(This is My Class, Back Row R to L Mike, Luke, Nick, Ryan, Front Row, Frank, Craig, Jake)

The Champ is Here!!! Back By Popular Demand. Well maybe not, but I am here to fill everyone in on my recent events. There is only 2 more weeks left of school and I'm finished working this Thursday. I will be returning to Kelowna on the 31st of March. A lot has happened since I last wrote so this should be relatively lengthly.

For the most part training is done, now it is a matter of putting together quality matches with each other without too much botched stuff. The pschology of wrestling is way harder than pulling off each and every move because you want to tell a story in you're matches and keep the crowd interested and on the edge of their seats while they watch. I've had several matches in class, 2 with Lance and 2 with two other students, and I'll be the first to admit the ones with the other students were bad, but what can you do. I take it as a learning experience and try to make each match better and better.

When I return to Kelowna I will just be going back to the basics with you're typical labour job, but will continue to seek out real employment so I can put my Marketing degree to use. Marc, if you know of anything or anyone let me know, I'm willing to relocate. So here's the big twist in my travels, some of you may know others may not, but when I return to Kelowna, it is mostly for my girlfriend Heather, who is 7 and a half months pregnant and expecting in mid May. She is the greatest thing to ever happen to me and I am looking forward to having the baby, as it is a sign of growing up, and with growing up comes more responsibility, not that I'm irresponsible, but I think this will just help me as a young adult and help me and Heather grow together stronger than ever. (Myself & My Dad)

It was really hard for me to leave Heather in December and commit myself to coming to Calgary and train for wrestling, but she is unbelievable and supported me through the whole thing. I couldn't have an awesomer person to share my life with. My parents were also out here visiting and they got to come watch what school was all about. It was pretty awesome because my dad basically has been beating on me since I was a little kid, but since I was about 16 I've turned things around, but we've never been in a ring together. So we finally got the opportunity. It was a pretty special moment for me as the two of us have had our fair share of battles and watched alot of wrestling on TV together.

My parents also went down to Kelowna to visit with Heather and her family. She seems to be doing very well and is just finishing up her schooling before she gets ready to have the baby. She is a trooper and works really hard it's going to be nice for her to get a break from school and work, although I'm sure baby will be a handful.

I also had the privelege of meeting former WWE Diva Search Winner Christy Hemme at a World of Wheels Show. We discussed some wrestling and what her plans are. She hopes to stay in the business. Anyways, that's all I've got for now, Hope you all enjoyed. Look forward to some feedback.

(Lance Storm & Myself)

To Lance Storm, I check the weather everyday, and the forecast keeps telling me, low chance of storm, high chance of justice... haha, but when it does call for a storm I'm guaranteeing it will rain pain

Mike "Justice Files" Freeman

Holy it's been a long time since I got the chance to post on this website. Life is so chaotic and there is literally not enough time in the day for me. To illustrate this point, let's look at a typical day in the life of myself. I wake up at 7:30 to catch a bus at 8:00. The bus/c-train ride to school is about an hour and a half, and I will say there are some real beauties who use the transit system out here. so I get to school at 9:30 class runs from 10:00 - 1:00. I ride the bus home from 1:00ish to just after 2:00. I come home I grab a bite to eat and make myself a lunch for work and try to just lay around for as much time as possible. At 3:20 it's into the car and off to work. My work shift runs from 4:00 - 12:30.

The thing with work though is that I am a part of a union, whoever agreed to our collective agreement, I'm sure gets a lot of heat from everyone as they signed a deal where overtime is mandatory. No if, ands or buts about it. So everynight we get snubbed and end up working till 2 - 3:00 in the morning, followed by a 20 minute drive home. So I get home at about 3:30, wind down as quick as possible and try to get some rest, knowing that I have to wake up at 7:30 to do it all over again.

