Todd H.: Time of my Life!

I usually don’t write long reviews nor am I overly sentimental, but I just had one hell of an experience and feel I have to share. I spent a week surfing, training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and doing joint mobility exercise at Casa Kickapoo in El Salvador with Steve Maxwell. First, I have to thank Glyn an amazing person and great friend, who called me two weeks before the trip while I was in bed with a bad chest cold and aching back. I felt horrible and could hardly move, but somehow, Glyn convinced me that it was a great idea to drop everything and drag my horribly out of shape body to Central America to train. Thank you so much Glyn! My amazing wife/best friend gave me the green light despite her own health issues and knowing that taking care of the kids was going to be more challenging than usual. Just prior to the trip I stretched and exercised as much as I could, but I hadn’t trained BJJ in almost three years. Not surprisingly, I was the fattest, most out of shape person in the house. My apologies to my training partners who were bathed in my sweat (yes, I was also the sweatiest). The great food (Thanks Rodrigo!), accommodations and hospitality at Casa Kickapoo made everything that much better and learning to surf was more fun than I can describe (Thanks Luis and I hope your toe is better!). Luis and Gloria, you are the best and El Salvador is absolutely beautiful. To all the folks in the house, you are all amazing and inspirational. I wish I had more time to get to know each of you. It was a blast and I feel recharged and ready to tackle anything.

New York, New York