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I started writing this almost a year ago.   I just could not bring myself to post it.   It is very personal.   Then the rape of the young woman on New Year’s Eve happened…and it rocked the jiu jitsu community.   I still waited.   Today I decided I needed to release this burden.   Here goes…this is for my sister. I share a lot about myself and my family on this blog, but something that most of you probably don’t know is that I had an older sister.   Her name was Melissa.   She was four years older than me.   When I was little I would follow her around and hang on to her every word, and if she asked me to do something (even if I knew it probably wasn’t a good idea) I did it anyway, she was my big sister after all.   We rocked along like this for a while until the little sisters came along and she didn’t really want to play with me anymore, she was four years older than me after all.   But, I have really good memories of her and me as little kids (one in particular involves our house and

You might be wondering where Mrs. Ibarra has been for the last month.   I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth, just extremely busy.   Work has decided to go a little crazy on me, but I’m trying not to let it affect my training like I usually do.   I’ve got to keep my perspective and keep things balanced.   So, on the jiu jitsu front, I went to another Hannette Staack seminar in San Antonio.   It was just as good as the first one.   This time around we worked on deep half guard.   I love half guard, but still trying to wrap my head around deep half guard.   I know you can make anything work for your body type in jiu jitsu; you just have to play with it until you get it right.   I’m going to have to play with this one a bit more to find the right fit.   And that folks is one of the reasons why I love jiu jitsu.     Saw some really great news today – Hannette Staack and Fenom Kimonos Announce Pro-Partnership.   Check it out here folks. Sometimes I am overwhelmed by all the good that