7 Fun BJJ Rolling Drills

There’s never anything wrong with a good ole round of full rolling but sometimes it can be fun and beneficial to mix it up a bit. You can focus on your cardio by being bombarded with a constant stream of fresh opponents or zero in on a weak area of your game you want to […]

The Sports Gene

  At the recommendation of Aiseop’s blog at http://throughjiujitsu.com/ I started reading and listening to The Sports Gene by David Epstein. You can check out the book at http://www.amazon.com/The-Sports-Gene-Extraordinary-Performance/dp/1591845114 The book goes into the factors of athletic performance. Both environmental and ,as the title would suggest, genetic factors. While the book doesn’t intend to debunk […]

How I got my nickname of Chewy

A really common question I get, probably the most common, is where I got my nickname. Most people who meet me ask if it was because I was really strong, or maybe I was exceptionally hairy or maybe it was some sort of Star Wars reference. To all these I have to say “No.”

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