Video highlight of the training in Palma.
This is a small highlight of the teaching and training while I was in Palma De Mallorca. I had the privileged of meeting and training with some great people.
Entries by Chewy
Prepare for a BJJ Tournament
So thinking about competing? That’s fantastic! I am a competitor and encourage everyone who does BJJ to at least try a tournament or two. If you’ve never competed before, it can seem like a pretty nerve rattling thing. I know that I was absolutely terrified before my first wrestling match in high school. Then after […]
1 thing every BJJ instructor and BJJ practitioner should always remember
So this weekend I had the pleasure of competing alongside my student and one of my coaches. We competed in Ohio at the American Grappling Challenge (formerly the Ohio Grappling Challenge) and we had a blast. We were in the main event which was 4 teams made up of 3 men each facing off with […]
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu in Palma De Mallorca! (Part 3)
Dealing with gym separation After several days of being separated from my gym and my friends I would be lying if I said I didn’t missed everyone. Being a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu instructor means that being around my students and working out with them is what literally gets me out of bed in the morning. I […]
Successful wrist lock in competition!
So I was sitting and preparing myself to coach my students when one of the tournament officials came to me to with a question. His question was if I would compete against another black belt in a superfight of sorts. Well I was jet lagged and was running on about 5 hours of sleep but […]
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu in Palma De Mallorca! (Part 2)
Interesting fact about buying a Shoyoroll in Palma compared to the United States. It is crazy expensive, and I mean crazy expensive! A Shoyoroll kimono in America costs about 170ish US dollars after taxes and shipping. At the moment the current conversion rate for the Euro in Spain is around 1.4 to the U.S Dollar. […]
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu in Palma De Mallorca! (Part 1)
So, I am sitting inside the airport at Barcelona waiting for my last flight which will take me to Palma. This is my first time outside of the country and while I obviously knew that life existed outside of my “bubble”. I have never been to a place, where, I didn’t speak the language, wasn’t […]
A training weekend with an old friend
A training weekend with an old friend This weekend I was fortunate to train with my friend Tim Sledd at his gym in Bedford, In. Tim is a Atos black belt and is just one those really good guys you meet in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Anytime I am around him he just seems to spew out […]
How Bloodsport shaped my BJJ journey (yeah I know. . . Bloodsport)
The Martial Arts Movie Factor and rather amusing analogy So before you start reading this post I want you to think back to all the different martial arts movies you may have watched over the course of your life. My favorite martial arts movie when I was a kid was Bloodsport. That movie probably had […]
Open Guard Sweep with Mustache
If you’re watching this open guard sweep video and thinking to yourself, “man, this guy looks like an idiot”, then you are a well adjusted human being. After No-shave November I decided to have some fun with the guys at the gym and dress up like. . . well like I am in the video. […]