Bob long is the coach out at canton he's a very good ground fighter and an expert in no gi ju jitsu. No gi just means without the white traditional martial arts outfit. Training this week hasn't been go good monday i went to canton and its been my first time there in like 2 weeks and i can always tell when i'm off my game. We did stand up at first and i'm usually very comfortable on my feet but i felt sloppy. I felt sloppy the whole night after that as well, and tonight i was only able to get a little cardio and weights in before i had to come home and do homework. My next scheduled fight is october 2nd in east peoria. Im pretty excited i've been training for almost 3 years and i've only had one fight because my parents hate this sport so much. I know i have the potential to be great thats why i'm doing this fight without telling them. Im usually supremely confident before a fight even if deep down i'm not as good as i think i am it doesn't matter. A fighter without confidence in himself doesn't belong in any kind of fighting. This sport is 80 percent mental, the guys who are tough aren't always the big strong ones its the ones that are mentally tough. Tough is only that a mindset, a way of thinking. Before a fight i will pretty much believe im Mike Tyson or Muhammad Ali, not because i'm cocky, but because i have to have confidence to perform on fight night. That might just be me but finding your mindset to compete in any sport is very important especially any kind of combat sport. I developed a bit of a wrestlers mindset during wrestling season, i learned what to think before a match. Never think the negative once i realized that i did much better competing. Even if i new the guy i was going to face was way better than me, i didn't care cause i was just going to ruff him up. Even if i couldn't win he was going to look back and say, holy crap that kid was tough or if he looked back and said a simple ouch i'm in pain after wrestling him, i'd be happy. People are always scared of the journey, i look forward to it.