January 1, 2013.. The time to set some new years resolutions that we tend to break by February 1st. I plan on not allowing that to happen to me. I am going to set three “Resolutions” or goals that I want to accomplish by January 1, 2014.

Goal #1 Mas Leg Locks

It’s no secret that I like Leg Locks. This year I want to continue to learn more Leg Locks. 2012 was the year that I went from doing a few leg locks to pretty much basing my entire game around Leg Locks. Now that I have had 2012 as a year to really learn the basics of the moves, I want to focus on fine tuning and learning more entrances to Leg Locks. 

Goal #2 Earn A Darker Colored T Shirt

One of my resolutions this year is to keep working towards earning my Purple Belt from Coach Alder. It has been two years now since I earned my blue belt and since then my overall game has progressed nicely. This year I plan on testing as much as possible, drilling even more, rolling even more, possibly competing, and doing anything else that I need to do to show Coach Alder that I’m ready for a new T Shirt.

Goal #3 Curriculum Guru

Ever since I started teaching the fundamentals class over at 10th Planet Van Nuys, I really wanted to develop curriculum for our class. As it stands right now myself and the other instructors are doing a great job sturcturing the classes and choosing the right moves to teach. I want to create a curriculum because we are getting a new crop of coaches in and I don’t want them to have to go through the same test period that I did. My main goal is to create a program that is so good that we can hand anyone the book and they can be successful.

So there you have it. My three Jiu Jitsu resolutions for the New Year. What are your’s?