Right now I am physically and mentally drained and the two days that I do get off a week are spent sleeping and picking up groceries. I opted out of work today just because I am so tired. But at least I get a chance to update my blog. And the week of school hasn't been so pleasent to me. On Monday I took a bad bump and tweaked my back and today (Wednesday), I don't know what happened, but when I got home my right portion of my chest felt like it was gonna explode. So I'm taking it easy tonight to see how that is tomorrow, and if it's still sore, I'll have to go get it looked at by a doctor. Hopefully it's just minor, but my roommate who happens to be a nurse thinks I may have tore some tendons, which I don't know how serious is.

To the topic of school now. For once in my life I actually wake up and rarely bitch about having to go to school. The only reason I do bitch is because of my fatigue from work. School itself is amazing and fun, and if there is anyone out there that has a passion for something, but doesn't know if they'll make it, I seriously suggest you don't miss the boat and at least attempt whatever it is your passionate about before it's too late. Even if I don't become the next Rock, Hulk Hogan or even get a match, at least I will not live with a regret for never trying wrestling.

We have come so far in school. Lance has basically taught us all of the basics and we are slowly starting to put together what I would consider, very crappy matches that should never be witnessed by more than the people in the class, but at least we have made it that far. A lot of what we do now is ring psychology and getting the fans to buy into the match and ride the emotions of the competitors.

Just a quick fill in to show where we are at, we have gone from chain wrestling to having the ability to climb to the top rope and do a backflip (moonsault) onto our opponnets. I really enjoy the bigger moves, from a fan perspective and have so much respect for what some of the professionals do on a nightly basis, because this business is very tough on your body. My goal right now is to have at least a match with a promotion before I return to Kelowna April 1st.


Also this weekend I met former WWE Diva Christy Hemme at a World of Wheels Show in town, and had the chance to talk with her about her current plans in the wrestling world. She was very nice and seemed pretty up beat about returning to the business once her 90 day no compete clause ends in early March.

I'll try to stay on top of my blog a little better.

Justice

Training Day 1

So for 3 hours of my morning today. I finally began the training regime to become a professional wrestler. It started off with a one mile run in the not so warm Calgary weather. Once back at the training facility, we took about 20 minutes to stretch out our legs, back and cores. A sure sign that that things were slowly going to become hard on the body.

Cardio Training
Started off with us individually getting in the ring and doing 10 squat thrursts, followed by 10 side shuffles and tagging the bottom rope. Once everyone went through it up we paired up and I had the privelege of being in behind the biggest guy in the class and staring at his ass crack for the next 45 seconds. Score. Secondly, we did what I'll call the military drill done individually to start, where Lance uses hand signals to direct us where to go. You start off running on the spot he points down, you drop and give him 5 push ups, then he points to the left or right or up, lleft or right = military roll in the direction given followed by anther 5 push ups, up = stand up and run on the spot again. He just throws various combos at you and keeps you going for a good 45 - 60 seconds.

In Ring Training Woop Woop

Back Bumps, done individually, start in a squat thrust your pelvis, so your shoot feet out. Land on your ass and shoulders in order to protect your head and kidneys. Sounds easy, way easier said than done, but hey it's first day allow for some error. This would be used say on a clothesline or a kick to the face when bent over.

Front Bumps, same as a back bump but instead you hit it out of a flipping move such as a hip toss or a back body drop. Tricks of the trade, land with your feet flat and away from your ass and try to hit the mat as one so it only makes one noise, so your feet, ass, shoulders and hands should contact as one. Keep your chin in at all times to keep your head from cracking.

Collar and Elbow Tie Ups. Pretty simple, easiest thing of the day, left arm goes straight at your opponents right trapezoid. He does the same to you. At the same time, your right arm swings out in order to avoid his left arm and comes over the top of the left arm of your opponents elbow. Mirror each others movements in order to make it look fluent and more realistic. Review, just more practice on back bumps as we all struggled with this.

Cool Down

2 sets of 50 Hindu Squats, sounds easy but when you have been hurling your body at a mat for 2 hours these start to kill. Tune in later to hear more of the adventures

The Court is Ajourned for Now

Justice Files

From the Class Room to the Wrestling Ring. At last I have made it to Calgary to begin the lifelong dream. Two days from now I will finally be getting in the ring with former, ECW, WCW and WWE superstar Lance Strom to hopefully one day become a great Canadian wrestler, like so many before me.

