can only take you so far, and thankfully I have been able to keep practice at a constant. My EQ of how can Gracie Jiu-Jitsu best train a fighter to 'Not Lose' in a sparring session can only be truely solved through personal experience due to the fact that no book can answer that specific question. In my mentorship, I learn techniques and apply what I learn and that in turn lets me become better at sparring, at reflection, and thus lets me answer my own EQ through my own relations and approved answers.