Getting Stuck In The Middle With BJJ I recently read A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller. One of the chapters he wrote immediately made me think of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. The idea he lays out is simple but powerful. See if you see the parallel to BJJ. “The first part happens […]
If you’re familiar with myself or my gym, you know that I’m a goof and enjoy cutting up with my team. At the gym we have several traditions. One such tradition happens every October. Every year during Halloween we have our funniest tradition. That tradition is rolling in suits or dress attire, well mostly. This year […]
4 Tip On Using Youtube For Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Are watching instructional videos even useful at all? I bring this up because one of my students came up to me the other day and asked about using Youtube for Brazilian Jiu-jitsu techniques. Really what he was asking was how could he sift through all the information […]
Last night was our annual suit rolling training session at the gym. We do it once a year around Halloween and it’s one of the more ridiculous things we take part in at the gym. We train hard so it’s a nice silly break from the tough training. One of the things that came from […]
Getting Started In Bjj As A Wrestler : 4 Tips To Make A Smooth Transition As I’ve seen from my own experience and my years as a coach. Wrestlers (even high level) have some common snags that they get hung up on when getting started in BJJ. On the flip side, they have some […]
Get Better Feedback From BJJ Training. Other Sports Do it, So Should You Whats up guys, I wanted to take a moment and share a quick tip with you. It’s a pretty simple way to get additional feedback from your training. It may be something you’re already doing. But if you’re not, it’s definitely […]
Half Guard Sweep And Back Take Half guard is by far one of my favorite positions. Recently we were going over a series from Half Guard. This video is a little different than the usual technique videos. This one was recorded during my classes while I was teaching my students. In the video I show: […]
4 Tips To Deal With BJJ Tournament Anxiety (video) I had a post a while ago talking about how to deal with BJJ tournament anxiety. I know it’s something that many people find difficult dealing with (here’s the original blog ). BJJ tournament anxiety is something everyone deals with in their own way. Even the […]
Fake Black Belts : Should We Get Angry? This whole fake black belt (and now red belt) nonsense is becoming almost comical. It’s so common that I almost feel like I need to reference the stories on Snopes to see if they’re legit. Sadly they are legitimate stories about not so legitimate people. But […]
Lapel Choke Defense From Back (A Simple Grip Break) Some of you are going to watch this video and say, I know that move. Others might see it and think, “eh that’s too easy.” But either way, this is grip break technique that is stupid simple and works incredibly well when used as a […]