First I'd like to go over what life is like in Calgary. Being the young male that I am, I have bunked up with two friends from Sicamous and a girl that they have been living with. We have a three bedroom house for four people, so I am living in the laundry room. It is quite large actually but it just shows the lengths I go to to keep things cheap and save some money.

I've already hooked myself up with a job thanks to my brothers supervisor in Edmonton making an advanced phone call, which also landed my roommate a job at the same place. I've went to check out the wrestling school and let me tell you it's everything I hoped for and more. A large garage bay door and one small normal door. What is on the other side has yet to be seen by myself but Monday will be my real eye opener.

I've also thought of a wrestling name and gimmick, haha, you have to start somewhere. So the name is Justice Files, and the gimmick is a lawyer, who keeps a close eye on illegal activity in and around the ring. I think it's genius. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. My fans will be known as the Grand Jury and I will fight for them and all that is right in wrestling. Hoping to make it to Ring of Honor one day

*Potentially a glance at the future

It's a relief to be done, but hard to be away from the friends that I made in Kelowna, but a new chapter has spawned in my life and I will be back in Kelowna at the end of March to see my Heff. Thanks for tuning in.

No Longer "the homeless jedi knight"

fighting for you, the jury

justice files

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This blog is mostly for my P-Comm 390 teacher to evaluate a previous blog, but for others that read it, enjoy it. The blog I would like for you to evaluate of mine is the posting on November 8th, 2005, which was week 9, it had to do with the likeability test, but there was so much more to it.

So basically I have picked this blog not because of the results of my likeability test showing me that I am not a very likeable person, but because for me it really opened my eyes as a person and let others into the secret world of "the homeless jedi knight." The main reason I liked this one is because I really crept out of my shell to let other people know that there are many unforeseen sides to myself, and I'm not all whiz and vinegar. In fact after reading the blog you might think that I am a very homely person who keeps to himself when not in the eye of the public.

I discussed a lot of relationship issues with friends, girlfriends and families. To me this was a big step to getting my life back on a good track with good intentions in mind. I admit to untrustworthiness and lies, which is really hard for me to say knowing it's the truth. At the same time, my identity to most other bloggers out ther remains a secret but to my teacher and fellow students they now know what a crazy mixed up world I live in. Sharing my story with everyone actually felt like the weight of the world on my shoulders had been removed. Although I didn't go into details, it was nice just to get parts of it into the world and to admit to myself that I have problems that need dealing with was a relief.

Being a person theat likes to keep to himself, this blog really shows me coming out of my shell and letting people into my life. After reading it over I could tell that I was speaking striclty from emotion and I was relieved when I finished it. I knew it was good, I was proud of it. This entry opened the flood gates for me on a personal level as I knew I could talk to the people I had bad relationships with and just let them know the truth and it really felt like the world had been lifted off my shoulders.

Do to me believing that nobody is perfect, I feel that I deserve a solid

16.5/20

I think the comments you (Marc) made were enough to say to myself that this was the best blog I've done up to this point. As I venture off to the wrestling ring I will continue to blog, I hope to hear from you Marc, as I enjoy your inputs as a professor but also as another man that has experienced things. The future of myself may shock you a bit but stay tuned and keep on reading. Keep in touch through blogger, I can honestly say this is the best communications course I've ever taken. Thank You

"the homeless jedi knight"

Finally The Champ can Graduate!

To quote the Nature Boy Ric Flair, I'd just like to say "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO." We made it, and there was no suffering, it was actually a real eye opener of a class. To say the least I really enjoyed the class, the content, the instructor and the other students.

My biggest goal for this class was to pass it with more than a minimum of 50 percent, I was pushing more for a 75 percent. Based on my results from my assignments I think I'll be pretty good as I got 60 percent on one assignment and the rest of them were 80 percent or better. This I consider to be a huge improvment considering in first year english second semester I passed with 52 percent.

