The Impaired Grappler

Phillip Grapsas Black Belt under Pedro Sauer. Impaired with arthritis I do what it takes to stay on the mats as Stagnation Leads to Suffering. #impairedgrappling

My aim is to share my story as I work to become The Repaired Grappler in a natural way. 

I hope to inspire others to keep mobile using Gracie Jiu-Jitsu with a self defence mindset to help them find ways to grapple with impairments, metaphorically and literally.

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Inherited Consumerism

Today we are torn between our inherited consumerism and living a responsible, decluttered, low carbon footprint life, as is the new hip paradigm. However we are left wanting more, more, more. All driven by large social influences like corporate advertising, sporting heroes, musicians, Hollywood, political correctness, social guilt and more.

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