Category: Osagame

Ray Huxen has an extensive background in martial arts, particularly in Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ). He began his Judo training in 1994 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and later moved to Philadelphia in 1995, where he joined the Philadelphia Judo Club under the guidance of head instructor Art Bourgeau. After 15 years of dedicated training,…

This past weekend was the Shufu Open Judo Tournament in Beltsville, Maryland and we sent down a contingent of competitors. They did very well, and brought home quite a few trophies, 2 of which Ray is displaying above. We sent 8 competitors, who came home with a total of 8 trophies; 4 gold, 3 silver…

This is Grace. I first met her 9 years ago, when she came to the club for a night of Judo. Ray first met her over a decade ago, when the Philadelphia Judo Club was housed at Maxercise. Grace came to Philadelphia as a green belt. Her nickname was Go Go Grace. I called her…

This weekend was the Maxercise In House tournament, and we sent a small contingent of competitors. This picture is 5 out of the 7 competitors. Standing from left is Ian, who went 1-2 and took bronze. Next to him is Josiah, who went 1-1, earned a bronze AND threw an amazing Te Guruma for throw…

We all take turns being Uke, but some people are better at it than others. Some people do a better job of helping the other person learn and practice a technique. And that raises the question; What makes a good uke? Of course there’s the obvious part. In Judo it’s being able to take a…

Tonight I watched my 145 lb brother train with one of our students, a 300 lb former lineman (Division 1 College Football ) and it reminded me of writing this blog post, so I dug it up and I’m reposting. I’ll post some photos of Ronnie training with Jeff at the end of this post.…

One of the white belts in my kettlebells class mentioned that he really wants to work on upping his mental game. He tapped to a pin (by a more senior white belt). That was pretty much my entire first 4 years in Jiu Jitsu. I always got squished. Every time I rolled. After a while…

If you knew who I was talking about when I talked about The Everyday Hero then you probably also know that he was living with kidney disease. He would go to dialysis, and then come to Osagame. He would do randori, he would train, he would do kettlebells —- all the while controlling the amount…

When I was 5 I was in a secret club. The club only had 2 members, my best friend and me. But it was a club and it was a secret. Because it was a secret club we had a secret handshake. You had to know that secret handshake to gain entrance into the secret…