My second goal was to wear the Yellow Anti-Social Shirt to every class and I managed to do that as well. The shirt was my reminder that I needed to open myself up and communicate better and get to know my colleagues. This class to me did a phenomenal job, Marc's blogging themes made me really think and see who I was deep down inside. I was able to talk about things I would never have considered in the past. It helped me to discuss my problems with the two people who love me the most, my parents whom I don't have the awesomest relationship with. Based on that alone I think I have become a better communicator and a better.

I loved this class, I'd take it again just for the enjoyment factor, I'm not just saying that as a kiss ass. To me it was an innovative way of instructing, the seminars allowed your peers to teach you and the presentations actually kept you interested. The blogging concept was a different and fun experience, and friendly competition for the blog championship made it a little more fun. I guess only time will tell how well I actually did, but I believe I surpassed my expectations of this class.

On a final note, the worst thing about class was that it was on Monday nights. I missed Monday night Raw every week for the last 11 weeks, but thank god for VCR's. I wish everyone the best of luck with there business degrees. As for this hombre, I'm finally going home to where the heart is, the squared circle. I'll keep posting with updates of the progress. Look forward to reading your comments later on.

Have Fun With Your Next P-Comm 390 Class Marc. Just remember without me it's just aweso. (one day you'll see a wrestling shirt with that 0n it, I'll send you one)

"the homeless jedi knight"

Before I get started with today's post, I'd like to just take a minute to remember Eddie Guerrero, an amazing entertainer in the wrestling world, who passed away early Sunday Morning. As a passionate person of wrestling, it truly is saddening to see some one who accomplished so much leave this world this early in his life. For more on the story of Eddie Guerrero check out WWE.com.

Anyways we must move onward with our lives and it is at this time I'd like to reflect on my life as a project. I'd like to discuss the items that I have already accomplished and am proud of and the aspects of my life that are still a work in progress.

Being that I am in my 23rd year in this world, I feel I have accomplished a fair amount in my young life, but still have lots of room to achieve more successes. Let me start with the monumentous moments that have already been fulfilled by myself. We'll start out with sports, more particularly hockey. As a youngster I always played the game of hockey, I played AAA rep hockey all throughout my minor hockey years. In 3 of my hockey years I was fortunate enough to play in the Provincial AAA championships (twice in pee wee's and once in bantams). Although we never won the provincials, being from a Quesnel, we were always an underdog to the larger Prince George so this was a big deal for us especially at a young age. I also made the junior ranks playing for the Quesnel Millionaires of the BCHL and the Sicamous Eagles of the KIJHL.

I graduated from Quesnel Secondary School in 2000 and also obtained a Business Diploma from Okanagan University College in 2004. I think I have been a good friend to those in my tight circle of friends and I cherish the friendships that have been life long as well as the newer friendships I have obtained through my hockey and school years. I have been fortunate to have an awesome brother, who I would consider a best friend even though we don't always see eye to eye. We always know we will have each other to talk to when times are rough.

As for my work in progress, I am graduating from Okanagan College in 4 weeks with a degree in Business with a major in marketing. This is something I'd never thought I'd do as I regularly told myself I should just walk away with the diploma and hope for the best. I look forward to January when I can say I pushed myself to finish my school program. After I passed the dream of becoming an NHL superstar, I knew that I wanted to at least try professional wrestling, I will begin my training in January at Storm Wrestling Academy in Calgary. This is something I have looked forward to for the better part of my life, and it is nice to know that I have a lot of support as I venture into this crazy business. One thing I'm working hard on is creating better relationships with my parents, we have a storied history that we are overcoming and I am working hard to share my life with them more. I'd love to sit here and tell you that I want everything that is great in life, but I'm to simple of a person for that, I really just enjoy being happy and having my minimal needs satisfied. I'd rather wrestle for $25 dollars a show then sit in an office and make a ton of money. That's just my persepective on life though.

I will miss you Eddie Guerrero :'(

"the homeless jedi knight"