Ten Rules For Better Pad Work
“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses—behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.” – Muhammad Ali
How To Improve Your Cardio Instantly.
You must unlearn what you have learned.
How To Be The Best At BJJ All The Time.
Correct the technique of higher ranked, more experienced people than yourself. They love it and will view you with respect and awe. Never wash your rash guard or gi. Just keep it in your car or balled up in your bag. If someone complains they clearly don’t understand the #bjjlifestyle. Don’t pay any attention to […]
The Six Practices of Being an Athlete
See to it that you temper yourself with one thousand days of practice, and refine yourself with ten thousand days of training. – Miyamoto Musashi Athletic Practice Your sport or art should obviously be the primary component of these six practices. The key here is to understand that your athletic practice is the most important […]
How To Master Any Technique
1. Learn the broad strokes. When you begin learning a new technique it’s easy to get lost in a virtual sea of detail and nuance. At this stage of the learning process don’t worry about these smaller details but instead focus on breaking the technique down into three to five key steps. These key steps […]
How to Care for your Grappler
So you’ve got yourself a grappler – congratulations, you’ve just started a relationship that is equal parts rewarding, mystifying and washing training clothes. Having a grappler of your own can be a challenging experience introducing you to new cultures, foods, smells and doctor’s waiting rooms. Knowing how to properly care for your grappler – cause […]
Misery Guard: Defence and Pass
Getting stuck in collar sleeve can be quite a difficult situation to deal with and being stretched out and controlled so well only leads to being submitted quickly. In situations where earlier efforts to better your position have failed we have to start risking more to get out or just stay safe. In the case […]
The Domoplata: Developing the Position to get the Submission.
The ‘Domoplata’ is a mounted shin choke (Gogoplata) named after Marcelo Garcia black belt Dominyka Obelenyte, the 2015 female black belt world champion (weight & absolute) who is well known for her use of this attack. At first glance the Domoplata may appear to be unnecessarily complicated when compared to other mounted submissions due to […]
The Kimura Trap & Positions of Transition
The Kimura Trap leads to an excellent series of transitions and submissions. It has been popularised by David Avellan and frequently utilised by such names as Andre Galvao, Keenan Cornelius, Andris Brunovskis and Dominick Cruz. It is also an example of one of the most difficult positional concepts to understand in Jiu Jitsu: A Position […]
How to start training BJJ (or any martial art)
Training in a martial art can be one of the most rewarding and positive experiences you can have in your life providing benefits to you physically, mentally and emotionally. That said, getting started can be daunting and for a lot of people just walking through the doors of an academy for the first time is […]
