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Guerrilla Jiu Jitsu by Dave Camarillo and Erich Krauss is about the technical merging of Olympic style Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. At the time of writing Dave Camarillo was the head grappling instructor at the American Kickboxing Academy and has trained such luminaries as Cain Valasquez, Mick Swick, Jon Fitch, Tim Ferris, BJ Penn …

One of the major problems with developing skill in any physical pursuit is the Law of Diminishing Returns. The law of diminishing returns is a classic economic concept which states that, assuming all other variables remain fixed, as more investment is made into an area the overall return on that investment increases at a declining …

When I originally set out to write this article I hit a road block pretty quickly as my opinion on this matter basically boils down to two points: listen to your coach and don’t be a douche bag. Not really being able to stretch this out beyond a paragraph I decided some delegation was in …

Phrases Common to Advanced and Intermediate Students “Hey my friend, don’t hurt me ok?” (said with Brazilian accent) – I am unusually good and will toy with you for the next ten minutes. “(Insert name here) didn’t get me” – I spent the entire match under mount holding my own collar and made no attempt to …

BJJ athletes spend a great deal of their training time developing their technical knowledge of jiu jitsu; new students spend their first few years of training adding new techniques to their repertoire and more experienced students work to continually improve and refine those techniques. And yet despite being such a dominant part of their training …